We are sick, tired and upset at having to extract teeth or do gum surgery on Tasmanians which they wouldn't have needed if they didn't smoke.

We agonise about referring Tasmanians onto surgeons for a diagnosis of oral cancer and if it is confirmed, of seeing them undergo radiation treatment or radical surgery in an attempt to save their lives.

The Australian Dental Association strongly supports the T21 Bill.

I WAS excited to see that we are to have a couple of A League games here in April.

I went to buy tickets only to find that the only delivery option was a download to a mobile phone. I do not have one of those so-called smart phones so that means I miss out on seeing those games.

I had a similar experience with the Big Bash. At least this time I discovered it before I bought the tickets.

I wonder how many other sales they have missed out on.

What do you think? Send us a letter to the editor:

CATHERINE McNamara, congratulations on an absolutely fantastic career in one of the most respected and revered organisations, (The Examiner, March 6).

And your call for more women to play a part.

No one would ever question the expertise and skilled attention administered by these talented women paramedics.

However you must acknowledge women lack one necessary attribute to be equal to men and that is physical strength especially in this vital service.

So it is imperative that female and male combinations are always adhered to when on call out. Due to a health incident to myself personally, an ambulance was called and two female paramedics turned up plus a female trainee.

All of them were not strong enough to lift me on a stretcher, (119kg) necessitating for them to call the men at the fire brigade to do their job. It nearly cost me my life, I arrived at the LGH with a life span of 20 minutes remaining, I had a severe gallbladder infection that was closing down my vital organs and needed immediately extra strong antibiotics.

You are talented, skilled, caring and needed but please there are boundaries that nature will never allow you cross.

Women, please listen to Catherine McNamara, you are needed.

I WAS excited to see that we are to have a couple of A League games here in April.

I went to buy tickets only to find that the only delivery option was a download to a mobile phone. I do not have one of those so-called smart phones so that means I miss out on seeing those games.

I had a similar experience with the Big Bash. At least this time I discovered it before I bought the tickets.

I wonder how many other sales they have missed out on.

IN SUPPORT of Zoe Wundenberg's article "Time to call out the government's disrespect" (The Examiner, March 9), the aim of the neoliberal ideology espoused by both major parties is to divide and rule, setting one group against another, like the taxpayer against the welfare dependent.

Governments abuse their power and abdicate their responsibilities by intimidating, disempowering and demoralising the very ones who need assistance.

They engage in vitriolic attacks that would not be tolerated by other minority groups.

They set job seekers against one another, forcing them to compete for the very few jobs available.

They treat people as if they were incompetent, lazy and untrustworthy, as if unemployment was a personal matter and not the result of government policies.

This is classic diversionary tactics to shift the focus away from the government's benevolence towards its already wealthy mates and sponsors.

The roles have to be contained and manipulated lest they become uppity, and organise to oppose the government's agenda. maybe even demand a fair go.

The government's agenda is inhumane, anti-social and environmentally destructive.

You can't have a change of heart if you don't have one to start with.

IN RESPONSE to Ian Jessup of Beaconsfield (The Examiner, March 18) Ian, your rental increase is outrageous.

The greedy landlords are often coerced by greedy real estate agents recommending increases beyond fairness.

A solution needs to be addressed by a lazy government intent on seeing Tasmanians on the street so the landlords can satisfy their greed.

A real estate agent recently told me that they recommended to the landlord the price he could get if the house was empty, an increase of just over 20 per cent.

In your case wages are never going to go up. In most cases in Tasmania wages only increase by 2 per cent.

You can make a complaint to the consumer affairs department and seek change, there is a process of complaints for unfair rental increases.

Everyone should make an official complaint.

CONGRATULATIONS to Layla Seen for seeing a need in her school community and having the courage to do something positive about it by writing to Jeremy Rockliff.

It encourages me and others to write and commend the politicians and leaders of our state for listening to the actual day to day needs of the people of Tasmania and acting on those needs.