It appears that Launceston council and police have given up on taggers and graffiti artists.

Royal Park for example is a disgraceful eyesore perpetuated by a handful of unauthorised individuals.

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No city street escapes the scourge of these unknown people. It's just a matter of time before these menaces deface the concrete supports at the newly completed footbridge bridge over the North Esk at UTAS.

But it is not just unsightly offences to the eyes, there is also increasing noise pollution.

Hoons terrorise the CBD and inner city streets in excessively loud and speeding vehicles.

No wonder Launceston is losing out on suburban and regional shoppers, it is so uncomfortably noisy.

One obvious solution is to lower the inner city speed limit to 30 or 40 km/h, such is the case with many progressive cities around the world.

Strategically-placed CCTV would also come in handy as a proven deterrent when well publicised.

Then there is cleanliness.

While there is no shortage of street cleaning trucks tearing around the city at the crack of dawn, they do not deep clean footpaths and walkways, including the Seaport boardwalk.

Regular high pressure hosing would be effective in raising ingrained dirt and stains.

Our city deserves better.

THANK YOU Barry Prismall for your honest explanation of some of the problems with not only the Lake Malbena proposal itself, but what it represents.

It is a selfish and short sighted endeavour.

In providing that access by helicopter it diminishes the experience of the general public in neighbouring wild areas.

It is shortsighted because while it may be the first such development, the government clearly intends it to be one of many to follow.

Helicopter noise will become the norm, and not the exception in wilderness areas, and consumers will not be duped for long about the "wilderness" experience being offered to them.

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I too am not a "greenie", but I feel the obligation to leave to others younger than me a place that is not worse for me having lived in it.

The young ought to be able to experience your big trees, and some of the wildness and solitude I have experienced in parts of Tasmania.

Perhaps some people don't have the sensibility to appreciate what all the fuss is about.

I'm not sure.

But they will never know if the important places don't exist. I am really grateful that a man of your public standing has supported the need to sustainably manage access to the fantastic places Tasmania has.

I LOVE dining at Cataract on Paterson, but to claim a "skills shortage" is a bit rich.

Tradespeople aside, isn't hospitality the archetype of unskilled labour? "Hire on attitude, teach skills?"

What these restaurants are experiencing is not a skills shortage, or even a labour shortage, but simply the labour market in action.

Potential workers bid each other down in competition for the job, and potential employers bid each other UP in competition for the worker.

For the last 20 years with Australia's supercharged migration employers haven't had to worry about competing for the worker - they've simply had a flood of new Australians to fill their vacancy regardless of the pay and conditions.

This is one major reason that wage growth has been so pathetic recently despite apparently low unemployment.

Now that Australia's borders are closed and this flood of cheap labour has slowed to a dribble, workers are actually finding that they have a choice of jobs, so they are choosing the one with better pay or conditions. "Work Choices", if you like.

Just like fruit farmers, if a restaurateur can't attract workers, here are four options:

Improve your pay, improve your conditions, invest in efficiency or automation so that you can do the same work with less workers, you don't get your worker - Australia's labour resources are diverted to more productive pursuits.

Hopefully Australia finally sees some wage growth out of this.

OH my what a read.

I would love to come and work in hospitality in a behind the scenes position.

Like a dishwasher or coffee maker.

I'm not great at the serving/waiting bit, but I'd love to free up a skilled person because it's not about the money for me or climbing a ladder, it's about caring to give a service for me.