TIGHTEN COVID TESTING RULES
IN SOUTH Australia and the Northern Territory, travellers from the COVID hotspots will require a test on arrival and have to isolate until they receive a negative result.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
In South Australia, they will have to be tested on day six, as well.
To go to the US, your pre-departure PCR test must be within 24 hours of departure, and the UK, 48 hours.
Tasmania must adopt a more stringent testing policy for travellers from hotspots.
One test 72 hours before departure is simply not good enough with the new strain.
Shorten the pre-departure test time to 24 or 48 hours and introduce testing on arrival.
The rule that if you're a Tasmanian and your stay on the mainland for less than seven days, you can get into the state with zero testing requirement at all, is also flawed and should be immediately reviewed.
Des Cowe, South Launceston.
VALE PETER CUNDALL
PETER Cundall was a wonderful gardener who could impart his knowledge with enthusiasm and love to those eager to learn.
A special talent was on ABC Radio Saturday morning gardening talkback, where Peter would recognise voices, have the ability to denote location and soil type without being prompted.
Peter made an exceptional contribution to the gardening and environmental movements in Tasmania and interstate - thank you.
Rest In Peace Peter.
Kenneth Gregson, Swansea.
FUEL FOR THOUGHT
WHY don't we get a transparent answer about the true cost of fuel?
Because the gate price for unleaded fuel in Tasmania is about $1.49 to $1.50 currently. How is it that Tasmanians are still paying around 178.9 cents upwards?
How much of the gate price is government excise?
Like many others, I wonder how much incentive there is to drop fuel costs, due to that fuel excise and GST revenue.
T Geddes, New Town.
IS TASWATER PAY RISE JUSTIFIED?
HOW can TasWater's chief executive Mike Brewster justify a massive 11 per cent pay increase this year to the company's 10 executives, which in effect brings their salaries to a whopping $2.88 million each?
He justifies the increase by stating that executives decided on a voluntary pay freeze in 2020.
Last year we were in the middle of a pandemic, and people were doing it tough, many losing their jobs or vastly reduced hours.
I suggest if TasWater could not be seen giving themselves a pay rise then, now can they?
Low and behold an 11 per cent increase this year, more than compensates last year's so-called voluntary pay freeze without being seen as having a certain appendage in the water trough.
