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city but found it not welcoming. We did a tour using a local operator who before driving off the wharf informed us we would not be going to Mt Wellington as due to cloud it was not worth it. Other tours got great photos. We were told we would have an hour at Richmond and lunch there. We got 25 minutes including lunch. We opted to spend money in the shops and miss lunch. We looked at Salamanca Markets but they were not on, even with 8000 people on the doorstep. We looked in the shops, very good ones too. We were going to get lunch at 3pm. We couldn’t find a cafe open. With hours to go we got back on our ship and had lunch there. If Hobart doesn’t want cruise ships, I am sure Burnie or Melbourne will put up their hands. more we spend. This is because for every $1000 we spend we will get an extra $3 per fortnight. That is an additional $79 a year, a great return of 7.9 per cent. Much better than other risk-free returns generally available. So go to it, asset-tested pensioners. Spend up on those holidays etc. You can have your cake and eat it too. HERE we go again. Cigarette barons told political parties if they banned tobacco advertising they would withdraw political donations. Sounds all too familiar. Why as a civilised society do we allow hard-earned money to be swindled from the clutches of decent people? Tobacco companies told the world smoking would not harm their health but history has told an entirely different story.