Regulate or else

education provides don’t want to meet the full cost involved. Imagine that, thinking you have the right to seek an advantage for your own children because you have an income that makes your educational choices possible, at the expense of others whose income puts that choice beyond their reach. It’s worth considering the income levels of our federal politicians — those responsible for implementing school funding — and the schools they choose to send their children to. No prizes for guessing private schools come out well on top. If our pollies aren’t self-serving, they too have a funny way of showing they’re not.

Bike track scare

OUT on a family walk along the bike track from Cornelian Bay to the Tasman Bridge on Monday. A couple of three-to-fouryear-old children pass us on their training wheels wobbling away on the bike track. Along come the latte-sipping, Lycra-wearing brigade on their attempt to shave an all-important few seconds off their time from A to B. Too arrogant to slow down for young children on their bike L plates, and other track users. I shuddered at what could have easily happened. It’s a shared space. Leave your arrogance at home. ACCOMMODATION providers report a decline in utilisation and patron satisfaction due to the saturation of cruise ships. To the contrary, Hobart’s high ratio of new Airbnb hosts are reporting great rates along with matching dividends. These home-based providers usually outlay little and largely drive accommodation markets. It’s great we’ve finally attracted so many tourists, especially after sinking a huge amount of public resources into doing just that. But implementation must be better regulated and planned for, otherwise we may just end up like the taxis when Uber came to town, direly desperate.