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High pay undeserved

DO these people deserve the wages they are on for such a small population here in Tasmania and do they earn or even deserve it? The answer is no (“Public service powerbrokers”, Mercury, April 14). Karl Bourjau Montrose

Do works at night

ANOTHER Hobart traffic gridlock can simply be averted by doing the necessary work in Campbell St from 7pm until 7am. This practice is undertaken in other Australian capital cities, why not Hobart? Stewart Edwards Mt Stuart

Mean on foreign aid

MINISTER Fierravanti-Wells must mix with a very meanminded selfish group of people to have gained the certainty that the vast majority of Australians disapprove of foreign aid. Of course she is a member of the Liberal-National coalition which probably explains everything. Jim Heys South Hobart

Where is leader?

I’M sure I’m not the only one to notice the almost complete absence of Opposition Leader Rebecca White since the election. Is David O’Byrne already sharpening the knives? Thomas Bearman Moonah

Play harder on pay rise

JUST how gullible are they by allowing the Federal-Farrell syndicate to use them on camera as a group to protect their pubs and clubs’ poker machine monopoly when the smart thing to do would have been to withhold their support until after the pay rise was granted. So much for union leadership! (“Federal pay offer anger”, Mercury, April 13). Michael Scott South Hobart

NBN very slow

IT is great news to see that the NBN rollout for Tasmania is nearly completed ( Mercury, April 17). Perhaps they will then commence remediation on poorly designed parts of the network such as in Acton Park where some customers fall very short of Malcolm Turnbull’s promise of 25Mb/s. After being notified by the ISP that NBN simply can’t provide the minimum speeds, there is no end in sight to the buck passing. Jason Corney Acton Park

Military intelligence?

HAS Donald Trump been able to demonstrate a personal understanding of what the phrase military intelligence has come to mean? Mission accomplished. Michael McCall Primrose Sands

Whoa, slow down

WHEN are they going to put handbrakes on shopping trolleys? Bob Elliston Great Bay, Bruny Island