Stick to the rules

COASTAL developers and planning authorities should refer to the legally binding and overriding requirements of the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy when considering Planning Scheme amendments and development applications.

Glaring omission

TWO simple questions to Environment Minister Elise Archer. What was the measured greenhouse gas output from Sustainable Timbers Tasmania’s regeneration burns in 2015-16? Or is your calculation of Tasmania’s “zero net emissions” a deliberate cheat, omitting this massive pollution of the atmosphere?

Where’s Rebecca?

WAS that Rebecca White standing behind Bill Shorten in the Mercury recently? Could it have been Josh Willie impersonating the Labor Leader? Josh seems to be the only Labor MP earning his salary lately.

Regional footy

IF the hierarchy of Tasmanian football listen to the most important people, the ones who go through the gate, you will get the right answer, in which the most common word is regional.

Ripped off

GOOD thing the PM’s priority is to give banks multi-million tax breaks. The banks are going to need all our money to pay back the millions they have already ripped us off.

Takeoff fun

THE fun police are at it again. No parking on the airport hill, just in case any kids enjoy watching planes take off.

Mountain poem

THERE’S so much discussion, ideas and views. A cable car is not what we all choose, Towering serene above our changing city, To have towers on kunanyi would be a pity! Natural beauty, majestic, calm and grace, Nowhere in the world such an amazing place.