Rosny reserve is ours

IT’S sad we may lose our wonderful hill that we enjoy because we are local residents . . . we are some of the closest. It’s a pity developers have also realised what a fantastic location Rosny is – except this land is not for sale! Council should not be allowed to give up public land and decimate this suburb’s charm and appeal. We bought next to a hilltop reserve for our benefit and we expected it to remain that way forever. Our local council ignores the locals . . . those who are hellbent on taking away our nature area and allowing it to be commercialised. That brings more traffic, more noise, more garbage forever and takes away the reservation forever. This is no different to giving away land set aside for other public uses, like ovals or playgrounds. I would rather these than hotel property. Surely the quick cash grab is not worth it. May we please know how much council is pocketing. If it’s cash you need I’ll pay more rates but leave our hill alone. mandatory sentencing legislation. With the separation of powers (between the parliament, executive and judiciary) being an important component of most modern democratic political systems, the courts should be left to administer justice independent of government interference. Surely a case of double standards. pectives. Dive business owner Peter Paulsen says “there will be no visual impact as it will be completely below the water”. This out of sight, out of mind view has plagued humanity’s relationship with the marine environment. We support tourism based on environmental integrity and quality which attracts people who value Tasmania’s nature for its own sake. We do not support mass/industrial tourism based on artificial attractions which generate fast food/fake tourism expectations and demands from visitors while degrading and diminishing the community’s treasured places such as Skeleton Bay.

Long-term chip pain

FIAT chief Terry Edwards ( Mercury, June 2, “Doubts over woodchip plan”) may be technically correct that the source of the timber for the planned 800,000 tonnes a year of woodchip for the proposed Dover port will be in accordance with the Tasmanian Forest Agreement. However, there is a huge difference between a spasmodic harvesting of the plantation timbers over time to the proposed industrial scale operation of up to 12 B-doubles traversing across residential roads throughout southern Tasmania, every hour of every day for 48 weeks a year. According to Southwood Fibre, this is a 50-year project. The heavy vehicle impact on homes, business shopfronts and schools will be devastating; and we must not dismiss the environmental and human impact of the millions of litres of burnt diesel fuel which is known to be more carcinogenic than cigarette smoke.