Mercury (Hobart)

Miserly solar tariffs

- Sheila Reynolds Kingston DISEASE BATTLE: Australia's quarantine status is precious. Nick Cowhan Acton Park Andrew Walker West Hobart

JORGEN Jorgensen is correct that the proposed revised solar feed-in tariff will be an example of price gouging (Letters, August 15). I am one of the many pensioners who invested thousands of superannua­tion dollars in good faith into a solar system I hoped would provide a buffer against high power bills and to do my bit for the environmen­t. On past performanc­e, we can expect an announceme­nt at 6pm on AFL Grand Final Eve. The Premier and Energy Minister will then hide behind the coat-tails of the Energy Regulator to try to justify what will surely be a miserly tariff, probably about 10.5c a kilowatt hour. an example again of politician­s bowing to the inflexible minority against the majority of Tasmanians who want this state to flourish. If there are environmen­tal concerns then state how these can be worked around rather than killing the great idea. Everything can be done safely and responsibl­y, it’s just a matter of working together. years ago. The Anglican Church does not own any property of the Hutchins School. It is owned by the Christ College Trust establishe­d by Act of Parliament in 1926. Same with Launceston Grammar and Collegiate. The Anglican Church does not run any of those schools. It has as much right to sell them as it does St Virgil’s College. A great many parishione­rs of the Anglican Church are distressed and struggling with the proposal for responding to the Royal Commission.

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