Plenty to go on

READER John Hammersley says of the cable car public meeting “much of the comment was based on what might be put forward or what people thought it would look like and therefore subjective because no development application has been submitted” (Letters, April 18). True, a DA has not been lodged, but the developer has consistently indicated that information on its website and brochure provided in August is the “full reveal”, “official detail”, “design reveal”, “full proposal” and “the details of our development application prior to formal submission”. There have been many articles published by the Mercury and ABC in the past 12-18 months, videos on YouTube, 3D computer-generated models and detailed site/building

Claytons farce

BASED on the statement tabled by Town Hall meeting facilitator Alex Johnston ( Mercury, April 17), explaining the non-attendance of the Mount Wellington Cableway Company at this (premature, ratepayer-funded) Claytons DA-rebuttal farce-of-a-meeting, this should make the process being adhered to by the developer clear enough. Planning laws, not emotive speeches or mere personal opinions, will govern the outcome. So a call for a “co-operative and concessional approach”, “to accept the final decision. Hopefully with some grace” (Letters, April 18) are thoughtful, blessing Easter words indeed. A spirit incumbent on project supporters and antagonists alike.

World-class airport

HARD to believe they are planning to spend $200 million upgrading Hobart Airport, but for some reason failing to include airbridges. International airlines and their

A whisper at first

ON Wednesday we joined the Stop Adani convoy on its first leg from Hobart to Devonport. Circumstances prevented us from going any farther. In a sense we added a whisper to what we expect to become a roar, a roar of anguish for what we have done and are doing to our Earth and a roar of hope that will be heard by those who have the responsibility and the means to do something about it.