Be offended, get over it

AFL behaviour awareness officers — what is this world coming to ( Mercury, June 17)? It’s a football match for goodness sake! THE plight of Hobart’s homeless is engendering a plethora of “will dos” and “are investigating” statements. But with nighttime temperatures over the next few weeks in single digits, a homeless person needs something tonight. A suggestion is to open up the wharf-side warehouses, provide blankets, toilet facilities and a food van supplying, say, hot soup and a bread roll. Some supervision and co-ordination facilities obviously.

Temporary? Yes, but faced with the alternative what else is there? Roger Jaensch talks about a long-term plan to build more three-bedroom brick veneer houses that the homeless can neither afford to rent or buy.

Clearways, school zones

OUR car number plates should be changed to say “Tasmania — The State of Inactivity”. The immediate installation of clearway signs 7am to 9am on Davey and Macquarie streets would instantly revolutionise CBD traffic flows. Why hasn’t it been done? Inactive state government. The reintroduction of state primary and high-school zoning would see an immediate 30 per cent reduction in car and bus flows in peak hours. Why hasn’t it been done? Inactive state government. The 24hour operation of suburban medical centres would see a dramatic reduction in Royal Hobart Hospital admissions and ambulance usage. Why hasn’t it been done? Inactive state government!