Appalled at inquiry vote delay
IT is appalling that our government has engaged in filibustering by prolonging Question Time to a record level to prevent a vote on a royal commission into the disability sector. Instances of active abuse of vulnerable people have surfaced in recent times and anecdotal evidence suggests all is not well in this area. Passive abuse is also a form of discrimination and harm which disallows people with disabilities from accessing education and employment.
People on disability support pensions are written off as far as further education and training prospects. There is no recognition that people with a mental illness experience tidal conditions with their health where many are able to work under supervision when they feel well enough but require time out when symptoms reoccur. People with disabilities are becoming invisible to governments who are more concerned with looking after those who can help themselves.
Noise pollution
OBVIOUSLY reader Ray Wakefield is a plane buff (“Whispering planes,” Letters, February 15). But for most of us, the seaplane noise over Hobart and down the Channel is a regular source of annoyance. The World Health Organisation in its Environmental Noise Guidelines for Europe in 2018 cited evidence that noise pollution is a growing public health issue, second only to air pollution, and that aircraft noise has negative impacts on human health and wellbeing. “Escape the pressures of the world, come to Tasmania” — only to get more of the same drone. The treatment of Hobart CBD as an airport is a benefit for one company and their customers, but is intrusive with a great loss of serenity and amenity for the rest of us. this time, fall over, lay down and die, or create an even bigger and better campaign to protect their future. My bet is on the latter. The simple solution is to reduce the number of machines to a maximum and certainly the hours of operation allowed. the winner of third and fourth. Basic thought I’d say. The whole cricket scene is now a wreck, whereby CA appears interested only in the almighty dollar and not in the physical fitness and best developmental capabilities of potential Test match players. I can see Australia becoming a satellite Test nation for a long time, due to the current CA administration.