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MY sentiments exactly Ivan Webb (The Examiner March 1). ......... The millions available for a modern building to be placed in an area of historical and heritage significance could be better spent to make our present university sustainable. ......... An underground car park with new buildings on the present car parks would seem to be a good way to recycle the present site, which already has all a university student needs in the Mowbray/Newnham area. ......... If the new building goes ahead, how much thought has been given to the traffic movement? ......... Already Invermay Road, the Tamar Street Bridge and the Esplanade are areas of concern. ......... The Northern Outlet and entry/exit roads to the present sight has been money well spent to make traffic movement viable. — E J SPENCE, Norwood.
Elder loans
AS A compassionate country we support those who have inadequate income. ......... Many income-poor students get student loans to support themselves through their studies. ......... Many income-poor older people get pensions to support themselves through the later years of their lives. ......... Students are required to pay back their loans when there is a capacity to do so. ......... The same should apply to asset-rich pensioners (or their estates). ......... Currently inheritors are the ultimate beneficiaries of pensions for asset-rich elders. ......... We have student loans. ......... If our nation's finances are dire, it may be time to also consider elder loans. — IVAN WEBB, Launceston. .
Locations
I HEARD on the radio (City Park FM) the Mayor Albert van Zetten state that modern universities are in the centre of cities. ......... I have no idea where he got that idea from. They are not. ......... Only the very old universities notably Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide universities and only those formed from some technical colleges such as RMIT are there. ......... The University of Queensland is seven kilometres out and the University of Western Australia 5 kilometres out. ......... All the other newer universities are well out of the city centre because of scarcity of land. ......... The most prestigious of the new universities James Cook (created by personal Royal Charter of the Queen) is 13 ½ kilometres out of Townsville, a city of similar size to Launceston. ......... The other renowned country university New England is 3 ½ kilometres out of Armidale (the same distance as Newnham). ......... Lastly, Inveresk is not in the CBD but in the zone of transition. — MALCOLM SCOTT, Newstead.
MALCOLM SCOTT, Newstead.letter in THE EXAMINER today (now added to the list here) adds weight to the stupidity of moving UTas into the CBD.
ReplyDeleteIf this proposal to move was put up by a student she/he would fail on the evidence test. Then comes the 'pub test' and after that there is the credibility test.
Mayor van Zetten seems to swollow anything he's fed by a bunch of people in the shadows? Who has what to gain out of all of this? Who have a great deal to lose? Launceston's ratepayers all over as they'll be paying the bills NOT the university.
Put Van Zetten in his mayoral chains and a robe and stick him in front of a mirror - you may never hear from him again.
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