Smoke, don't get me started. With a government and (mostly one) big business that are forestry mad in Tas, we have smoke almost 365 days a year. I'm sick of these idiots polluting the air and putting my health at risk, not to mention destroying the biodiversity of the state, all in the name of a fast (and third world dirty) buck. I travel around a lot and I can honestly say that I can't recall a single trip out of Launceston in the past 12 months when there wasn't a forestry burnoff occurring. People aren't allowed to smoke in pubs and clubs, even though we have a choice as to whether to go inside or not, yet out in the open air it's one long eucalypt cigarette. We also have the worst air pollution from wood heaters in the country, in a valley with temperature inversions that trap the smoke pollution. If big business has their way we'll also have a stinking pulp mill, which will spew air pollution in to the valley (as well as dump tons of toxic effluent into the ocean) and on to Launceston, fanned by the pravailing winds.
