The business of tattooing the younger generation goes way beyond other fade out fashions and needs tougher rules…that is assuming there are rules?

Ok, so there are those that don’t like them and those that do but is enough being done to convince recipients they will permanently damage the natural state of their skin?

Brian Johnson, Gymea

It appears there is a third certainty in life brought to light through the banking royal commission.

It’s now death, taxes and bank fees, even after death. Yes the mongrels are not only charging people for services they never provide but also continue to charge after their clients’ have died.

Makes the deplorables in our wonderful government who ran a long time protection racket for the banks by resisting the commission look even more so.

Nothing to see here they cried although everyone else knew that the culture within our monopolised banking system was the defintion of corrupt.

There’s an old saying in politics that you should never hold an inquiry into anything if you don’t know what it will find.

I suggest that the government’s vehement defence of the banks and their resistance to holding the inquiry was the result of them knowing exactly what it was going to find.

Not just bankers who should be going to gaol over this disgrace.

Andrew Sefton, Thirroul

I thought nothing a politician said would surprise me.

That is until this morning on the local ABC Radio  Member for Gilmore Anne Sudmalis was claiming credit for persuading Malcolm Turnball and Scott Morrison to set up the Royal Commission into the  Financial Industry.

Her outrageous claim went unchallenged.

This cannot be the same Anne Sudmalis who unchallenged  on the same radio station on Tuesday November 28 last year was explaining how detrimantal such a Royal Commission would be and why she would not support it.

After Turnball's cave in on Thursday 30 November,  on Friday December 1 Anne Sudmalis is again on our local ABC telling us how necessary this Royal Commission is and why she is supporting it.

Now she claims it was her idea afterall.

Just how gullible does she think we are?

Colin Hollis, Jamberoo

Pay attention people...this is what we really need in Dapto.....the new Australian "home" for Google.

Peter Vohradsky, Brownsville

It occurs to me that the NSW Premier's threatened application of a fare to riding on the Wollongong Shuttle is very much like  the apocryphal actions of drug dealers.

They too, offer samples of a means to an 'easier' existence until the customers have become accustomed to the lifestyle.

THEN a price is demanded.

And we all know what we think about drug dealers.

Janet Russell, Wollongong

On behalf of Vietnam Veterans - Illawarra Sub Branch we would like to thank Mr John Megas,  General Manager of the Illawarra Taxi Network and his board for once again offering transport to returned servicemen and women and war widows to the Wollongong ANZAC Commemoration Services.

Their service is very much appreciated.

Unfortunately age is wearying them,

Ian Birch, Vietnam Veterans Association