I expect that many Sydney siders share my discomfort with the state’s management of six passenger liners in our coastal waters. (Plea to save our souls, 1/4). Treated as lepers, they are being refused port access or passenger disembarkation. Their captains don’t wish to sail away from access to ICUs with multiple sick passengers. A plan for their urgent repatriation with currently idle Qantas aircraft might be costly, but the prestige from international publicity would prove an excellent campaign for advertising Australian tourism in the future. The goodwill generated with the world’s cruise liners is an opportunity not to be missed. We cannot turn our backs on so many helpless people. Alan Sexton, North Parramatta 2Apr2020.