Views on the news from Canberra’s top columnists
Alcoholics Anonymous in Australia is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a national convention in Sydney this month. ROSS FITZGERALD, who has been sober for 55 years, looks at the organisation's history.
"Often the kindest thing that people do day in and out involves hidden efforts and invisible love, hidden from – especially from – the beneficiaries," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
"Is it true that drowning could be pleasurable? It seems not. Drowning is in fact a terrifying and life-threatening experience," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Our media is replete with examples of sloppy English," bemoans reader PAUL VARSANYI, who has some to share.
"To see useful change in government service, then articles and letters must start by recognising the apathy most of us have to politicians and their indifference to us." HUGH SELBY despairs at an electorate seduced by political illusions.
KEEPING UP THE ACT listens in to a top-level briefing from the prime minister about a mission that could affect the future of our nation.
"I am in my 80s, next to my property there is a huge government gumtree that drops leaves and nuts on to my drive. The hundreds of nuts are dangerous because I slip on them." But no-one in the bureaucracy is listening to RIA VAN DE ZANDT.
In Australia, as in other countries, cigarette smokers span the socioeconomic spectrum, but the poor are vastly over-represented, writes, Prof ROSS FITZGERALD.
Flattery through impersonation? Maybe Labor should enjoy the Liberal campaign a little more, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Barr v Trump and this week we end up with an unfunny KEEPING UP THE ACT because these guys are quite sobering in their similarity. Take a look.
"Perhaps the scene is set for the surrender of a document that will finally resolve the beloved Shakespeare myth," wonders columnist ROBERT MACKLIN as the Bard takes another pasting, this time from an American author.
Wake us when it's over... here's KEEPING UP THE ACT's return to Labor's loyal Just Us League.
"We have seen an upsurge in far-right politics that has been heavily based on the refugee and immigration issue, but it will affect many people other than refugees," writes JOHN MINNS.
Keep an eye on the Senate, says ZAREH GHAZARIAN, the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years to come.
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY says the nub of the problem with indigenisation is that in the Australian legal system that governs us all, it lacks the substance and the relevance to be given the role of “significant”.
"Please slow down on the roads, look out for wildlife and to check animals that have been hit. It's possible for animals such as kangaroos, possums and wombats to survive a car strike," says letter writer REBECCA MARKS.
Predictably unpredictable is how cartoonist PAUL DORIN is calling the federal election.
Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump’s tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite, write ERIN O'BRIEN and JUSTINE CONEYBEER.
"Youth justice management has decided that they, like adult corrections, are a law unto themselves. Oversight simply doesn't apply. They are getting away with this because the ACT government condones that conduct," writes HUGH SELBY.
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