Garden-sculpture thieves exhaust Tom and Claire
"Karma comes around," warns letter writer CLAIRE EAMES, of Holt, to thieves who have taken her husband Tom's garden sculpture – "a pretty lowdown act to steal from elderly people".
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"Kids and adults will be forced to give up their indoor sports competitions. How can such well used and valued assets be ripped away from the community they have served? Shame ACT government, shame!" says letter writer DIANNE DEANE.
Mark Parton has to transform his disparate party room into a cohesive opposition, develop a suite of policies that resonate with the electorate, then sell it to the voters. A tall order, says letter writer, IAN DE LANDELLES.
"To get dangerous, dead trees removed by our local government requires the 'patience of saints'," says letter writer ERWIN WEGNER of Giralang.
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Why feminists are angry for the wrong reason
Denial of opportunity has not been the real problem; feminists have been duped by technology, says letter writer JOHN L SMITH, of Farrer.
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Rezoning move threatens decades of destruction
"Comfortable houses and mature trees, lawns and gardens would be bulldozed over a 3.5 kilometre stretch." Letter writer SIMON SCOTT is concerned about rezoning on the western edges of Watson and Downer.
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So, I’ll have my rates back, thank you, Mr Barr
Reader ROSS KELLY is staggered to discover the road into his sleepy corner of Canberra is to be resealed – again. He reckons it doesn't need it.
"Ben Roberts-Smith earned his Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry in some faraway foreign land that his government saw fit to send him in order to fight an enemy of a terrorist regime," says letter writer and former soldier ROSS E SMITH.
Letter writer RON EDGECOMBE says there is so much for the ACT to learn from the Tasmanian Planning Commission report on the Hobart stadium proposal.
"The national capital and territory planning 'authorities', as minor units of government bureaucracies, will roll over and accept whatever the ACT insists on," says letter writer RICHARD JOHNSON, of Kingston.
"Shorter journey time is key to patronage take up. Light rail 2b will take longer, especially if it's routed through Barton – a turn off for patrons who don’t want to waste time sitting in a tram," says letter writer RUSS MORRISON.
"Ask yourself: if 63 people were dying on our roads every year, would the ACT government stand by and do nothing? Of course not. So why is nothing done when the cause of death is air pollution?" says letter writer DARYL JOHNSTON.
The ANU's full leadership team should not assume that the Canberra community, which includes many concerned ANU donors, will remain committed to supporting ANU getting to wherever it is being driven to, says letter writer SUE DYER.
"We did not want to sell... But we had no alternatives. No money to contest legally. We needed our kids to live somewhere safe. So I signed the papers, surrendering under duress." Mr Fluffy affected homeowner MARK HARRADINE, remembers...
Letter writer ERIC HUNTER, fresh from a heart-valve replacement, found his recovery come to a screaming halt with a delay of up to 12 weeks to get on an cardiac rehab program at the Canberra North hospital. It's 'unacceptable', he says.
"The ACT system, unfortunately, has no independent library board, as is commonplace elsewhere," says letter writer DR CHRIS WATSON in his argument for a review of public libraries.
The letters ran thick and fast this week with subjects ranging from veterinary care for a cat, through homelessness, the kangaroo cull, Canberra Liberals to a sing-a-long poem dedicated to the failings of MyWay.
"Government by levy is unfair, inequitable and bad governance. We now have three levies, amounting to more than $500 a year per rateable property." Letter writer HELEN TAN, of Deakin, urges ratepayers to object to the health levy.
"The Winter in the City event demonstrates very poor public health practice, with adults and children potentially breathing in this toxic brew for many hours," says letter writer MURRAY MAY.
