Solar panels do nothing for 60 per cent of the year
"Engineering and technology always beat 'renewable' electricity, hawked by credulous politicians!" says letter writer ANTHONY HORDERN.
Letters
The ACT government seems to think money grows on trees, says letter writer MURRAY MAY in his reaction to the latest ACT budget: "The whole thing is a debacle, with the lack of foresight and prudent financial management very evident."
"It’s time to call the tramline what it really is: a white elephant on rails, and a symbol of a government that has lost touch with the people it claims to serve," says letter writer JOHN FRANZE.
A group of distinguished Canberrans is pleading for commitment from the Australian government to do everything it can to halt what is with each passing day, more unmistakably a genocide in Gaza.
Letters
Chief Minister should see city’s mess in daylight
Letter writer ROSS E SMITH is disappointed at the state of Canberra, which he describes as a "national embarrassment" due to many issues left unresolved by the ACT Labor government.
Letters
Rebuilt war memorial’s wings are a ‘big shame’
"As a result of the new development, when viewed from Anzac Parade and Parliament House, the war memorial seems to have grown clearly visible wings!" bemoans letter writer MARK DAWES.
Letters
Council shame at caving in on wood heater policy
Letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON, of Tuggeranong, is disappointed the Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council has backflipped on its policy to strict wood-fired heaters.
"How about some real-life stories from people from different walks of life who did not get vaccinated but wish that they did," asks letter writer KARINA MORRIS, of Weetangera.
"Dingoes are not wild dogs. Using this vague term risks the needless killing of a native apex predator essential to healthy ecosystems," says letter writer WHITNEY ANDERS RICHARDSON.
LEELA ROSS and others take umbrage at an earlier letter calling on the Canberra Jewish community to justify the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza.
"Attempts by golf courses to generate income from land sales of their concessional leases on the basis they cannot establish a sustained longer-term existence is unsustainable and should be rejected," says letter writer ALBERT OBERDORF.
Reader NIZAM YOOSUF laments about the design of public car parks in Gungahlin to the extent he reckons he's found the worst in Australia. A big call.
Reader JANINE HASKINS, of Cook, says the use of cannabis makes a person feel mellow, relaxed and often extremely happy and wonders what the fuss around its use is all about.
"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.
"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.
The contentious construction progress of light rail continues to evoke responses from CityNews readers, most of whom are refusing to lie down and let the government's tram spin roll over them. Here are the latest letters.
"Tariffs generally are bad for world trade, especially for the weakest trading countries," says letter writer TIM WALSHAW, of Watson.
"Every facility you contact for respite care is already at 95 per cent capacity and available rooms are as scarce as hen’s teeth... the aged-care situation in Canberra is in a catastrophic state," says letter writer CAROLE FORD, of Conder.
Letter writer MURRAY MAY, of Cook, worries that the bureaucratic bias is to protect dangerous tree, not the people below them.
