I am appalled that Dickson is about to be turned into a concrete jungle with no parking. Andrew Barr says it is in the name of competition. Is he doing the same at Jamison, Erindale, Mawson? No. Dickson has a thriving cafe-restaurant culture, which even at the moment has limited parking. Since Barr lives at Dickson, he should have removed himself from any planning decisions, so as to remove any glimmer of conflict of interest.
Peter Stonebridge, Tabourie Lake, NSW
BANKS PUSH LIMIT OF BELIEF
The major banks declared, ahead of the Reserve's decision, their reluctance to lower their interest rates, arguing the high cost to them of obtaining finance from overseas sources. Are these sources the same ones in which our superannuation money is being invested? Because I, for one, have been getting negative interest from mine. Now they are even threatening to raise interest rates. The cheek of them.
John Rodriguez, Florey
SEXISM IN POLITICS
Hawke replaced Hayden, Keating replaced Hawke, Turnbull replaced Nelson, Abbott replaced Turnbull, Gillard replaced Rudd. When males do it, it's considered normal politics, but Gillard is consistently characterised as a ''Lady Macbeth''. Methinks sexism rears its ugly head.
Patricia Saunders, Chapman
RULES NOT CENTRELINK'S
Fintan O' Laighlin (Letters, February 9) has overstepped the mark in vilifying a Centrelink worker. He should know that Centrelink doesn't make the rules, the government does.
Jane Craig, Holt
PAYING THROUGH THE BOWSER
The NSW government has done a backflip on no longer having ''regular'' unleaded petrol, for the reason that many motorists would be forced to use higher octane (and dearer) fuel if they cannot or don't want to use ethanol-based fuel. How is it, then, that in the ACT my local petrol station does not sell regular unleaded petrol, forcing me to use 95 octane in my 30-year-old lawn mower?
Steven Hurren, Macquarie
TRAFFIC SIGNS NOT FOR ADS
Canberra's people are fortunate their government allows them to advertise on traffic signs. Or does it really?
Anna Nguyen, Holt
WHAT IT MEANS TO NURDLE
In response to Patrick Ryan's comment about the word ''nurdling''. In The Chambers Dictionary 1993: ''nurdle: (cricket) to score runs by gently pushing or deflecting the ball with the bat rather than by hitting it hard''.
Margaret Webber, Isaacs
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