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Shy Greens prefer a private pool

11 Feb 12 | There was this thing on FaceBook the other day. From the Greens, in Victoria.

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Gillard ramps up power and passion

11 Feb 12 | Peter Slipper, the Liberal Party defector, has opted to wear a robe for his role as Speaker.

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Stumblings on embassy security

11 Feb 12 | Hyperbole after the great Lobby Restaurant Massacree of Australia Day labelled it as the most serious lapse of security involving a prime minister since the 1970s.

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Spam's off

10 Feb 12 | One of the many premier league radio gems Peter Sellers recorded in the late 1950s was Balham, Gateway to the South, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden for the BBC series Third Division.

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Conflict of interest

10 Feb 12 | 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.

Letters to the Editor - General

Too cool for school

10 Feb 12 | I respect the good intentions of Ian Chubb in wanting maths and science made ''cooler'' (''Quest to make maths and science cool'', February 8, p7), but we've a

Letters to the Editor - General

Media should stop and listen to discover multi-faceted PM

10 Feb 12 | Jack Waterford (''No mould, male or female'', February 8, p11) may be right that there is no mould for a political personality, and particularly a prime minister, but there is

Letters to the Editor - General

Anglicare hasn't learned from previous malpractice

10 Feb 12 | Of course, shockingly inadequate government funding affects the quality of care in nursing homes, as John Brummell (Letters, February 8) wrote.

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Open up debate on need for welfare

10 Feb 12 | The welfare state is like milk. It makes us healthy. It's good for children. Its benefits are beyond question. Or so says James Bartholomew's mother-in-law.

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Predictions for elections around the voting globe

10 Feb 12 | Many English speaking nations go to the polls this year, MALCOLM MACKERRAS writes

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Why isn't Facebook British?

10 Feb 12 | Mark Zuckerberg would have faced unproductive resentment for his success on the other side of the Atlantic, BORIS JOHNSON writes

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Why Canberra needs a second airport urgently

10 Feb 12 | The local aviation industry is dying but there's a way to fix it, DAVID EDMUNDS writes

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Slipper takes a bow dodging the door policy

10 Feb 12 | Gatecrashers aren't typically associated with the political realm. After all, what's to crash?

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Infrastructure ignored

09 Feb 12 | One can only hope that the current proposal by Minister Andrew Barr to release more land for housing will not be undertaken until, unlike past and current effor

Letters to the Editor - General

Infill vital for urban sustainability but it must be done well

09 Feb 12 | R. C. Warn (Letters, February 8) is right when he says he is not familiar with the recent Dickson development, though it hasn't stopped him making a blanket comment.

Letters to the Editor - General

Facebook and spam

09 Feb 12 | I don't have a Facebook page. I don't want a Facebook page. However, my daughter joined Facebook and suddenly I have been inundated with spam mail and begging lett

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Council's all-time low hits an architectural wonder

09 Feb 12 | The ACT Heritage Council has hit an all-time low by supporting the demolition of the wonderful Enrico Taglietti's Flynn Primary School.

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Arabs continue to pay for their 'spring' with blood

09 Feb 12 | Western intervention in Syria is part of a proxy war against Iran SEUMAS MILNE writes

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Muddy waters sets the real tone

09 Feb 12 | I am at a friend's place staring out at the peak of the flood. In my town, St George, the hydraulic pressure of the river is forcing its way back up the storm water drains.

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