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India's great election carnival

16 Apr 09 | Holding fair elections on such a scale is but part of the success enjoyed by the world's most populous democracy, RAMESH THAKUR writes |

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Editorial - General

Dangers of high-rise towers creeping up and out in the city

16 Apr 09 | Recent Letters contributors have written about residential redevelopment, rejecting multi-storeyed towers, with one contributor preferring ''low-rise, high-density''. The latter could be code for wh...

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There goes the neighbourhood

15 Apr 09 | Australia must face the fact that its influence with Pacific nations has been eroded and that it is now more resented than respected |

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Skyscrapers will ruin landscape of national capital

15 Apr 09 | Canberrans are finding that the power of the mighty dollar is insidiously starting to destroy the legacy of yet another one of our most influential founders, Professor Lindsay Pryor the international...

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Get serious on roo plan

14 Apr 09 | People need more detail on kangaroo cull plan, Rosslyn Beeby writes. |

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Broadband OK, but focus on fire, water and rail too

14 Apr 09 | The announcement by the Australian Government that $43billion will be spent over the next eight years on the introduction of a new broadband facility is not unwelcome in a time when unemployment is on...

Letters to the Editor - General

Obama's circuit-breaker

13 Apr 09 | The US President's bold step to rid the world of nuclear weapons is a critical move, RAMESH THAKUR writes

Editorial - General

We must speak up for people at risk in Sri Lanka

13 Apr 09 | I have been waiting for some word of compassion from our Government for the 150,000-200,000 people held hostage between the warring parties in north-east Sri Lanka; some word in support of their righ...

Letters to the Editor - General

Letters to the Editor

12 Apr 09 | Schools left out in coldACT EDUCATION minister Andrew Barr has said all ACT schools will be carbon neutral by 2017.

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Let's cut out drongo behaviour on the highway

12 Apr 09 | EASTER in Canberra is a glorious time. We are blessed with stunning autumn weather. (And some rain this year!) There is less of the stress and rampant consumerism of Christmas (save for the overindulgence in chocolate).

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Fast forward back to the future

09 Apr 09 | Technology is always a risk, even apparently "future-proof" technology, Jock Given writes. |

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Cut funding for internet, more for drought proofing, Rudd

09 Apr 09 | Can anyone take the Federal Government seriously? Their recent spending tsunami is beyond belief. The proposed $43 billion super fast broadband network splurge ahead of more critical infrastructure ...

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Libs' leading man losing faith

08 Apr 09 | If Malcolm Turnbull is to avoid political death, he needs to stop playing into Labor’s hands and tell the voters what he stands for. |

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Editorial - General

Christ preached wise message of living principled, selfless life

08 Apr 09 | While Graham Downie (''Revolutionary with spirit'', April 6, p10) identifies the resurrection correctly for many as the foundation belief without which there would be no Christianity, this is worth a ...

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