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Redacted suprise

1:00 AM | One can understand why organisations that censor documents before making them public prefer to use the euphemism ''redacted'' to describe the deletions.

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Collect green waste

1:00 AM | For many reasons, I accept that it is highly desirable to stop or reduce the waste of non-renewable fossil fuels, especially petrol.

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Planning proposal will create instant slums and monstrosities

1:00 AM | I am a resident of Argyle Square, which is central Canberra's sole remaining medium-density group of apartments and townhouses.

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Powerful flood tale, Joyce, but look at the causes

1:00 AM | Barnaby Joyce (''Muddy waters sets the real tone'', February 9, p15) presented a harrowing tale of the plight of Queensland's farmers facing massive flooding.

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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.

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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Expecting a bombshell

08 Feb 12 | One day soon I expect to wake up to one of two pieces of news. Either that Iran has the bomb or that Iran's nuclear facility has been bombed. In any case there

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Fitters Workshop

08 Feb 12 | Congratulations to Alison Alder on her new exhibition. From the review (''Nuclear reaction'', Panorama, February 4, p22), it looks interesting and worthwhile. A pity

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Don't rush to lay blame on facilities caring for the elderly

08 Feb 12 | Poor Anglicare! In trouble again over Ginninderra Gardens aged-care facility. Let's not rush to blame Anglicare.

Letters to the Editor - General

Open up Dickson supermarket site to competition

08 Feb 12 | Minister Andrew Barr (''Grocery top spots free in Dickson'', February 4, p3) has again announced some bad planning for Canberra.

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Welcome back

07 Feb 12 | Floods in Queensland, credit card debt up after record festive season spending, more Middle East instability in Syria, Treasurer warns banks about not passing on full in

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Lake swimming

07 Feb 12 | I am thrilled to read that Murray cod and golden perch are again thriving in the food-rich environment of Lake Burley Griffin (''Catch of the day reflects lakes' healthy

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Proposed memorials will detract from Griffin's concept

07 Feb 12 | The report ''Govt to probe war memorials'' (February 4, p6) recommending that a truncated version, down from 20m to 15m, would not ''compete with the scale and importance of the AWM".

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Australia's paradox hides story of Labor's success

07 Feb 12 | I don't get it. On a range of indicators from the UN Human Development Index and OECD, Australia is the best country in the world to be living in (see Peter Hartcher excellent book The Swee

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