Letters to the Editor
31 Jul 09 | The behaviour of the Rudd Government following receipt of the National Hospital and Health Care Reform Commission report has been precisely the same as its reaction to the Garnaut report on climate c...
30 Jul 09 | The discussion paper by the ACT's transport planner (''Expert puts our future on buses'', July 28, p1) is surprisingly inadequate and vastly disappointing.
The author suffers from tunnel vision in h...
29 Jul 09 | Any ''overhaul'' of Canberra's transport system (''Stanhope to overhaul transport'', July 24), p1) should not summarily dismiss a railway component.
To help ''combat'' global warming, we must reduce...
28 Jul 09 | With the world facing climatic and environmental crises, the time is ripe for a new industrial revolution which would progressively replace our dependency on polluting non-renewable energy capital by ...
27 Jul 09 | There has been much debate and media coverage in recent weeks on the teachers' union pushing its opposition to school performance reporting and threatening widespread industrial action (''Testing t...
26 Jul 09 | Top care, tough workAFTER recently spending several days in the Intensive Care Unit of the Canberra Hospital, I should like to express my admiration for and thanks to the caring teams and individuals ...
25 Jul 09 | After reading that elective surgeries in the ACT could be cancelled for up to three months (''GP shortage may get worse, minister says'', July 24, p4) I am grateful mine took place a few days ago.
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24 Jul 09 | The ACT Medical Board should make public the name of the doctor who is mentioned ('''Shoddy' doctor reaches accord'', July 21, p3) in its review. The cloak of secrecy is not in the public interest. ...
23 Jul 09 | It is hard to regard the latest Australian death in Afghanistan as being anything but in vain. Until our political and military leaders articulate a coherent political strategy for stabilising Afghani...
22 Jul 09 | Why should we bother testing our endurance if heartbreak and hopelessness are the only results?
The Taliban is showing dogged resistance as terror attacks continue to arise in politically unstable l...
21 Jul 09 | Crispin Hull's opinion piece, ''Seek new route with bus and rail'' (Forum, July 18, p15) was valuable but could have more clearly identified the elephant in the room it is not possible to marry an ef...
20 Jul 09 | One could be forgiven for hoping that the roadworks on the Cotter Road between Adelaide Avenue and Lady Denman Drive would improve traffic movement, but this is not the case.
They are building a ...
19 Jul 09 | Where's the giant leap?
CONGRATULATIONS on the moon landing, however have we a list of benefits to humanity from the massive expense and has NASA's budget been cut in the USA's current financial woes?
18 Jul 09 | Letters to the Editor
17 Jul 09 | Disposal of nuclear waste has always been a problem, but compared with yesteryears the problem is diminishing.
Nevertheless, it is bizarre and somewhat inconsistent to read of the dangers to the c...
16 Jul 09 | Thank you, Jack Waterford, for pointing out (July 13) the rank hypocrisy of the Opposition regarding the arrest in China of Stern Hu.
Even if people cannot appreciate arcane points of law about the...
15 Jul 09 | Chief Minister Jon Stanhope is absolutely right. Canberra does need to be linked by a very fast train.
It defies logic that this city is so poorly serviced by rail, both in terms of service frequ...
14 Jul 09 | The detention of Stern Hu for allegedly bribing Chinese state officials and stealing state secrets, has resulted in both political parties engaging in a frenzy of spin which has dominated our media in...
13 Jul 09 | Proposed changes to the National Parks and Wildlife Act, making it easier to develop commercial facilities and resorts in national parks, puts nature under attack and is bad for local business.
New ...
12 Jul 09 | Unsettling views
I FAIL to see why some of your correspondents are upset by the Prime Minister advocating in favour of the canonisation of Mary McKillop.