It has been there for the past week. It was a very distressing sight lying near a footpath which is also used by children riding their bikes on their way to school. I found something to cover it with.

With the recent hot days, the stench became terrible and invaded our homes.

I also stopped a passing police car and they advised me they would contact the relevant ACT department to report it. I was assured by the helpful young woman I spoke to on Tuesday that she would organise for it to be removed.

Thankfully it is now raining. This is helping to minimise the odour. It is now almost a skeleton presumably having been eaten, but it's still a very confronting scene.

Surely this is what we pay our expensive rates for?

Richard Johnston's tribute to the late The Canberra Times contributor, Barrie Smillie, and the former's reference to a Rostrum group, brought back memories (Letters, March 11).

In 1973, while working for the Bank of New South Wales at its head office, a manager, more senior than I, handed me a small booklet about an organisation called Rostrum.

Today it still exists in many countries and is the longest running public speaking organisation in the world. I decided to join Rostrum Club 23 in Sydney and a move first to Hobart in 1985, then Adelaide in 1987 saw me associated with clubs in both those cities. In total I both enjoyed and benefited from the training received and the fellowship shared over a 20-year period.

After watching Meghan Markle's attempt to upstage her royal family, I must applaud the Queen for her eloquent response.

Well may the English sing:

God save our gracious Queen

Long live our noble Queen

God save the Queen.

The program run by St.Vincent's Hospital in Sydney that improves the health of Indigenous patients is an example of improved health outcomes when Indigenous staffing and assets are introduced.

A similar process could be commenced within the prison using Indigenous prison staff to relate culturally with Indigenous inmates.

A purpose-built wing complete with local plants and trees with edible berries could serve as an outdoor Indigenous educational area and reduce the likely incidence of further reoffending.

I and thousands of Canberrans are with you Greg (Letters, March 11). Bonython residents overwhelmingly rejected the noise and nuisance of delivery drones in our suburb.

I know your distress and so wish you didn't have to put up with the noise pollution.

It ruined our quality of life.

It sounds very much like it is ruining yours as well.

Given rapidly-improving bus technology and a competitive industry ("The ACT's multi-million-dollar electric bus tender has attracted 100 expressions of interest", canberratimes.com.au, March 9) surely it is time to reconsider whether light rail is the best option for the inter-town public transport network.

Electric buses on their own right of way could provide similar benefits to light rail at substantially lower cost. The government should do the analysis to reassure the community it is effectively using limited infrastructure.

Savings could be used to improve the health system and social housing.

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