Spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories about the effectiveness of lockdowns and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines is not helping those undecided about vaccinations.

Morrison is unlikely to do this as he governs with a slender majority and requires the votes of Christensen and Kelly. Also, given he faces a tight election, he needs all the favourable comment he can get from the "government channel", Sky News.

So we find ourselves in the situation where our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison places more importance on his own political survival and re-election prospects than the health and welfare of all Australians. Hardly the behaviour you'd expect from a pandemic Prime Minister.

I worry for my son, who has to go work at the office but is not deemed eligible for immediate vaccination.

Federal and territory employers of essential workers should fast-track their vaccination if they cannot work from home otherwise the delta virus could run rampant when they return to their loved ones at home.

The responsibility for this rests with the ACT chief health officer and her boss, the Chief Minister.

Up to a couple of days ago we were officially being told Kabul had only three months before the risk of falling to the Taliban.

It took more like three hours for the risk to leapfrog to actual reality since that pronouncement.

From the Tet Offensive in 1968, Saigon in 1975 and so on, does the Pentagon ever really have a clue? Or is it all just disinterested corporate welfare in aid of the merchants of death, the arms manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin?

Their rocketing profits and share prices in the last 20 years generously allow them the ultimate cynicism; give financial support to the Australian War Memorial.

As Canberra is impacted by Covid, I hope the Chief Minister shows he is a statesman, not just a politician, by point-scoring and uttering snide comments which do not help in anyway.

It is also to be hoped that the Canberra chief health officer, who apparently said she wanted to follow Queensland's COVID-19, shows more compassion and equality for "all" (unlike the Queensland model).

We need the very best at this time and Canberra can show the way. Good luck and keep safe.

Well done Gladys. The latest outbreak of the so-called Delta strain originated in Sydney and spread from there because of one singular reason; the NSW Premier did not lock down early enough.

Covid had been detected in outback NSW and then finally within the ACT before she finally did. And her justification for doing so? Because it had been detected here.

Not so, Gladys. The virus spread from Sydney; you're the one that stuffed up.

Stop criticising everyone else and look into the mirror.

That's where you'll see who's to blame for the spread.

We read of Afghans who helped Australia as interpreters and in myriad ways waiting for a visa from Australia.

If these people could be trusted with the security of our military they can be trusted to be good citizens. The bureaucratic delay is just the inherent racism of our political leaders.

Shame on Australia's illiberal government.

I am writing to let members of the public know that there is a serious ecological threat to the ongoing health of the garden landscaping along Northbourne Avenue, Capital Hill and surrounding environments.

Rabbits are thriving in the area and it appears that nothing is being done about it. Needless to say it is not only a danger to those driving in these areas but a distraction as well.

Having attended an event on the northside on a recent Saturday night I was astounded to see hundreds of rabbits grazing peacefully on Capital Hill. I slowed down to 55 km/h and unfortunately still received an infringement notice with a penalty of $301 and a loss of one demerit point.

I did not realise that the speed limit was 40 km/h. I have to wonder if this was to protect the rabbits as there was obviously no road work being undertaken after 8pm on a Saturday night.

I am dubious about being able to pay the amount; disputing liability, which I can not afford to do if the outcome was not in my favour; or by applying for a waiver that will eliminate the financial aspect of the notice.

Alas, my option is clear. Do not drive through Canberra City as plague numbers of rabbits will distract from roadside signage and it will cost you.

Until pest control is undertaken, this "note to self" is obviously my only option.

As usual, three cheers for Ian Warden for his article ("A long book for a week-long lockdown", canberratimes.com.au, August 15) regarding the generally right-wing (and Pentecostal in particular) view of climate change. I am bemused by their logic.

We can interfere in God's plan for climate change by making matters worse, but not interfere by making matters better. Similar logic to COVID-19 I guess; its okay to demonstrate and gather in large numbers to make the situation worse, but not okay to vaccinate to make it better.

Same argument can be made for no gun control, removal of speed limits, open fireplaces and so on.

It's God's will to have forests and its OK for us go against God's plan to cut them down for home heating, but not okay for us to ban open fires to reduce pollution.

The possibility that it's God's will that we should actually use our God-given brains and our God-given logic to conclude that they are doing the devil's work seems beyond them. Is selfishness a deadly sin? Can I do whatever I like and to hell with the rest of you?

Please Braidwood, install recharge points for electric vehicles in town. This will bring much business to all traders. In fact: install multiples. There has recently been a bulk buy in Canberra of Leafs (range 150kms) and owners need charging on the way to and from the coast. It takes 45 minutes meaning Wallace Street businesses would receive full attention, offsetting the Clyde closures.

The Australian census is the last place one would look for expressions of racial marginalisation or anti-semitic sentiments.

I did not take a screenshot, but there was a list of about a dozen religions shown as active in Australia. Judaism, was glaringly absent from the list. Why?

Judaism is the foundational religion for all Christian denominations, as well as Islam, and precedes them by two thousand years or more. Jews are major contributors to society in medicine, science, music, entertainment, and do more than pull their weight.

In the light of increasing anti-Semitic activities around the world, I cannot help but conclude that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has ulterior motives in marginalizing Jews on its list of active religions.

Judaism deserves to be shown the same respect as our younger cousins and not be relegated to the miscellaneous category.

Most Australians realise just how virulent the Delta variant that caused the recent lockdowns in NSW and the ACT is.

But it is puzzling how the virus managed to reach country communities such as Armidale, Dubbo and Broken Hill so quickly.

According to The New England Journal of Medicine, coronavirus is stable from several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces.

Did our health authorities consider outbreaks could be caused by trucks carrying items such as food and medicines?

It only takes one sneeze from an infected individual to spread the disease onto boxes which are then transported to regional areas.

People handling the boxes at the destination could inadvertently get infected and spread the virus in communities far distant from the Sydney or other hotspots.

I am haunted by two sets of images; Taliban fighters posing around the Afghan president's desk in Kabul, and Trump's insurgents posing at the speaker's desk in the US Congress on January 6. Why do they seem so similar?

The selfless Afghan President fled Kabul to save citizens from unnecessary bloodshed; his bloodshed.

Tardiness reigns supreme yet again ("Some Afghans who helped Australia won't be saved: Scott Morrison", canberratimes.com.au, August 17). Or has the Defence Minister been spending too much time on home schooling? Or preparing pre-election strategies?

I think that "American intelligence" is one of the finest oxymorons in the English language.

Does the Prime Minister have the imagination and moral principle of Malcolm Fraser, who welcomed the Vietnamese, to welcome Afghan refugees into Australia today? How much we gained by that prime minister's leadership.

Nixon negotiated peace in Vietnam. Trump negotiated peace in Afghanistan.

The noise is deafening. It's the sound of stable doors banging shut behind our esteemed leaders. It reminds me of the closing sequence of the old Get Smart series as the doors clanged shut behind Max as he left the building. ScoMo and Gladys please take note.

After what happened in Afghanistan I have zero respect for the Biden's administration. As for Australia, we proved once again that we are not only a puppet for America, but also a "mute puppet".

As a reader of The Canberra Times for more than 50 years, I'd like to congratulate the paper for its very helpful and easy-to-read "explainer" articles. Many thanks.

This Prime Minister will be known as "Scomo the late"; late to react to bushfires, late to react to COVID-19, late to react to Afghan helpers and late to react to climate change.

I don't hold a hose.

I didn't organise evacuation flights from Afghanistan.

Am I the Prime Minister?

Did the former Afghan president grab a hot one and a case of beer as he left for parts unknown?

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