With only 250 active COVID-19 cases in Canberra's population of 430,000 the chances of your catching the virus from the next person you come into close contact with are one in 1700 if you are not vaccinated, and highly improbable if you are.
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So with over 90 per cent of us now fully vaccinated, why are we still expected to wear masks indoors?
Why are there still restrictions on indoor gatherings?
Just what is it going to take for all this nonsense to end?
Nigel Poole, Palmerston
Why Christianity?
David Renton (Letters, October 29) offers up a cogent argument as to why he and others like him who adhere to the same ancient mythological religion shouldn't and won't indulge in the practices of abortion or voluntary assisted dying. Good for him.
He has no convincing argument as to why others should be forced to adhere to these beliefs other than that they have decided it's in our best interests.
But why this particular ancient religion?
In this day and age of extreme weather events I'm wondering why he doesn't consider adopting the practices of alternative ancient religions and offer up sacrifices of young boys and girls in order to appease and please the weather gods?
Why not give some of these ancient sacrificial practices a whirl in order to bring regular rain, prevent droughts, mitigate some of these outrageous hail storms and reduce the severity of bush fires?
We have to recognise that "God's laws and standards" - whichever god one follows - are indeed outdated and restrictive practices.
Then maybe we can move on, in greater harmony, while collectively minding our own business.
Keith Hill, Clifton Beach, Qld
Signs of the times
Our standards seem to be slipping. What today we call lobbying used to be called corruption.
Harry Davis, Campbell
If it isn't broke
I'm all for changing the voter ID laws on one simple proviso, is there a serious problem with our current system? If something is not broken, usually the best option is to leave it alone and let it work. In the same manner many Australians feel the political donations problem is a problem and needs to have changes to identify and regulate political donations, both in cash and in kind. Can our government address the real issues for Australia first and give the American right-wing ideologies a miss?
Doug Steley, Heyfield
Rights are at risk
If the federal government passed the Trumpian voter ID bill I'll file the matter in the High Court as it would disenfranchise me as a disabled voter. I'm listed as a postal voter as I have a low-vision disability which makes it difficult for me at attend a voting place to vote effectively. Those putting forward this rubbish should be ashamed of themselves.
Rohan Goyne, Evatt
A khaki election?
In an act widely condemned internationally, the civilian Sudanese government was displaced a few days ago in a military coup.
If the Australian Government wishes to consider the option of a khaki election it could do no better than consider the despatch of an expeditionary contingent to Khartoum.
It need only look to the precedent of the colonial NSW 17th Battalion. It arrived in Sudan in 1886 and subsequently withdrew without one soldier killed in action, but too late to end a situation not unlike the one seen today.
If he wishes to review the troops on operations, and emulate true contemporary imperialism, the PM could disport military pattern dress and tread a red carpet, the latter not unprecedented for him.
Bill Thompson, Scullin
Gladys a victim?
I'm starting to feel sorry for the former NSW Premier. From the tone of those phone calls it sounds like she was trapped in an abusive relationship with a clever manipulator.
