20/08/2008 | It is hoped the release of the ACT Government's discussion paper regarding raising the school leaving age and re-engaging so-called disengaged youth (''Outcry at plan to lift school leaving age'', Aug...
20/08/2008 | ''Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century,'' George W. Bush says in regard to the South Ossetian crisis. The lack of moral credibility that le...
19/08/2008 | John Thistleton's report ('''Sneaky tax' may force up rents,'' August 16, p9) raises some interesting points of concern about the Unit Titles Amendment Bill. It also demonstrates the truth of the old...
19/08/2008 | The Attorney-General, Simon Corbell, in an attempt to discredit the views in my earlier letter, states that he is confident that the new controlled operations legislation will prevent corruption and i...
18/08/2008 | In response to Robert Allan, medical director of the Phillip Medical Centre (Letters, August 14, p16), I would like to highlight a number of issues that as a former patient of the centre I feel could ...
18/08/2008 | Barry York claims (''If you want to be red, don't be green'', August 16, pB2) that the environment movement is basically submissive and religious in its view of nature. Although it is hard to generali...
16/08/2008 | To the Point
16/08/2008 | Saakashvili 'deserved' what he got, now 'exile' him
16/08/2008 | Solar orientation overlooked in Burnie Court development
16/08/2008 | Potpourri approach
The number of hours of Olympic Games coverage provided by Channel Seven is commendable.
15/08/2008 | The Calvary John James Hospital cancer clinic has for many years played a major role in providing chemotherapy treatment for Canberra patients.
Its planned closure next month, (without consultation ...
15/08/2008 | As we approach the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, reports of botched helicopter evacuations of our soldiers in Afghanistan should disturb all Australians.
During the Battle of Long Tan ...
14/08/2008 | Ready access to first-class oncology services is an important part of making the best of life when living with cancer. I know, having lived with cancer and associated treatments for almost a decade.
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14/08/2008 | With so much misinformation having been promulgated about the move of the Wanniassa Medical Centre to Phillip, and several undeserved attacks on the reputations of the doctors, I want to correct a num...
13/08/2008 | It was good to see Robert Wilson putting in the hard pedal strokes in ''The commuter challenge'' (August 9, p3) from Wanniassa to Fyshwick.
Given the 17km distance and the 80km/h the car could trav...
13/08/2008 | As the US President looked on at the Olympics, admiring the new standards for elite performance by some US swimmers, Russia and Georgia set to with bloody consequences.
I couldn't help but think tha...
12/08/2008 | I've always accepted the primacy of growth. We've got to have a few limits no point flooding the Franklin if you don't have to.
But growth is good and at each election I've voted Liberal or Labor, ...
12/08/2008 | ACT Health Minister Katie Gallagher (''Last-ditch push to keep health centre open'', August 8, p1) says she has written to her federal counterpart lobbying for a new approach to tackle ACT general pra...
11/08/2008 | The passing of the controlled operations law for police (''Illegal deeds all in a day's work'', August 8, p3) is concerning.
There is no guarantee that it will make a difference to the drug trade a...
11/08/2008 | The celebration of 150 years of Australian football is certainly a great reason to hold up the first game played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College to the Australian sporting public (''Good...