Death of the man with three lives
"CityNews" columnist and author ROBERT MACKLIN farewells Trevor Kennedy, the subject of his just-completed authorised biography of the journalist and businessman.
Opinion
Views on the news from Canberra’s top columnists
In a quiet week for letters, reader RON EDGECOMBE pulls no punches in his dismay at ACT power prices.
Plato? Blimey, this column is going up in the world! It's another "Seven Days" with IAN MEIKLE.
"A friend recently learned she was colour blind. She was quite surprised. In fact, the diagnosis came completely out of the black," writes "Whimsy" columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
Opinion
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
With Australia opening up, cartoonist PAUL DORIN has an idea on where we should be going.
Opinion
Welcome to the nightmare of a ‘Better Normal’
"Changes to the southern suburbs are being advanced with little detail available to the residents in the firing line. Rest assured, when the deals have been done, the residents will be told – sorry, consulted," writes PAUL COSTIGAN.
Letter writer PAUL VARSANYI, of Kambah, would like to hear the voice of an NCO, even a private, representing the real heroes of Remembrance Day.
Gordon Ramsay has another new job in which the ex-minister's minister is the ex-colleague who beat the ex-MLA to Labor's last seat in Ginninderra. All forgiven, Tara? It's "Seven Days" with IAN MEIKLE.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN sees a downside to electric vehicles.
"Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN says the announcement of the latest "Demonstration House" projects is just the thin end of a planning wedge.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN reckons some things will stay the same even with electric vehicles.
Retired architect JACK KERSHAW defines what he says is the crisis in housing in the ACT and offers some, albeit radical, solutions.
"The pristine veldt in the diorama lacks burning houses and crops, dead horses, dead sheep, field hospitals choked with soldiers dying of disease… and civilians dying in British concentration camps," writes CON BOEKEL.
"It is now common for developer-driven DAs to include worthy statements about climate, community values and involvement. The reality is that consultation processes involve ticking boxes and tokenistic engagement," writes PAUL COSTIGAN.
Here's how the ACT government digs a hole. Do not do this at home.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN takes a closer look at the PM's assertion that he's never told a porky in public life.
JULIE TONGS, CEO of Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services, is all for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14, but says that first the ACT government needs to fix the problems with the present system.
"The government owes a duty of care to all citizens," warns letter writer MAX FLINT.
