My local Lib won’t talk trams and flicks me off!
Letter writer DAVID TYLER, of Macquarie, asked his local MLA what the Canberra Liberals' position was on the tram to Woden. He wasn't happy with the reply.
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HERMAN SAFRANSKY, a visitor from the US, says he's noticed a recent outbreak of the pandemic, medically referred to as chromophobia (fear of colours).
Letter writer RIC HINGEE, of Duffy, raises the unanswered questions of why the ACT government opposed the inquiry into the Orroral Valley bushfires.
"All the Greens can offer is fear, fear of the future for your children and grandchildren. And it seems to be working," bemoans letter writer GREG CORNWELL.
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Cloisters with all the ambiance of an ‘unkempt slum’
"I was really shocked and saddened to see these exceptional historic and cultural icons so neglected and unloved," says Canberra visitor IAN BROINOWSKI of the Sydney and Melbourne buildings.
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Time to stop this ideological Greens nonsense
"The real price of light rail, now set to be confounded with the raising of London Circuit, is committing an entire generation to life in high-rise dwellings," says letter writer JOHN L SMITH, of Farrer.
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Why Housing ACT deserves all that’s hurled at it
"I would like to have my carpet replaced. It went down in 2002. Twenty years ago! The area manager checked – no future date has been set. What is it about the state of maintenance? It must be the light rail," writes a Housing ACT tenant.
"Paul Costigan is right to criticise local ABC for allowing the NCA to get away with propagandising the approval process for the second stage of the light rail," says letter writer ERIC HUNTER, of Cook.
Our "Keeping up the ACT" strip and a subsequent letter seems to have unleashed a cathartic wave of unhappiness with the local ABC radio station.
"Neither the opposition nor independents dare to oppose the white elephant responsible for Third World conditions in this wealthy city," says letter writer ROBIN UNDERWOOD.
Tell your super fund to get out of Russian assets, says letter writer MARTIN GORDON.
In a touching letter of persistence and endeavour, reader PAT BOURKE, of Hackett, explains the difficulty of dealing digitally as an older person with the ACT government.
Aren’t we all fed up with not being told the truth by not just the federal and state governments, but by their often incompetent, administration-driven senior bureaucrats, who make stupid decisions, asks letter writer GREG CORNWELL.
Would it not make more sense to invest in major infrastructure upgrades to facilitate faster roll-out of electric buses and, for that matter, other battery electric vehicles, asks letter writer RICHARD JOHNSTON, of Deakin.
Letter writer RAY ZAK, of Macgregor, is concerned about a world full of single-use plastic.
"Nichole Overall will need to be the fighter she says she is if there is any hope of getting a fair go from Macquarie Street and better transport services for Monaro," says letter writer BOB BENNETT.
There used to be a memorial to May Hayman and Mona Tait, another Canberra nurse murdered by the Japanese, says letter writer STEPHEN BROWN, of Forrest.
Reader GIL MILLER has been fined three times for unwittingly exceeding the new 40km/h limits on Northbourne Avenue. He's having panic attacks worrying if he's been caught again.
Letter writer RICHARD JOHNSON laments the tram heading south saying: "Yet to come, and extending over many years, will be the digging up of roads, a major new bridge over the lake and destroying heritage trees on Commonwealth Avenue."
