"There should be a public inquiry, not just into the mistreatment of whistleblower David McBride, but also into serious allegations about the inhumane conditions other inmates face at the AMC," says letter writer ANDREW WILLIAM HOPKINS.
"The Barr government has been abjectly lazy in revenue raising policy, deliberately choosing to rely on residential and commercial rates and land taxes, fees, charges, fines etcetera," says letter writer RON EDGECOMBE, of Evatt.
"For Canberra to develop as a more inclusive city with transparent and accountable governance, the best outcome could be for independents ... to have the balance of power," says letter writer MIKE QUIRK.
"What credible independents usually do is to be independent. In federal parliament, independents seem to focus on community needs and national issues more than the major parties," says letter writer TONY STEWART.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, says the ACT government is preventing public school visits by independent senator David Pocock, despite the schools inviting him. But why?
"The Barr government has, alone amongst other states, decided not to enact anti-consorting laws to effectively control OMCG activities," says letter writer RON EDGECOMBE, of Evatt.
"Why cannot the local ACT politicians understand that each shopping centre needs a public toilet as do many picnic areas such as Yarramundi reach," say letter writers KARNA and JULINA O'DEA.
"Has the Labor-Greens government just given up on Canberra? Ten years or even five years ago it wasn’t like this," says letter writer RACHAEL NANO, of Lyons.
"Now, I know a lot of local Laborites have had direct CFMEU backing, but having an actual CFMEU employee running for office?" Letter writer ANNE O'DONNELL wonders what's going on with Labor's Kurrajong candidate Aggi Court.
"Is it any wonder that our emergency departments in Canberra are overrun when even relatively minor cases cannot be attended to at the Walk In Centres because there is no doctor on duty?" writes reader ALEX COURAGE, of Yarralumla.
"Australia has the natural advantage of a third of the world's nuclear resources," says letter writer ANTHONY HORDEN.
"The rationale or ideology that promotes abortion up to birth has no tenable case to offer in respect of a living human person being left to die without care," says letter writer JOHN KENNEDY.
"There are people out there that want to build more adaptable and affordable housing and legalised monopolies like Icon are actively imposing unnecessary costs," says letter writer FRANK WALMSLEY.
How does the ACT government ensure that raw political and union loyalties are more than balanced out by higher quality experience, skills and abilities needed for publicly paid-for staffer positions, asks letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer.
The blinding brightness of exterior vehicle light indicator and headlight design, whether electric vehicles or just the ordinary sedan, adds to what is already a volatile driving experience on Canberra roads, writes ANGELA KUETER-LUKS.
"Having paid someone more than $700,000 over two years while not carrying out any specified duties, the public deserves some honest enlightenment instead of just being told about a well-timed retreat from the public payroll," says SUE DYER.
The ACT budget appears to be a case of massive hubris, detachment from the real world, continuing reliance on past policy focuses and an innate inability to understand and respond to changing circumstances, says letter writer RON EDGECOMBE.
Letter writer JACK KERSHAW sees and emerging Acton Peninsula as the logical place for the light rail to cross the lake. Walter Burley Griffin's unbuilt third bridge suggests Mr Kershaw has a point.
"The ACT shows disregard for actual public service delivery. No wonder Canberrans throw up our hands and put up with dirty, litter-strewn, vandalised roads, parks and infrastructure," says letter writer G NIELSEN.
