What a shame the government’s killing dingoes
"Dingoes are not wild dogs. Using this vague term risks the needless killing of a native apex predator essential to healthy ecosystems," says letter writer WHITNEY ANDERS RICHARDSON.
Letters
LEELA ROSS and others take umbrage at an earlier letter calling on the Canberra Jewish community to justify the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza.
"Attempts by golf courses to generate income from land sales of their concessional leases on the basis they cannot establish a sustained longer-term existence is unsustainable and should be rejected," says letter writer ALBERT OBERDORF.
Reader NIZAM YOOSUF laments about the design of public car parks in Gungahlin to the extent he reckons he's found the worst in Australia. A big call.
Letters
Why the fuss when cannabis is such a positive?
Reader JANINE HASKINS, of Cook, says the use of cannabis makes a person feel mellow, relaxed and often extremely happy and wonders what the fuss around its use is all about.
Letters
Gumtree danger, but no one’s listening to me
"I am in my 80s, next to my property there is a huge government gumtree that drops leaves and nuts on to my drive. The hundreds of nuts are dangerous because I slip on them." But no-one in the bureaucracy is listening to RIA VAN DE ZANDT.
Letters
Dread of finding kangaroo injured and left to die
"Please slow down on the roads, look out for wildlife and to check animals that have been hit. It's possible for animals such as kangaroos, possums and wombats to survive a car strike," says letter writer REBECCA MARKS.
The contentious construction progress of light rail continues to evoke responses from CityNews readers, most of whom are refusing to lie down and let the government's tram spin roll over them. Here are the latest letters.
"Tariffs generally are bad for world trade, especially for the weakest trading countries," says letter writer TIM WALSHAW, of Watson.
"Every facility you contact for respite care is already at 95 per cent capacity and available rooms are as scarce as hen’s teeth... the aged-care situation in Canberra is in a catastrophic state," says letter writer CAROLE FORD, of Conder.
Letter writer MURRAY MAY, of Cook, worries that the bureaucratic bias is to protect dangerous tree, not the people below them.
Letter writer MIKE QUIRK wonders why the ACT government didn't analyse the relative cost of alternatives for the light rail extension to Woden?
"No manner of 'creative accounting' will solve the ACT government's health budget conundrum," says letter writer IAN DE LANDELLES.
Letter writer VALERIE SCOTT came home from Brisbane awestruck by its municipal beauty to the vista of Canberra's weeds and poorly mown grass.
"Among Trump's demands [are] that the global community purchase shoddier American-made products in preference to superior European items under threat of severe tariffs on foreign-made goods," says letter writer JOHN MURRAY, of Fadden.
Letter writer RON EDGECOMBE, of Rivett, wonders if Andrew Barr's City Hill land sale is consistent with Walter Burley Griffin’s master plan for the future development of the existing open landscape environs surrounding the lake.
"Hopefully politicians will learn from LA that spending funds on fortifying our city against the natural disasters of climate change is more important than running a tram to Woden before it is too late," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, believes Labor should be worried if the plan is to have the current treasurer, planning and transport minister Chris Steel take on full parliamentary party and government leadership duties any time soon.
Letter writer JACK KERSHAW says it's in the national interest to get the light rail route to Woden right – and it's not too late to make the change.
