Letters
Value the independent voices in parliament
Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
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Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege
I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?
No shame in compliance culture
The famous Australian mateship concept and the notion of a fair go are demonstrated and reciprocated by our compliance culture. If more countries embraced these quaint practices, I’m sure the world would be a better place.
Health problems in the US, and the repercussions
Jacqueline Maley’s excellent analysis covers parts of the utterly broken system in the US that Luigi Mangione experienced in a failed healthcare system,
In defence of the middle ground on Gaza
Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary, where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.
New ABC boss has a steep learning curve ahead of him
Marks should be given a chance to prove his critics wrong by recognising that the ABC is not a commercial outfit, but a public broadcaster dedicated to producing independent, trustworthy and quality programming to a diverse audience, regardless of class or political persuasion.
The heat is on
Omi Kumari and Ehsan Noroozinejad effectively identify the “latte line” as a climate division line. The low side of the line is effectively the Sydney Basin, whose main climate problem was once that it trapped smog – toxic leaded fuel pollution. Trees, shade and constructing buildings close so together that the sun does not reach ground level are urban responses developed long ago by humanity for hot climates.
Liberals’ ‘broad church’ has become a pervasive sect
Behind the Liberal banner, reasonableness has been steadily squeezed out and, with supreme irony, the breadth of its ranks has been shrivelled to exclude moderation, pragmatism, compromise and tolerance.
Folly of Fission Impossible exposed by the fiscal facts
I worked in the nuclear energy business in England in the 1960s and I have monitored disappointment after disappointment for the past 50 years.
No, the ABC has not lost its curiosity. But more of the same may not cut it
Parnell Palme McGuinness is wrong about the ABC losing its curiosity But is its wealth of thought-provoking programs enough to stem the decline in audiences?
Private schools are major financial players. Why aren’t they paying council rates?
Top fee-paying schools in North Sydney are significant users of local infrastructure. The time for them to be exempted from council rates has long gone.
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