ACT cbinet make-up

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Labor and the Greens have a deal. A deal what would seem to offer certain advantages.

Gold-plated jobless lucky ones

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I can only wish that I was one of those unemployed from the car manufacturing or coal power industries.

Shorten and Labor lack spine over proposed life ban on refugee visas

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says he has to see the legislation.

Subservience to US over nuclear weapons dangerous path to follow

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The article by Julie Bishop and Bert Koenders states the two nations "work side by side in the UN".

Haste over light rail could see project run off rails financially

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There is no mention of Andrew Barr signing a light rail contract this term.

Shame Australia, shame

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I am dismayed by the government's proposed legislation in which no asylum seekers, even those found to be refugees, arriving by boat since July 2013 can ever be resettled in Australia.

Another attempt to 'get' Eastman a waste of millions

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It is madness to contemplate spending more millions on another attempt to 'get' David Eastman.

Pay proper compensation

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Now we can see the real social re-engineering consequences of the ACT government's residential rates increases.

Love for all, hatred of none

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Bill Deane (Letters, October 25) does himself no favours by name-calling the staff of the Human Rights Commission.

Enter the real world, faux Coe

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Alistair Coe seems to think the Canberra Liberals' 15 years in the political wilderness is due to campaigning failures, rather than policies.

Confusion over just why Brandis gave directive

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What was the justification for George Brandis' directive to Solicitor-General?

Clarity needed in vet row

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I suggest most pet owners are animal lovers. If their animals had received poor treatment they would be the first to complain about Dr Jan Spate.

Clarity needed in vet row

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Acting president of the ACT Vet Board, Dr Steven Roberts, suggests Dr Jan Spate's former clients are outraged at her losing registration for selfish reasons; because Dr Spate didn't charge much (Letters, October 23).

Who cares? We do, we did

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The front-page story "Pressure from all sides" (October 24) instilled little sympathy in me. What is new about a "sandwich generation"?

Before we all die of obesity, it's time we taxed salt and sugar

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What about a tax on snacks full of salt and sugar?

Animals owe humans

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May I remind everyone that if animals didn't have utility, they would have been wiped out long ago.

'Torture' term justifiably used

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Local members of Amnesty International appreciate the CT editorial from October 20.

Hunting and shooting no solution to problem of introduced pests

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So David Lyonhjelm wants softer gun controls.

'Progressive' Labor a myth

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One matter the Canberra Liberals might care to ponder in their soul-searching is the party's failure to challenge Labor's assertion that it was "progressive".

West Basin forsehore essential for striking healthy city balance

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I request that our new government reconsider its proposed residential intrusion of the West Basin foreshore.

Rate fixing needs fairness

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ACTPLA's Neighbourhood Plan for Forrest promised to respect "its rich garden suburb legacy and its inner south location". Sadly that has not happened.

Government’s Nauru detention policy amounts to national shame

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After watching the ABC Four Corners program about refugees on Nauru, I was ashamed to be Australian.

The results are in, and reality bites

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With no single commentator willing or able to predict an election outcome, Saturday was an evening of surprises for all.

Family situations are omitted in article on explosive house boom

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It is now almost impossible to buy property without two incomes.

Animals are someone

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There is something wrong with our prevailing attitude to animals.

Even playing field not in sight

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It appears Chief Minister Andrew Barr's "signature policy for urban renewal" – not applying tax cuts for developers who pick up windfall gains – does not apply to the developers of the Brumbies site.

Andrew Barr's urban vision flawed

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One has to wonder at the true nature of Andrew Barr's urban aesthetic vision.

Injured roo concerns few

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I am saddened and sickened by the number of people who think it's OK to drive over a live and injured animal.

Numbers just don't add up in cost comparison on light rail, buses

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Drawing a link with the Gold Coast project is flawed, readers say.

Bridge vistas fail to wow

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I visited Butters Bridge across the Molonglo River last weekend to see the much publicised views.