Make drugs boring
Wiser heads in cleverer countries have adopted the approach of making drugs boring.
Letters to the Editor
Man not to blame for climate
The mild warming that we have experienced since the end of the Little Ice Age has been hugely beneficial.
My home has been stolen
I am, with grief and much sadness, the former owner of an allegedly Mr Fluffy home.
ActewAGL boss' mea culpa
I acknowledge the increasing, widespread customer concern in relation to billing.
ACT's top-notch medicos
We should be very proud of the quality of both our specialists and GPs in Canberra, and recognise that the care provided is second to none.
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Climate strategy flawed
I support the comments by John Brummell (Letters, March 30). The predominant reaction to global warming: climate change is based on the doubtful premise that if all the countries of the world move in unison to clean electrical energy as rapidly as their individual circumstances will permit then the temperature rise can be limited to two degrees Celsius and that will be the best outcome.
Humanity is facing huge threats and we do need to be prepared
Humanity is facing huge threats which most of us - especially our governments - contrive to ignore
The ACT govt will make Canberra like every other city on earth
Self-government was inevitable but no one anticipated quite the level of incompetence.
Directorate needs to explain retention of strip searches for children at Bimberi
While the CSD has played down the issue, rejecting allegations young people are still routinely strip searched on their induction into or return to Bimberi, it has not, and cannot, deny such searches do take place on a not infrequent basis.
Thanks for your support
it is disappointing that the ACT Labor Party saw fit to play politics with what has been a major issue within the Canberra community for many years.
Abbott hurt renewables
Investment in large-scale renewables came to a near standstill under the Abbott government.
Manuka Oval name change a sign of disregard for Canberra heritage
In the latest example of commercialisation by stealth, the Barr government has renamed Manuka Oval.
Patience on the road of life
Re: "All aboard as airport bus arrives". This is a catch-up to the 1950s.
Letters to the editor: Barr flicks his own goal
What a relief for Chief Minister Andrew Barr, that he now has an excuse to drop his insane idea of building a stadium in Civic.
Letters to the editor: Stand against the jackboot
Do the changes to 18C mean that we will be allowed to offend, insult, humiliate and intimidate people so long as we don't do it repeatedly, which would amount to harassment?
Letters to the Editor: Heritage at risk
Tony Trobe ("Time we had a roadmap for change", Canberra Times, March 19) implies that the residents of Reid and Braddon are defending their territory like soldiers of the Great War defended their trenches.
Dig deep and support the Brumbies
We adore our Raiders; we avidly support the GWS Giants so now is the time to dig deep and support the Brumbies.
Taking higher road on law
Bill Shorten is clearly key to Labor's parliamentary law-making solution.
Going back to the future
Re: "All aboard as airport bus arrives". This is a catch-up to the 1950s.
Snowy Hydro plan needs resolve
There seems to be general confusion over two related but different issues with Snowy 2.0.
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Fighter jets aren’t for fun
It seems that family fun events in Canberra are increasingly associated with the roar of fighter jets.
Becoming modern, vibrant city? Outrage!
I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you, at the latest outrage to befall Canberra.
Letters to the Editor: Lifting done
What a great and practical idea it is to use the old AFP's complex in Weston as a permanent space for a growing gymnastics club, thus saving $2.1million for demolition.
Precinct disappoints daily
What a shame it is that I have to form strategies daily to avoid this area, an area that should be a highlight of Canberra.
Snowy Mountains scheme reboot could be a capital bonanza
Forget nuclear. Malcolm Turnbull's Snowy Hydro reboot plan has the goods on the atomic and fossil fueled competition when it comes to safe and affordable energy security options.
Better turbulence policy needed
It was very distressing for Qantas crew and passengers to hear a crew member injure her leg when we hit an air pocket on approach to Canberra this week.
Australia's nuclear stance not exactly popular in our region
Julie Bishop is again preaching about democratic institutions and regional norms.
Act on parking, garbage
It is high time that the laws banning parking on public spaces like nature and median strips were enforced.
Letters to the Editor: Act on parking, garbage
There have been a number of letters decrying how poorly maintained many of the footpaths, parks and public areas are in Canberra.
Letters to the Editor: Trains, planes and autos
Dr Mike Freelander seems to have missed the point (Letters, March 10).