Letters
Anger over leaked plans for Sydney Harbour tunnel at White Bay, parks
How many government ministers are personally affected by all the building and construction?
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Trump-Kim summit needs more parties to have chance of success
A Trump-Kim Jong-un summit is only a cautious first step in the complex long-haul diplomatic hustle and bustle to de-nuclearise North Korea.
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NIMBYism is nothing more than impotent dismay
Breaking our zonings is not about affordability; it's about developer profit.
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'Castle' library highlights inequality in schools funding
How outrageous that need is overlooked when allocating scarce resources to the education budget.
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Putting profits first sells voters short on services
Can our politicians understand that essential services must be delivered by governments?
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No surprise in Donald Trump's decision to apply trade tariffs
Donald Trump lied to Malcolm Turnbull about steel tariffs. Who would have guessed?
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ABC presents views of the mainstream, not the left
Tom Switzer may be too young to remember the times in the 1960s and '70s.
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Despite poll, tide is turning against scourge of pokies
So the Tasmanian Liberals have secured their victory courtesy of the gambling industry ("Liberal Party wins Tasmanian election", smh.com.au, March 3). What odds on their defeat at the next state election?
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School donations reveal it is time for us to end the age of entitlement
Every exposure to literature consolidates and extends the skills of writing.
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$6b Snowy Hydro windfall to fast-track interstate train
A $6 billion windfall for Victoria and NSW ("Snowy deal pumps $4 billion into state", March 2). Yay! Now we can finally get started on the Very Fast Train. Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra in hours, bringing life to regional areas along the way. Jobs, decentralisation, more affordable homes and less traffic as a bonus. Knowing how parochial the states are and their history of working together to get things done I won't be holding my breath.