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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Opinion

A flawed health system: Canberra woman’s surgery nightmare

A Canberra woman whose surgery went horrendously wrong, shares her story to try to save others from suffering the same fate and calls for the flawed health system to be fixed.

To the editor: Keep cross-party dialogue constructive

The ACT Parliamentary Greens take the opportunity of some significant cross-party constructive dialogue with the Liberals, and throw it back in the face of Canberra Liberals leader, Elizabeth Lee, this letter writer argues.

Prime Minister can look to the ACT for net zero inspiration

The Morrison Government need only look outside the doors of Parliament House for inspiration as it desperately searches for credibility on climate action.

Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports

The Morrison government’s eleventh hour commitment to net zero by 2050 is a monumental failure.

To the editor: Stefaniak rehearses climate-denier lines

Bill Stefaniak rehearses standard climate-denier lines, arguing our greenhouse gas abatement efforts will make no difference, so we should do nothing (CW, 21 October 2021, page 8).

Glasgow futile without big emitters

Regardless of whatever position the PM decides to take on zero emissions, the Glasgow summit is shaping up as a farce, argues former ACT Opposition Leader, Bill Stefaniak.

To the editor: Outrage over NT fracking project

Protect Country Alliance condemns in the strongest terms possible the NT Gunner Government’s approval of the Empire Energy fracking project.

Freedom for some, confusion for most and border communities in the dark

Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain on the NSW freedoms and the ongoing confusion and frustration by Eden-Monaro border communities.

From the editor: light at the end of lockdown tunnel

I sense a glimmer of hope glowing at the end of the lockdown tunnel. What are you most looking forward to when lockdown ends?

What to do when someone you love has cancer

It is one of the hardest things that life throws at most of us. With half of all Australians having been diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, the vast majority...

To the editor: Mt Taylor walks closed during lockdown

A reader who gets regular aerobic exercise during lockdown by climbing Mt Taylor is concerned to see the main paths will be closed for maintenance from 6 October until 2022.

To the editor: Who holds ICAC to account?

I was saddened to see Gladys Berejiklian resign due to the totally unnecessary and mistimed announcement by the NSW ICAC that she was under further investigation. Bill Stefaniak writes.

To the editor: Plastic waste must be cut

It was disturbing to read that incredibly nearly all (84 per cent) of Australia’s 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in landfill each year.

Stadiums, bushfires and a pandemic: how will Gladys Berejiklian will be remembered as premier?

Gladys Berejiklian will be remembered as premier of NSW for her resilience, level-headedness, and the ICAC investigation that toppled her.

One family’s mental health nightmare

One Canberra couple, readers of the Canberra Daily, have shared with me the sad story of how they lost their son to suicide.

Australia needs a united pandemic exit strategy

Andrew Barr has handled this pandemic better than most, however he does not appear to have an exit strategy.

Prime Minister still doesn’t know what women want

The National Women’s Safety Summit comes on the back of eight wasted years by the Liberal Government on issues of women’s safety.

Climate change – what we need to do

The big news this week has been the game-changing decision by the Australian PM, the US President and the UK PM to form AUKUS.

Katter urges rethink of mandatory vaccinations

Federal Member for the Queensland seat of Kennedy, Bob Katter, argues that Australians' human rights have been taken away in a bid to overcome Covid-19, but the virus crisis has worsened over that time instead of improving.

AUKUS: The best thing to happen to the ADF since 1911

Bill Stefaniak argues the establishment of AUKUS is the best thing to happen to the ADF since the formation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911.

To the editor: the narrative on climate change

A reader writes in relation to Bill Stefaniak's first column, 'Addressing climate change in a nutshell: China'.

Addressing climate change in a nutshell: China

I believe there is extensive misinformation being peddled in academia, our schools and the media about climate change and Australia’s role. 

To the editor: Sincere thank you to Canberrans

Thank you to Canberrans who are masking-up and keeping distance while enjoying this lovely, almost-springtime weather. And smiling with your eyes and separating when passing.

Moving to a territory without lockdown fatigue (yet)

Moving from Queensland to Canberra amid the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a more difficult adventure than I originally foresaw. After experiencing my fourth lockdown in South-East Queensland, under the watchful eye of...

Is the Peppa Pig effect influencing Aussie kids?

Through all the efforts of home-schooling during lockdowns, it might be British cartoon character Peppa Pig that young Aussie children have paid most attention to.

Keep up the good work Ken Behrens

We’re now into our second week of lockdown in the ACT following the confirmation of the first COVID case in more than a year.

To the editor: Time to act on climate change is now

While Covid is the immediate challenge, climate change is a long-term problem that has no vaccination solution, this reader argues.

PM: Time to shift focus from case numbers to hospitalisations

While right now our national strategy is necessarily about suppressing the virus and vaccinating as many people as possible, a one-eyed focus on just case numbers overlooks the fact that less people are getting seriously ill, let alone dying.

OPINION: We did what we had to do in Afghanistan

Hunter federal MP and former Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon shares his thoughts on the recent crisis in Afghanistan.

Climate, not Covid, is our nemesis

As the awfulness of Covid seeps into our consciousness, it may be of little comfort to realise that it's not the biggest problem facing us.
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