Re letter from S Roberts (CW 2 June).
Why is it that some people who do not like the subject of a letter or article, criticise the magazine? S Roberts states it does no credit to the publication to print the views of Bill Stefaniak. What gives S Roberts the right to determine what the publication prints? I do not blame the Canberra Daily when someone I disagree with writes an article. I respond to the writer. Is this not a democratic country where we are free to debate issues and not just be fed one side of the story?
As to Labor’s win, they only got about 32 per cent of the primary vote. They only won on preference votes. We have yet to see if they will follow through on their ‘meaningful action and restoring integrity following a government riddled with fiscal incompetence, cronyism and corruption’. The Liberal’s supposed fiscal incompetence was brought about by Covid and saved thousands of jobs with Job Keeper and helped thousands of others with Job Seeker. As to cronyism, was it not the Labor party that side-swiped Dai Le who was set to win in Fowler, by parachuting in Kristina Keneally who lived the other side of town. Fowler has been held by Labor since 1984, but because of what the Labor party did, the seat is now independent.
- V Evans, MacGregor ACT
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