Letters To Editor –2023-24
In the table below are selected letters to the Editor published (and some of those written but unpublished) in the Canberra Times and Canberra City News, in 2023 and for 2024, about the continuing folly that is Canberra’s light rail.
It has been heartening to see such letters over the years from interested Canberrans and that they be published, for which Canberra Times and Canberra City News should be congratulated.
But a change is needed
Given the return of the Labor government in October 2024, for which Labor again hypocritically claims a mandate for light rail, I, as the editor of this page, advise that any letters that may be written or published in the Media about light rail in future will no longer by published herein. This is in recognition of the unfortunate fact that the rusted-on Labor/Greens supporters have again voted in, and will continue to vote in an incompetent and wasteful government. They should expect to reap a tax whirlwind for another four years and need not boast or complain about what they have inflicted upon the other half of Canberrans who see this government for what it really is.
And never let us forget that, in October 2012, the Labor Party condemned the ACT to a Left-wing government forever (so far for 27 years) when it sold its soul to the Greens after the election that year, when in fact it did nothave to do so to retain power – the Greens would never have sided with the Liberals. Was it deliberate by the Party then or stupidity?