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"Economic rationalism... drove the Commonwealth's Canberra policy away from grandiose construction ethic of creating a monument to Australia's national identity," says letter writer JOHN D PURCELL, of Kambah.
"We are more informed and better educated today about... the harmful health impacts of smoke from wood heaters, despite what the wood-heating industry claims," says letter writer DARRYL JOHNSTON, of Tuggeranong.
"The extent of high-rise development in the Woden Town Centre is beyond the pale. Similarly in Belconnen it has gone too far," says letter writer COLIN LYONS, of Weetangera.
Poverty amid plenty, environmental destruction, mistrust of institutions, rampant urban spread, employment uncertainty, disaffected youth and financial chaos, welcome to Planet Barr, says letter writer BILL O'CONNELL.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, is looking for enlightenment from the ACT Integrity Commission about the extent to which snake oil was an embedded project ingredient at the CIT.