Letters: As taxpayers feel the pinch, civil servants fret about their work-life balance
SIR – It is an insult to taxpayers that many civil servants are still working from home.
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SIR – It is an insult to taxpayers that many civil servants are still working from home.
Unhoused people sometimes refuse offers of shelter. One unhoused man provides insight on why it can be a challenge, and asks for housed people’s empathy.
SIR – A ground source heat pump (Letters, February 16) has provided most of the heating in our Victorian house for 15 years, though we had to install larger radiators in the rooms we use most to maintain a comfortable temperature.
SIR – The Cambo oil field off the Shetland Islands, and for that matter the Jackdaw field, need to go ahead – here and now.
Date Time World Environment Day: Vets call for ecologically sustainable development On World Environment Day 2021, the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) has highlighted the need for ecologically sustainable development where clearing of wildlife habitat is proposed, so as to minimise the animal welfare impacts on native wildlife. With millions of native animals either killed or imperiled each year by the destruction or deterioration of their habitats, the AVA has ratified a new policy on Native Animal Welfare (Habitat Clearing), signifying the AVA’s dedication to supporting environmen...