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Robert Macklin, U.S.N. Retired, Robin Macklin and Barbara Macklin at the swearing-in ceremony. Robert Macklin had the pleasure of officiating at the swearing in of his son, Robin Macklin, at Jacksonville Naval AIr Station on May 22nd. Mr Macklin is a retired Navy Captain. Robin is a junior at Florida State University. He will serve with the Navy for two summers at Pensacola and then receive his commission as an ensign. He will then enter two years of flight school before winning his Navy wings of gold. Nixon’s here President Nixon, Pat and Tricia sent the weekend on Key Biscayne, arrivin...

CANBERRA returnee MICHAEL FINCK, of Chapman, is happy to be home after 35 years away, but he’s far from impressed with the roads… I MOVED back to Canberra two years ago and am happy to be back after 35 years away. However, while the nation’s capital has moved ahead significantly, its roadways haven’t. I travel on the Tuggeranong Parkway/Caswell Drive/Gungahlin Drive (that’s a mouthful in itself) daily. And what a disgrace – a major roadway with ridiculous speed limits and poor-quality roadway.  In my opinion, it should be modelled on Sydney’s newer freeways such as the M7...

“There is a danger Light Rail Stage 2 will become an expensive millstone round ratepayers’ necks,” says letter writer DAVID DENHAM, of Griffith. JACK Kershaw proposed an alternative route for the tram from Civic to Woden (CN January 28). A more fundamental question is whether the tram will be a good investment? There is a danger Light Rail Stage 2 will become an expensive millstone round ratepayers’ necks. The ACT government has now invited bids for a “design and technical consortia to provide consultancy services required to develop The Light Rail Stage 2 – City to Woden project�...

1970 and the living was easy… a family barbecues at the top of Black Mountain. Photo: ACT Archives “Whatever the future holds, our wondrous capital city, rich with character, learning and politesse, is undoubtedly the place to be,” writes “The Gadfly” columnist  ROBERT MACKLIN. ​ON New Year’s Day, after a splendid dinner with the extended family, we headed home along Adelaide Avenue. Suddenly, we were propelled back 50 years in time – there were so few cars on that beautiful smooth road that it was 1970 once again. Robert Macklin. That was when Canberra’s “rush hour” wa...

Robert Macklin. First up will no doubt be the achievement of Pat Turner, the wonderful Gudanji-Arrernte woman who demanded the federal government seal off the outback Aboriginal communities from all potential COVID-19 carriers, thus preventing the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of our First Nations people.  Born in Alice Springs in 1952, Pat’s father died in a work accident when she was 11, but her mother – and great uncle Charles Perkins – saw that she received a good education in Adelaide.  She joined the APS and trained as a welfare officer; came to Canberra in 1978 where she ...