With news that our jails are emptying out faster than dunny paper in a pandemic, I guess that our state has cause for both celebration and an opportunity for making […]
Read MoreFolbigg vindicated
Perhaps it is the weakness of our legal system and 21st-century humanity that everything is measured in dollars and cents when compensation for misjudgement is discussed, even though restored innocence […]
Read MoreWalking dead
I am always dismayed when hearing of doomsayers with their large caches of guns and weaponry, selfishly aimed at sustaining them in a post-apocalyptic world. (Doomsday prepper was a gun […]
Read MoreDrug debate reality bites
The Daily Telegraph does justice to the debate about illegal drugs by giving space to the views of both Tony Wood (Community wants NSW to stand firm, 8/12) and Emilie […]
Read MoreFor the record
It is now commonplace for magistrates to not record a conviction when an accused has had a rough upbringing. (Condom concealment, 12/2). I acclaim Magistrate Alan Railton from the Gosford […]
Read MorePolitically correct ad too soft
Simon Reynolds, architect of the 1987 AIDS campaign in NSW is a proven professional ad man, who’s advice needs to be taken by a politically correct NSW Health, (No fear […]
Read MoreSophie’s choice
As the battle against illegal drugs in the media continues, the contribution by courageous Sophie Horne cannot be underestimated (Fatal fear of cops, 26/11). Unlike MDMA, PMA does not cause […]
Read MoreResist emotional reasons
The coroner’s report into dance party deaths has confirmed the view that sound public debate is too often corrupted by emotion (Bitter Pill, October 15). It is impossible to adequately […]
Read MoreFront page tough but fair
A courageous front page on The Telegraph deserves praise. (Chain of fools, 24/1). To name and shame young drug users and dealers might seem unfair to many. But the nasty […]
Read MoreWhy testing is futile
Our society continues to be confronted by the horror of our precious young people dying at rave dance parties. Several solutions were sensibly argued by your letter writers (1/1). The […]
Read More