Peta Credlin is right to give the thumbs up to NSW Premier Chris Minns for selecting Mal Lanyon as our new Police Commissioner in spite of past errors. (ST, 28/9). […]
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LET US NOT FORGET OUR ELEPHANTS
News that the elephants in Taronga Zoo have been shipped to Adelaide is very sad for a city now without this most empathetic of creatures, instinctively displaying more social awareness […]
Read MoreProductivity in person
Letter writer Bruce McAlpine opposes the forced return to the office of thousands of office workers in NSW, citing travel time and getting dressed as examples of lost productivity. Our […]
Read MoreA cheerful dose of common sense
In wishing fellow letter writers, Telegraph staff and readers a Happy New Year, I’m appreciative of the kind acknowledgments of writer GPB (DT, 12/12) when he extolled the mission statement […]
Read MoreHope for a fallen small screen idol
Having once met Max Markson, celebrity promoter and charismatic wiz, it was not difficult to perceive his remarkable ability to see people at their best and create strategic opportunities for […]
Read MoreParis fixation
What psychedelic-imbibing inner-city think-tank is numbing the thinking of Premier Chris Minns and Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, causing them to lamentably fixate on all-things-Parisian as likely solutions to metropolitan […]
Read MoreNo sympathy
Nimbys sometimes have a case as they seek to exercise a rightful expression in public forums. But playing the “threat to mental health” card is a misstep by those opposing […]
Read MoreBeauty … myth or reality?
Premier Dominic Perrottet is perhaps placing too much faith in a fairytale magic mirror when he pledges to beautify Sydney, making it more liveable and workable. (Sydney is sitting pretty, […]
Read MoreMelbourne v Sydney
As this festival of frivolity proceeds in the annual media silly season, it might be a surprise to the world that Melbourne beat Sydney at something! (“Melbourne a tourist trap”, […]
Read MoreWinner is Sydney
Your correspondent Tyson Jackson offers a too humble view of the place of Sydney in the world of sport. (Sydney’s fighting for top spot in sport, 25/8). Having hosted the […]
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