Please wait. Contacting image service... loading

Article text

Not a travelling
circus, at least
FIRSTLY, congratulations on
your Budget report (CT, Septem
ber 15). One does wonder what
price Canberrans have to pay to
alleviate confrontation with the
unions to make necessary savings
due to past and present extrava
gant work practices, over staffing,
etc. The hospice we have to have, 1
agree, but surely the cheapest op
tion of Calvary is the only way..
The education system is costing
too much, according to the Audi
tor, with teacher numbers too high
and salaries too high compared to
elsewhere.
No wonder the Commonwealth
cut funds to the ACT. They are
obviously saying, "Get your house
in order", in terms of dollar value.
Finally, the latest news of traffic
lights with special bus lights: let's
go the whole hog and fit buses with
sirens, coloured lights and a good
sized bull-bar. Motorists can pull
over to let them through. The rest
of Australia must be pleased this is
not a travelling circus.
G. CHESTERTON
Melba.
$