Letter: Look beyond the headline

Darren Ash

Re: Denise’s Desk: The Schoolyard Bully Test I read this post and had to laugh. To be honest, I think people should look beyond the headline and ask a simple question: Does the Pauline Hanson ONP record present Pauline Hanson as a thoughtful voice worthy of the peoples trust? Does she present humanity, peace and long-term thinking any different to the other two parties? The problem for the entire country is that for most of the past 30 years, Pauline Hanson and One Nation have built much of their political support by focusing on division, fear of immigration, fear of multiculturalism,…

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Letter: Rail Trail silencing opposition

Anonymous, Armidale

I wanted to make a submission as part of the consultation on the Armidale Rail Trail. I went to the website, read the instructions, and froze. Comments can’t be anonymous. Must provide name and address. Create an account. Be identifiable. Normally that would be fine, I don’t have a problem putting my name to my thoughts ordinarily. But any time you say anything against the bloody rail trail the abuse is so intense. These one-eyed privileged fools are so good at silencing anyone that doesn’t agree with them, it’s genuinely scary. And no, I’m not in the camp that think…

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