Letters

  • Garnaut imprudent on climate

    Ross Garnaut's admission in Cathy Bolt's "Garnaut makes climate change debate personal" (July 8) that there are uncertainties about the science of climate change is enlightening.

  • Telecommunications sheriff shoots straight

    The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman strongly agrees that it is very important that consumers receive clear and accurate advice about the telecommunications products or services they are buying, and that sales tactics used by the industry are fair ("Protection taken a step too far", July 8).

  • Regulators must take close look at GPT

    On May 1 GPT property group chairman Peter Joseph told the annual general meeting that "this year like last GPT will generate over $600 million in net operating cash flow" and the chief executive officer Nic Lyons told us that "in light of global market volatility, our expectations of 28.9 cents per security in 2008 remain unchanged".

  • Register would help planners' regulation

    The financial advice industry needs to significantly improve its self-regulation if it wants to be considered a legitimate profession ("FPA defends gain from insurance deal", July 4)

  • Diesel cost puzzle

    Your "Diesel costs passed on down the line" (July 7) did not address the fundamental question as to why the price for diesel has risen disproportionately to that of petrol.

  • Sniff the gas, Kev

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's dud deal with the Victorian car unions and Toyota ("What a feeling, but precious little detail", July 2) will do little to address greenhouse gas emissions

  • Gentle bonding

    What a joyous release for all those who have been subjected to corporate bonding techniques in the past

  • A non-core promise?

    A main plank of Kevin Rudd's election campaign was the implementation of an emissions trading scheme by 2010

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