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...carbon doesn't even enter the equation. Honda, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors and BMW have new models that run on hydrogen, but we don't see much enthusiasm from governments. Is it because hydrogen, being so simple to generate, could be too difficult to tax? John Don, Karalee, Queensland...
...disrespectful and rebellious. They also see far too many adults and celebrities who act as if getting drunk and behaving like rowdy footballers is the ultimate way to have fun. Today's Britain is a society where responsibility, duty and respect for others are sadly lacking. J.Y. Yeung, Buderim, Queensland...
...world stay quiet. Meanwhile, the innocent Tibetan people pay the price. The U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics over Afghanistan. Why is it not boycotting the Beijing Olympics over Tibet? Or is trade more important than the blood spilled in the nearly 50 years since the invasion? Vick Kandiah, Cairns, Queensland...
...minders) and as soon as he heard her Australian accent, said how much he liked it Down Under. While he escorted her back to her hotel, she had quite a good conversation with him. She told us he was just a regular, really nice guy. Sue Barrell, Brisbane, Queensland...
...indigenous legislation that is now being condemned. Doubtless there will now be many claims for compensation by indigenous people. Will apologies also be made to the British children taken to orphanages in Australia last century, to internees during the world wars, to Pacific islanders kidnaped to work in the Queensland cane fields, to the unwed mothers who until the 1970s almost routinely had their children taken from them, or to the avoidable victims of our hospital system's failures? I apologize to those I have omitted from the list of the wronged. Martin Gordon, Canberra...