Letters to the editor
MICHAEL ZERMAN: The whole sad tale of the Government and its attempts to cover up the fiasco regarding abuse of schoolkids is a salient reminder of the first law of public, government or investor relations. Namely, fess up early and fess up completely.
To do other than this ensures the “problem” compounds and becomes an unwinnable political situation.
MICHAEL SCHILLING: The Attorney-General recently reminded us of the existence of a 1917 law prohibiting anyone commenting on the findings of a royal commission. It seems that such a law has no place in today’s society, where transparency and the right to question is cherished. It would have been useful to have the Attorney-General also give the reasons for such a law in 1917, as there must have been a need for it then. Whether such a need still exists today is highly questionable and the government should include it in the rationalisation list for the statute books.
JOHN MCBEATH: A recent article in Time reveals the truth about Kopi Luwak: “For the most part, civet coffee is not harvested in the wild in limited quantities but mass produced by animals kept in appalling conditions – it’s high time we stopped drinking it.”
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