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The Age

Thursday June 18, 2009

I SEE that the president of Hawthorn has criticised his AFL team and coaches for losing when they are expected to win. Fair enough - who else in Victoria is better qualified to pronounce on the matter of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory than Jeff Kennett? Tony Roberts, Northcote PoliticsDAMN, Australia has missed the opportunity to have a government led by Abbott and Costello.William Jones, GreensboroughPETER Costello, please don't give up. Start your own party. I am waiting to vote for you. (Keep the bastards honest.)David Hutchinson, FrankstonHOW dare Kevin Rudd invite Costello "into the tent" - the Dollar Sweets man, the sneaky supporter of WorkChoices, the right-wing supercilious denigrator of the ordinary people.Brendan O'Donoghue, StrathfieldsayePETER Costello, prince of petulance - proof that puerility and smugness are no barrier to political success. The cartoonists and journos might miss you, Peter, but the people won't.Dave Lancaster, Briar HillAS PREMIER John Brumby can't see beyond "major events", Bernie Ecclestone should tell him to protect Victoria's old-growth forests as carbon sinks for Melbourne's grand prix and as a water source for the track's lawns.Wolf Passauer, ShorehamCAMPAIGNERS for green wedges and parkland wait three months and three years respectively, while Justin Madden invites developers for lunch. Says it all.Anne Sgro, Coburg NorthMoran shootingIT IS a matter of record that this week's prominent shooting victim was a man who had profited criminally at the expense of others and from the suffering of drug addicts and their families. Why, then, do ordinary people eulogise him?Mike Rodgers-Wilson, BalwynMELBOURNE, while Judy Moran is a resident of your fine city, Sydney-siders will never give any consideration to the proposition that Melbourne is better than Sydney. Surely she is your city's answer to Rose Hancock.Adrian Nolan, Thornleigh, NSWWhat's moreWITH Jeff Kennett on your side, who needs an opposing team?Ken Barnes, Glen IrisNATHAN Buckley has gone to Notre Dame to hone his coaching skills. Will he recruit some hunchbacks for his new team?Roman Horoway, Mount Martha"CROSSING the lines" (Focus, 17/6) reminds us that Lynne Kosky, not long ago, forced upon the people of Brighton level-crossing gates that they did not want, and did not have the initiative to provide them to country Victoria, where the people urgently want and need them.Ray Brown, SeymourCONNEX'S PR department is slipping. It did not blame yesterday's fog for overcrowding, delayed or late trains and cancellations.Kevin Laws, Sunshine

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