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VOTELINEYESTERDAYSRESULTShould Australiahavenuclear power plants?

Losing weight doesnt have to behard. Little decisions made in thesupermarket aisles, in the kitchen. . . make a real difference.HealthMinisterNICOLAROXON,announcinga newhealthy-eatingcampaign

TODAYSQUESTIONIsBuddyFranklin thebestplayerin theAFL?

YES 1900956 434NO 1900 956435Callscost38.5c including GST. Mobile/pay phones extra.Poll closes 6pm.

Combet failsto convinceI WATCHED Laurie Oakesinterviewing Greg Combet onWeekend Today (March 13).

WHAT a wooden,uncomfort-able and unconvincing per-

formance from Combet.S o n o w a c a r bo n t a x

becomes a carbon price.Nasty word, tax, especiallywhen consumers go to thecheckout.

Combet admittedthat priceswould increase moderately,but given Labors track recordon accounting, moderatemeans sky high.

This was pointed out whenOakes showed a video clip ofP r e s i de n t O b a m a t a l k i ngabout price rises. The Pres-i d en t a d mi t t ed t o t h e i n -creases; why cant Combet?

BrianMawhinney,Kilmore

Face truth oncarbon, TonySO Tony Abbott is to lead a

revolt against the costof clean-ing up carbon pollution?

Congratulations, Tony. Are you going to march against your local council recyclingprogram, too? Or maybe youwill demand a moratorium onthe flushing of toilet waste.

After all, it must cost heaps

to properly collect and processall that effluent.

Really, Mr Abbott, when areyou going to admit that carbonpollution has a real cost andneeds to be accounted for?

KarlMunzel, FerntreeGully

Union fails todealwith LibyaT H E A f r i c a n U n i o n h a srejected military interventionin Libya. In doing so, it statedthat, the council reaffirms itsf i r m c o m m i t m e n t t o t h erespect of the unity and terri-torial integrity of Libya, as wellas its rejection of any form offoreign military intervention.

To the best of my knowledge,every genocide perpetratedwas because foreign militaries

did not intervene. In the wordsof Edmund Burke: All that isnecessary for the triumph ofevil is for g ood men to d onothing.

RonenSlonim,CaulfieldNorth

Service stationsplay copycatON Saturday, the price of pet-rol suddenly went up to $151.9a litre at service stations in myarea.

The Coles and Woolworths-controlled service stations,Shell and Caltex, may be put-ting up prices to cover dis-counting in their supermar-kets, but why doMobil, BP andt h e i n d e p e n d e n t s e r v i c estations follow suit?

R.W.Ramsey,Langwarrin

Pets for tenantsnot realisticIT sounds a nice idea, lettinglonely tenants have a com-panion pet to ease their soli-

tude (Pet bans hurt the mostvulnerable, March 11).

That is unless you own rentalproperty, where the carpetshave been scratched up bybored dogs and the back yardt u r n e d i n t o a m a n u r eminefield.

Nice thought, but there are a

lot of tenants who wouldntgive a barkers egg for the stateof the property theyre renting.

PhilipEagles,MillPark

GillardsUSvisitembarrassingI AM amazed at the letterspraising Julia Gillard for herspeech to the US Congress.

Some previous prime minis-ters have tried to ingratiatethemselveswith US politicians,but Ms Gillard has outdonethem all.

I have no doubt that she isthe biggest embarrassment tothe Australian people and hasdegraded Australias repu-tation with her sycophanticapproach.

A.Cauchi,Lalor

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I WONDERhowmanypeoplewho aredemanding livefooty onTV areactuallymembers of theirrespectiveclubs?

Shane,Richmond

TOTerryof NarreWarren(TextTalk, March14), noteveryone cangetto live games.Tryknockingoff work at5pm,thengettingto theGby 7.30pm when its a threeor four-hourdrive. County Victoriansshouldbe thefirst togetFriday night footballlive.

Greg,Warrnambool

YET anothernegativearticleabouta musicfestival. . . 43arrestsoutof 40,000andnoneof themfor obnoxiousbehaviour.Thats stillbetter thanthe cricket.

TheBandit,OakPark

HOW sadthe earthquake in Japan. Thefootage gaveme chills downmy spine.

S.S,OakleighSth

I MUST bepsychicbecausewhenI heardabout damage to a nuclearpowerplant inJapanI knew BobBrown wouldusethistragedy to further pushhis politicalagenda. . .

Michael,Mt Evelyn

VICTORIA, theMagpieState.Brad,Croydon

PLEASE,AFL,no more teamsin thefinals.Youre already rewardingmediocrity.

DP,Brunswick,WA

MSGillardmustsackKevinRuddimmediately. OurForeignMinisteris runningaround theworld spillinghis ownpropagandawith noregardfor theALPor ournation. Heisa manscorned.

JohnHubbard,Wesburn

JULIAstabbedRuddin thebackandhesmakingherpayfor it.

Arthur,Ballarat

KELLIUnderwood,great calling.Netballsgain, footballsloss.

Noelene,Nunawading

FORGETBin Laden.Whatarewe goingto doabout Mother Naturesreign of terror?

A.Gardiner, EastGeelong

WHILEI have everysympathyfortheJapanese,I am horrifiedthat theybuilt nuclearreactorsin suchan area.

RobertHerring,Collingwood

I SAWJulia Gillardsspeechto theUSCongress,but preferredThe Kings Speech.

Kerry,Kingston, Tas

JULIAS AussieiPod playlistjust showshowoutof touchshe iswithAustralians.

Shelly,Melbourne

IFthe crowdsat thecaravanandcampingexpo areanything togo by,soonwe wontbeable tomovein theOutback!

Sue,Emerald

THEREis anupsideto petrolbeing$1.49 alitre.Youdont have toqueue upfor it.

Steve,Mentone

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DONNA GRECH43,Pakenham

I dont thinknuclear powershould be usedanywhere.Thedamageand thedangermightnot beconfinedto justJapan. It could spread toneighbouring countries.

MICHAEL ATKINS49, Pakenham

I thinkweregoingto need itoneday. Its betterfortheenvironmentbecause itscleanerthan coal.Beforethedisastersin Japan I thought itwasa viableoption,butnow

Immuch moreconcerned.

HARRY TINDALL63,Carrara,Qld

I dontthinkit shouldbe usedinAustralia.I wasjustbeginning to thinkit couldhavebeen a viable option butafterseeingthe dangersJapannowfacesI dontthink

we should considerit.

JESSICA16,Hurstbridge

I havent really beenawareoftheissues around usingnuclear power, butconsidering whatJapanisgoing throughI dontthinkitsa goodidea forAustralia.

VOX POP Has the nuclear emergency in Japan caused you to rethink your opinionas to whether Australiashould move towards nuclear power?

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