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What readers are telling us this week. Letters are edited for length and clarity, never for opinion.
This week
Your front-page story on the parking changes (Cairns council) missed the point most residents are making: the issue isn't the meters, it's the lack of consultation.
Three town-hall meetings in school holidays is not consultation. It's a box-tick.
This week
Another week, another timetable change that nobody on the route asked for. The 8:14am has been quietly cut. My kids now wait 25 minutes in the rain.
Could the paper please follow up with the transport minister's office?
Last week
I just wanted to write and say thank you for taking obituaries seriously. The piece on Mr. Henderson last Friday was beautiful and accurate. His family is very grateful.
Last week
The plane trees on the main strip are part of what makes Cairns feel like Cairns. Removing 40 of them to widen a lane is short-sighted.
I urge the council to publish the full arborist's report before any tree is touched.
2 weeks ago
Your editorial was fair but generous to the developers. None of the announced "affordable" stock is affordable on a teacher's salary, which was my test.
2 weeks ago
Whoever added the weekend footy results to the Monday briefing — thank you. It's a small thing and exactly the kind of small thing a local paper should do.
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