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Published articles and letters

2009 Feb 28 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Richard Thwaites, Deakin
2009 Mar 01 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Stephens, Bruce; Penleigh Boyd, Reid; Dianne Proctor, Wanniassa
2009 Mar 03 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Brendon Kelson, Oxley; Mike Buick, MDC, Deakin West; Brett Odger, Swinger Hill
2009 Mar 05 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Jean Geue, Aranda; Martin Newman, Swinger Hill; Ken Eynon, Latham
2009 Mar 05 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Hec McMillan, Maj (Ret'd), Reid; Brendon Kelson, Oxley; Philip Pellatt, Scullin
2009 Mar 06 Article published in the Canberra Times written by Peter Stanley
2009 Mar 07 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Letters.editor; D.Kelleher, Hackett; K.Mitchell, Campbell; R.S.Gilbert, Braddon; Robert Wilson, Deakin
2009 Mar 14 Article published in the Canberra Times written by James Massola
2009 Mar 14 Second part of article published in the Canberra Times written by James Massola
2009 Mar 15 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Richard Thwaites, Deakin
2009 Mar 17 Letters published in the Canberra Times by Geoff Pryor, Narrabundah; R.S.Gilbert, Braddon; Hamish Davidson, Narrabundah
2009 Mar 18 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Lance, Cook; Rosemarie Willett, Red Hill; Frank Boddy, Lyons
2009 Mar 18 Editorial published in the Canberra Times
2009 Mar 21 Comments published in the Canberra Times by Letters.editor
2009 Apr 07 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Mike Wright, Torrens; J.F.Bishop, Flynn
2009 May 08 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Nick Corby, Hawker
2009 Jun 25 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Stewart Holman, Kambah
2009 Jun 25 Letter published in the Canberra Times by R.S.Gilbert, Braddon
2010 Aug 25 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Colin Petrie, Gordon
2010 Oct 04 Article published in the Canberra Times written by Sue Wareham, MAPW and Brett Odgers
2010 Oct 06 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Vincent Plush, Yarralumla; Tom Ruut, Garran; E.L.Fisher, Kambah; Russell Oldmeadow, Holt; R.S.Gilbert, Braddon
2010 Oct 07 Letter published in the Canberra Times by M.Pietersen, Kambah
2010 Oct 07 Letter published in the Canberra Times by John Skurr, Deakin; Norman Cruickshank, Braddon; Merrill Moore, Macgregor
2010 Oct 08 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Rick Patten, Phillip
2010 Oct 08 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Elizabeth Truswell, Campbell
2010 Oct 09 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Paul Blair, Holder; David Stephens, Bruce
2010 Oct 09 Comments published in the Canberra Times by Letters.editor
2010 Oct 11 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Douglas Mackenzie, Watson
2010 Oct 11 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Christopher Jobson, Monash
2010 Oct 12 Article published in the Chronicle written by Naomi Fallon
2010 Oct 14 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Ann Moyal, Cook
2010 Oct 19 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Colin Watson, Campbell; Hilary Webster, Lyneham; David Jarvis, Cook
2010 Oct 19 Letter published in the Chronicle written by Ken McPhan
2010 Oct 20 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Gillian Phillpot, Chapman
2010 Oct 22 Article published in the Canberra Times written by John Thistleton
2010 Oct 23 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Tom Ruut, Garran; Gordon Fyfe, Kambah
2010 Oct 25 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Stephens, Bruce; Sue Wareham, MAPW; R.S.Gilbert, Braddon; Colin Glover, Canberra City
2010 Oct 25 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Andrew Schuller, Campbell
2010 Oct 26 Article published in the Chronicle written by Naomi Fallon
2010 Oct 26 Letters published in the Canberra Times by Martin Shanahan, Ainslie; Conrad Burden, Ainslie
2010 Oct 28 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Tony Powell, Griffith; Peter Snowdon, Aranda
2010 Oct 30 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Brendon Kelson, ACT; Mike Phoenix, Greenway
2010 Oct 30 Comments published in the Canberra Times by Letters.editor
2010 Nov 01 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Vincent Plush, Yarralumla
2010 Nov 03 Letter published in the Canberra Times by H.MacLean, Deakin
2011 Jan 31 First part of a front page article in the Canberra Times by Natasha Rudra;
Second part; Third part
2011 Feb 1 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Ian Gollings, former RSL national secretary, Garran
2011 Feb 1 Letter published in the Canberra Times by E.Fleuren, Griffith
2011 Feb 1 Letter published in the Canberra Times by J.McGregor, Deakin
2011 Feb 1 Letter published in the Canberra Times by J.Watt, Deakin
2011 Feb 1 Front page article published in the Canberra Times
2011 Feb 1 Article published in the Canberra Times written by Noel Towell
2011 Feb 2 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Townsend, Curtin
2011 Feb 2 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Tom Ruut, Garran
2011 Feb 2 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Gordon Shannon, O'Malley
2011 Feb 2 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Jorge Gapella, Kaleen
2011 Feb 2 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Graham Macafee, Latham
2011 Feb 3 Article published in the Canberra Times written by Emeritus Professor Ken Taylor, AO
2011 Feb 4 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Neil James, executive director, Australia Defence Association
2011 Feb 5 Comments published in the Canberra Times by Letters.editor
2011 Feb 7 Letter published in the Canberra Times by P.Grant, Fisher
2011 Feb 7 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Stephens, Bruce
2011 Feb 7 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Rex Thomas, Kaleen
2011 Feb 7 Letter published in the Canberra Times by John Mulvaney, Yarralumla
2011 Feb 8 Article published in the Chronicle written by Naomi Fallon
2011 Feb 8 Letter published in the Canberra Times written by Elizabeth Truswell, Campbell
2011 Feb 8 Letter published in the Canberra Times written by Elizabeth K.Teather, Reid
2011 Feb 8 Letters published in the Canberra Times written by Roy Darling, Florey; John Murray, Bruce
2011 Feb 8 Letter published in the Canberra Times written by Bernard Davis, O'Connor
2011 Feb 9 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Groube, Guerilla Bay, NSW
2011 Feb 9 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Phillip Moses, Curtin
2011 Feb 12 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Douglas Anthony, Murwillumbah, NSW
2011 Feb 12 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Peter Marshall, Captains Flat, NSW
2011 Feb 13 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Roy Darling, Florey
2011 Feb 14 Letter published in the Canberra Times by H.Merritt, Watson
2011 Feb 17 Opinion article published in the Canberra Times written by Dr Peter Stanley, historian
2011 Feb 17 Opinion article published in the Canberra Times written by Mike Buick, chairman of the Memorials Development Committee
2011 Feb 17 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Roy Darling, Florey
2011 Feb 19 Letter published in the Canberra Times by R.S.Gilbert, Braddon
2011 Feb 19 Letter published in the Canberra Times by A.Wilkinson, Gowrie
2011 Feb 20 Letter published in the Canberra Times by C.Brown, Cooma
2011 Feb 20 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Walker, Ainslie
2011 Feb 20 Article published in the Sydney Morning Herald by Jacqueline Maley
2011 Feb 23 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Evans, Aranda
2011 Feb 23 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Prof Ken Taylor, Research School of Humanities and Art, ANU
2011 Feb 23 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Rosemarie Willett, Red Hill
2011 Feb 25 Opinion published in the Brisbane Courier Mail
2011 Mar 21 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Rohan Goyne, federal president, Military Historical Society of Aust., Evatt
2011 Mar 22 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Peter Stanley, Dickson
2011 Mar 22 Article published in the Chronicle by Naomi Fallon
2011 Mar 24 First part of a front page article published in the Canberra Times by Stephanie Anderson
Second part
2011 Mar 26 Letter published in the Canberra Times by John Mulvaney, Yarralumla
2011 Mar 29 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Brett Odgers, Swinger Hill
2011 Mar 29 Letter published in the Canberra Times by David Stephens, Bruce
2011 Mar 29 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Ann Kent, Forrest
2011 Apr 1 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Steven Hurren, Macquarie
2011 Apr 4 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Francis Adrian Roberts, Curtin
2011 Apr 4 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Peter Stanley, Dickson
2011 Apr 4 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Rollo Brett, Farrer
2011 Apr 19 Article published in the Chronicle by Naomi Fallon
2011 Apr 26 Letter published in the Chronicle by David Stephens, Bruce
2011 Apr 27Radio program, By Design
2011 Apr 28Article by David Stephens, published by New Matilda
2011 Apr 29 Letter published in the Canberra Times by John Symond, O'Connor
2011 Apr Letter published in the Canberra Times by Gordon Shannon, O'Malley
2011 Apr Letter published in the Canberra Times by Steven Hurren, Macquarie
2011 May 4 Letter published in the Canberra Times by William Higgie (RAN 1943-46), Campbell
2011 May 5 Letter published in the Canberra Times by E.L. Fisher, Kambah
2011 May 6 Letter published in the Canberra Times by R.S. Gilbert (RAAF 1943-46), Braddon
2011 May 18Radio program, By Design and transcript
2011 May 22Inside Story this week contains an article Conspicuous commemoration by David Stephens. The article analyses the decision-making process which is leading to the erection in Canberra of two new memorials to the World Wars - unless community concern derails the project. The story will be of interest to anyone who abhors slip-shod process, unsound decisions, and the arrogance of power.

The article shows that:

  • the need for the new memorials has not been proven, particularly given the commemorative role of the Australian War Memorial;
  • the statutory decision-maker, the Canberra National Memorials Committee, has let down the Australian Parliament and the people it is supposed to be serving;
  • the planning authority, the National Capital Authority (NCA), in its eagerness to deliver for the memorials' proponents (the Memorials Development Committee), has cut corners, avoided issues and manipulated the decision-maker;
  • the NCA's current representatives have obfuscated and stone-walled; and
  • the NCA's files today (by the Authority's own admission) do not disclose any rationale for the Authority's decision to support the project.
We are seeing the casual despoiling of our national capital by officials, appointees (and politicians, when they turn up) making unsound and perfunctory decisions to progress the misconceived agenda of a shadowy interest group.

The article uses material recently made available to the Lake War Memorials Forum under Freedom of Information.

2011 Jun 18Front page article in Canberra Times, by Rosslyn Beeby
Second part; third part
2011 Jun 18Forum article in Canberra Times, by Rosslyn Beeby
Second part; third part; fourth part; letter from Marion Mahoney Griffin
2011 Jun 22 News report by ABC on a parliamentary committee hearing
2011 Jun 22 Canberra Times letter to the editor by Steve Flora
2011 Jun 22 Article published in the Canberra Times by Steve Flora, LWMF
2011 Jun 22 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Ann and Bruce Kent, Forrest
2011 Jun 22 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Steven Hurren, Macquarie
2011 Jun 22 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Dr John Gray, landscape architect, Mawson
2011 Jun 22 Hansard: Joint Parliamentary Committee questioning NCA
2011 Jun 23 Canberra Times letter to the editor by David Stephens
2011 early Extract from article published in Wartime 53 by Steve Gower AO, AO(Mil), Director, Australian War Memorial
2011 Jul 14 Canberra Times letter to the editor by Richard Kirk
2011 Aug 10 Letter by Roy Darling of Florey published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 10 Letter by David Stephens of Bruce published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 10 Letter by Steven Hurren of Macquarie published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 13 Letter by Gary Rake, chief executive of NCA, published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 17 Letter by David Stephens published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 18 Article by Christopher Knaus published in the Canberra Times
2011 Aug 18 Editorial published in the Canberra Times
2011 Oct 29 Article by Megan Doherty published in the Canberra Times
2011 Nov 24 Article by Ross Peake published in the Canberra Times
2011 Nov 30 Letter by M A Ellis of Aranda published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 5 Letter by Ian Gollings of Garran published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 7 Letter by Steve Flora of Pearce published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 14 Article by Graham Downie published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 14 Letter by Roger Quarterman of Campbell published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 14 Letter by T Hoskins of Karabar published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 16 Letters by Juliet Ramsay of Burra, Jack Kershaw of Kambah, RS Gilbert of Braddon, RC Warn of Narrabundah, John F Simmons of Kambah, and John Holland of Dickson published in the Canberra Times
2011 Dec 16 Article by David Stephens of this Forum published in the Canberra Times
2012 Feb 4 Article by Megan Doherty published in the Canberra Times
2012 Feb 7 Letters published in the Canberra Times by Tony Powell and Peter Stanley
2012 Feb 7 ABC television news item
2012 Feb 8 Letter published in the Canberra Times by Juliet Ramsay
2012 Feb 25 Article published in the Canberra Times by Stephanie Anderson
2012 Mar 31 Article published in the Canberra Times by Megan Doherty
2012 Sep 12 ABC television news item on duplicate memorials
2012 Sep 12 Article published in the Canberra Times by Ewa Kretowicz
2013 Mar 27 Article on the ABC news