I submit the odd letter to our two local papers. Occasionally I write a tome but mostly I send in a couple of sentences with a pithy message. I just send them out and don't usually look to see whether they are published, although friends sometimes notice and let me know.
I was out on Saturday and saw that my latest one was published in the Herald Sun. Over a coffee after work today I was reading The Age and saw that my letter headed the short letter section and that one of the paper's cartoonists had done an illustration to accompany it. Wow!
the letter in question went like this:
Kevin Andrews says that the IR laws may have unintended consequences. Is that code for sackings en masse?
Somewhat of a no brainer given the number of cases the ACTU has documented in just over a week of workers being royally screwed by employers. If you live in Australia and are having a problem with losing your job or other bullshit by your boss go to the ACTU site and tell them and get some help.
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