change the date keep the name

Printed in The West on 21st May...

after getting this email:

Good morning.

Thank you for your reply. I will hopefully run the letter with the amended date on May 21.

Kind regards

Matthew Mills

Acting Letters Editor

The West Australian

 

 

From: Nick Lethbridge <nickleth@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2025 2:07 PM
To: Letters <Letters@wanews.com.au>
Subject: Re: Happy Australia Day

 

Hello again,

 

btw:

I BCCd my original late night letter to a few pollies,

If you think the suggestion is worth more (with a correct date :-) feel free

(and let me know how it goes

 

... thanks,

... Nick

 

 

 

On Thu, 15 May 2025 at 09:23, Letters <Letters@wanews.com.au> wrote:

Good morning Mr  Lethbridge

Thanks for your letter, which I believe makes a valid point and offers a sensible – and new – suggestion for the future of Australia Day. My brief fact-checking though suggests that the voting rights kicked in on May 21, 1962, not May 16. Source:

https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/on-this-day/the-1962-commonwealth-electoral-act/

Are you OK with me changing the date?  

Kind regards

Matthew Mills

Acting Letters Editor

The West Australian

0407 771029

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I'm thrilled at "valid" and "new"

This is the only personal reply I have ever received from Letters. 

(nothing from the pollies of course)

Celebrate Australia Day on the last Friday in September. 

... a day on which

... in 1984

every Australian gained equal say in our democracy. 

Read our -- Australia's -- combined history.

forget hatred of anything Whyt.

read about the 1984 Bill for indigenous voting. 

a win for Blak and a win for Whyt.

Celebrate democratic equality.

Or just shut up and accept 26th Jan.

...

If all else fails -- get a bigger hammer


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http://notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com
dying for you to read it :-)

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Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper