Most parents in NSW send their children to scripture

The truth is it would be hard to identify any aspect of indigenous culture, belief or labours that gave rise to the society Australians enjoy today. Almost every observable aspect of Australian life - whether language, sport, technology, medicine, law, economics or liberal democracy - can be traced to our inheritance from Britain, and the labours of early settlers and those who subsequently projected the spirit of western enlightenment. Recognition should focus on those whose thoughts and labours delivered the fruits we enjoy, such as property rights and the law Williams teaches. His insistence that Australia should specifically and solely acknowledge indigenous Australians, implying only negative or morally dubious intentions of our society's pioneers, is hypocritical and denies basic, observable facts. David Caldwell San Francisco Night at the Oprah It seems the spirit of Ian Macdonald, Minister for Bread and Circuses, is alive and well. The NSW government is about to donate more than $1 million of our money to one of the richest people on the planet to shoot a TV show here (''Government gets Oprah fever'', smh.au, September 14). With arts companies struggling to meet the rent and scrounge enough money to put on shows, this strikes me as a demonstration of the contempt with which the arts are held in NSW and Australia. But when our leaders prefer to be shown riding bicycles or at the football rather than in a theatre, concert hall, art gallery or opera house, it doesn't surprise me. The cultural cringe is still with us. Esteban Insausti Newington Walk the plank NSW Maritime's Rosetta Stone Latin America Spanish website says staff ''are committed to the highest standards of professionalism and integrity and this should be evident in every interaction with internal and external stakeholders''. The retention of Tonette Kelly on the payroll appears to run contrary to NSW Maritime's code of conduct and ethics (''Corrupt lawyer still on Maritime payroll'', September 14). NSW taxpayers are forced to sit and watch as their hard-earned taxes are funnelled into Ms Kelly's recreation fund - it's time to set her adrift. John de Bres Rose Bay Ethical dilemma The introduction of an ethics program does much more than give children who do not attend scripture a productive alternative (Letters, September 13). Most parents in NSW send their children to scripture. Each would be forced to choose if their child missed out on scripture or ethics. Which system discriminates on the basis of religion? The present one, which respects the religious choices of parents, including those choosing ''no religion''? Or the proposed system that makes ethics available only to those choosing ''no religion''? Barry O'Farrell does not need to wait for the review of the course to understand that this program would mean religious discrimination in our schools. Deborah Kellahan Castle Cove Policies by the dozen I am not a member of, or beholden to, any political party, least of all the state Liberals, but I am heartily sick of the cry, this time from Mark Pearce (Letters, September 14), that they are a ''policy-free zone''. It took me 10 seconds to download the party's 49-page policy document. When I typed in ''policies'' on the state Labor website, the download page offered me a Maxine McKew Wine Order form. Graham Anderson Bundanoon Maybe Tamara I really, truly, honestly, haven't heard of Tamara Jaber (Stay in Touch, September 14). Am I missing anything?

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