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Update: [17th June 09] Today's edition of the Chronicle was delivered in a sealed wrapper. Lets hope this persists.

Canberra's sole newspaper, The Canberra Times, distributes a give away called the Chronicle. They are responsible for gross urban littering on a regular basis.

They pay distribution walkers to deliver unbound Cronicles into every letterbox.
Letterboxes are made for letters, not folded loose sheet newspapers.

With the slightest breeze, these papers are blown from one end of the street to the other.

A couple of points...
1. If anyone paid good money to advertise in these throw aways, they just blew their money on our street.
2. If I caused this degree of littering I would be charged on the spot.

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The Chronicle byline is Where Your Community Unfolds... over and over and over again.

My email to the powers that be at the Chronicle...

Subject: The Chronicle and Canberra Times Litter Canberra
I have contacted your paper before on the issue of Chronic(al) littering and got one edition delivered wrapped in a rubber band and one shrink wrapped.
But now your back to your negligent littering ways, showing scant regard for civic pride in a town where you have a monopoly. [...]
I invite you to respond to my post on this issue... http://wow-factor.com/index.php/the-canberra-times-litters-canberra ( apologies for the low quality phone camera photos, your lucky day. )
and look forward to your solution to your problem in my neighbourhood.