READER’S DIGEST
KeepThemSafe
‘ThePushtoSaveSydney’sKoalaHabitat’
(December)aboutthecolonyin
Campbelltownisanimportantstory.I never
knewtherewasa chlamydia-freepopulation
inSydney.Now,withthebushfiresraging,
it’smoreimportantthanevertoprotectthe
nativewildlife,especiallythisdisease-free
population.Let’shopetheCampbelltown
colonywillbespared. AY E S H AA ZE E M
Editor’sNote:Atthetimeofgoingtoprint,
thiscolonyfortunatelyhadnotbeenaffected
bythebushfires.
TheGreatDebateOver
Decades
I’mdoinga bigcatchuponmy
Reader’sDigestreading,andam
a littletakenabackbyLouise
Waterson’sEditor’sNoteinthe
December 2019 editionwhereshe
says,“...anotherdecade...has
reacheditsend.”
I begtodiffer– aswouldsomany
others.Thisdecadedoesnotend
until31/12/2020.Timedidn’tstart
Let us know if you are moved – or provoked – by any item in the magazine,
share your thoughts. See page 8 for how to join the discussion.with year zero. It was year one. A
decade is ten years, so it will go
from year one to ten, not from year
one to year nine.
Conversely, to extend that, this
decade runs from 2011 (one) to
2020 (ten). That means the next
decade will begin on 01/01/2021.
Similarly, the current millennium
did not commence on 01/01/
as so many stated. It commenced
on 01/01/20 01. STEVE PEARSONReader’s Comments And Opinions
LETTERS
6 march 2020