Most of those flying were compensated by the airline

The dollar is not as volatile now, but it could reasonably be expected to correct its value in the longer term to about US80162;. Buyer beware. Neil Bloomfield ThirlmereStorm damage I added a large bit to Macquarie Airport's massive take from parking fees on Monday night. Because of the storm, my partner's flight arrived three hours late, but I was still expected to pay the parking fee at $7 a halfhour. I checked the arrival time online before driving to the airport, but the information was incorrect. I soon discovered there was a snowflake's chance in hell of getting a discount. Most of those flying were compensated by the airline. Those of us on the ground were ground into it by the excessive parking fees. Joseph Barakat Maroubra Money limit doesn't curb free speech John Kaye confirms the status of the Greens as the lapdogs of the NSW Labor Party (''Influence of big money must be removed'', November 9). The proposed ban on donations from the tobacco industry, clearly targeted at the NSW opposition, is only a token gesture. As Kaye himself says of the proposed changes, ''loopholeswill undoubtedly appear''. He says restricting the spending of third parties, such as unions, on election campaigns ''is a difficult task that skirts dangerously close to threatening free speech'', but restriction of spending is exactly what is needed. Restricting spending is not restricting free speech, it is only restricting the inordinate amounts of money spent on advertisements. Politicians, unions and others will all doubtless have their say, and be reported ad nauseam in the media as they are now. Politicians the world over have shown they are incapable of both raising money and governing in the public interest. It is time we made their jobs easier for them, for all our sakes. John Croker WoononaFine grading of the genitalia debate Andrew Rosetta Stone Hindi Bazar (Letters, November 10) credits the ''classification review board'' for the increase in vaginal plastic surgery. The review board does not, as a matter of routine, classify publications. It exists to consider appeals against the decisions of the Australian Classification Board. As a former member of the classification board I was routinely involved in decisions about the acceptability of images in publications. The board considers whether the impact of the image exceeds what is acceptable in a publication for public display, or if it warrants restriction to an audience over 18. In my experience there was no bias against women with ''outies'', or a preference for tidy little pudenda. There was always debate (a great way to spend an afternoon, discussing the finer points of genital display), but it revolved around the concept of ''emphasis'' of what was there through posing, splaying of legs, cropping of images and myriad other editorial techniques. If the board rejected an image as too detailed and with too much emphasis, the publisher could substitute it (in an unrestricted publication), change the requested classification of the publication to ''restricted'' (sold in a wrapper) or get busy with Photoshop. My three years on the board gave me plenty of reading material to form the opinion that stick mags were not a hothouse of positive selfimages for women. Porn is part of modern life. The classification system is designed to ensure we don't have it staring us in the face at every newsstand, petrol station and corner shop. Sally Bryant Wellington Blueprint to weld ethics and religion exists: here it is Jessica Stewart (Letters, November 9) asks how her child can attend both special religious education and ethics classes. Picture this: each week, children gather in unsegregated classes with their regular, professionally trained teachers. They learn about a variety of belief traditions and philosophies, religious and nonreligious.

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