Climbing Uluru triggers views far and wide ... but no answers

I have no particular desire to climb Uluru, but I grow tired of people such as Steve Ellis (Letters, July 10) saying it should be banned because it is the equivalent of a church.

The rock belongs to all Australia

Australians are becoming weary of the double standards, policy failure and empty symbolism that have long accompanied government attempts to redress the needs of our indigenous people.

Ban proposal signals end to climbing season at Uluru

DEFYING death, the elements and the wishes of indigenous people, tourists climb Australia's most famous rock at a rate of more than 250 people a day.

The Uluru ascent: steep, strenuous and set to be sanctioned

DEFYING death, nature and the wishes of Aborigines, more than 250 tourists climb Australia's most renowned rock each day. But a draft management plan released yesterday proposes a ban on climbing Uluru, to be in force within 10 years.