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letters January 31, 2026
Normally, I would welcome a new wind farm project. However, having read Bob Brown’s article (“ Licence to kill ”, January 24-30), I can see that the cost in rare native species can be too high. Furthermore, why do we approve a multinational company...
letters January 24, 2026
The waste of money and effort by Australia on the AUKUS agreement is appalling (“ ‘Rich dummy’: How the AUKUS deal is set to fail ”, January 17-23). There are so many better things to spend and concentrate on. Australians should be less concerned,...
letters January 17, 2026
Thank you, Rick Morton, for your excellent report on the government’s agenda to cut funding to NDIS recipients or deny access to others (“ Exclusive: One third of reassessed NDIS plans see cuts to funding ”, January 10-16). This callous agenda...
letters January 9, 2026
The anger and fear experienced by the Jewish community following recent events is palpable, poignant and evocative (Martin McKenzie-Murray, “ ‘It’s unimaginable what we as a community have just experienced’ ”, December 20–January 9). Many...
letters December 20, 2025
As a teacher at a public school, I read your education coverage with interest, including Julie Hare’s article “ Million-dollar principals ” (December 13-19) about the over-inflated salaries of our publicly funded “private” schools. She spoke to a...
letters December 13, 2025
Major party politicians have two constituencies (Jason Koutsoukis, “ Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages ”, December 6-12). The voter is the constituency in front of them, bombarded with advertising for a...
letters December 12, 2025
It is revealing that all the effusive praise for the late Graham Richardson (Jason Koutsoukis, “ The Richo pact: How Graham put Albanese in charge ”, November 29–December 5) came from Labor mates; that is, politicians united in pragmatism and...
letters November 29, 2025
Joëlle Gergis (“ Can we handle the truth? ”, November 22-28) rues the failure of the latest climate COP to prevent the fossil fuel industry destroying our planet. Günther Thallinger, a board member of Allianz, one of the world’s largest insurance...
letters November 22, 2025
“ Who is the new vanguard of Liberal Party women? ” (Karen Barlow, November 15-21) only revealed a new cohort of Liberal lightweights. Their failure to see that the teals stand for a lot more beyond climate action also speaks volumes. If Mary Aldred...
letters November 15, 2025
The various interviews conducted with Coalition stakeholders relayed in your coverage of their schemozzle may hold the key to their future (“ Inside the Coalition split: ‘Like washing the bear without getting its fur wet’ ”, November 8-14). Not...
letters November 8, 2025
Jason Koutsoukis’s story about Don Farrell (“ Meet the man who really controls Canberra ,” November 1-7) shines some light on a pivotal but not well-known character in the Australian Labor Party. I hadn’t realised his influence throughout the...
