• AUGUST 11

So, despite assurances that it couldn't possibly happen, the ABS census website crashed badly when called upon to 'do its part for Australia'.  ("Malicious hackers behind website collapse", smh.com.au, August 10). I suggest that 'generation snowflake' management didn't think to call on their statisticians to calculate the probability of a crash. How hard can that be? I mean, if 'x' is the population of interest and 'y' is the capacity of server 'A' and … Stephen Fox Kenmore (Qld)  

• August 10

Mack Horton's swipe at his Chinese rival wasn't so much a principled stand for sportsmanship as a deliberately disruptive ploy.

• August 10

Steven Münchenberg's list of promises by the banks would not be happening without the threat of a royal commission.

• August 10

Letters

• August 10

I'm less concerned about the information requested by the census than I am about governments appearing to ignore it once they have it.

• AUGUST 9

Mack Horton seems to be from the same mould as Shane Warne.

• AUGUST 8

There has been much speculation about the fitness of Brazil to hold the Olympics but by promoting reafforestation in these games Brazil has inspired us.

• August 7

It appears quite likely that this Olympic Games will be a fizzer judging by the amount of negative stories about it.

• AUGUST 6

So "370,000 Australians think about ending their life every year", and " one in three of the deaths of people aged 15 to 19 is due to suicide"?

• POSTSCRIPT

Mean-spirited revenge, craven pandering to right-wing MPs or a fair call based on an assessment of Kevin Rudd from Queensland's personal failings, the Rudd Snub divided opinion this week.

• AUGUST 5

Those of us who worked on earlier censuses had to make three calls back to collect from every house, account for every visitor and help every homeless person fill in a form.

• AUGUST 4

Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he wants "evidence-based" measures to drive improvements in NAPLAN results.

• AUGUST 3

if you actively talk to your child about religious beliefs then you will be creating a bias in favour of religion.

• AUGUST 2

Surely it is only common sense to have an Indigenous person as head of the Royal Commission into the NT Juvenile Detention Centre.

• LETTERS EXTRA

Some of the biggest names in Sydney's arts community have written to the Chancellor of Sydney University, Belinda Hutchinson, and Vice Chancellor Michael Spence in support of the Sydney College of the Arts.

• 1 August

In his article ('Malcolm Turnbull in fear of his party is a bad omen", July 30-31) Peter Hartcher says: "Australia should nominate an Australian for a global competition and wish him (sic) luck."

• COMMENT

Perhaps parents should consider installing an inwards facing Dash Cam in their teen's car as a condition of letting them drive so their every action - and that of their passengers - is recorded.

• JULY 30

While considering royal commissions into juvenile gaols in the NT, accountability established and recognition given that the "cures" have not been working, the following generations must also be considered.

• JULY 29

Without complaints by the alleged victims and witnesses, no story exists, yet Cardinal Pell refuses (at least publicly) to attack the credibility or veracity of those making sexual allegations against him. Am I missing something?

• JULY 28

No doubt, as with deaths in custody and other commission reports, recommendations will be made and the government will say it has already started to implement the recommendations.

• JULY 27

The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and the responsible minister must resign. They are ultimately responsible for each second of the footage that we watched. At the very least, they are responsible for having done nothing before being shamed by the media.

• LETTERS EXTRA

A royal commission is a good start but it's not enough. Tell those children they are loved and that the people of Australia will watch over them as best we can. Tell them today.

• JULY 26

The factions in both major parties will continue to have dominant roles in choosing ministry and shadow ministry posts, with Labor deals more open to public view.

• JULY 24

Mediscare's first cousin Pharmascare has arrived. Blood sugar test strips which are essential to diabetes management are set to rise in price from $1.20 to $60 per packet.

The editorial headline "Trump's extreme pitch aimed at scared, ignorant" (July 23-24) is misdirected: it's the political classes and their opinion minions that are ignorant of how to connect with a disenfranchised electorate and they're scared, really scared, because it would seem Donald Trump, Pauline Hanson and their ilk aren't. Peter Fyfe Erskineville

When TV personalities try politics, things can go awry. Just ask the Republican Party or, closer to home, Sonia Kruger.

• JULY 23

A "revolution in renters' rights" will not be achieved while addressing one major element that has created "a system that divides people into haves and have-nots by property ownership" is persistently omitted ("We need a revolution in renters' rights", July 22). It's not only "Australians" who "speculate on property like it's a casino", and landlords are not exclusvely "a cottage industry of mum and dad investors and amateur speculators". An increasing proportion are foreign investors.

• JULY 22

I applaud the NSW government's latest proposed overhaul of the HSC ("Major changes to HSC syllabus, July 21.)

• JULY 21

We are constantly seeing articles about the lack of affordable housing for young people and how the baby boomers own all the property. ("Home Ownership Collapses'", July 20.)