What's not to love about our Prime Minister?
Malcolm Turnbull's best option is clear. Take control and begin doing the things he knows are right.
The Age Letters
All I want for Christmas is a leader with courage
Readers would like to see a prime minister with vision, courage and conviction.
Assisted dying: It is our right to make an informed choice
Readers debate the Victorian government's proposed legislation on voluntary euthanasia.
Public 'monopoly' is in fact a 'responsibility'
Readers attack Productivity Commission proposals to privatise essential health services.
Climate change: Loonies rob industry of the certainty it craves
Delaying effective action on climate change will only increases the eventual cost.
Fight for eight-hour day, equal pay was disruptive
Readers discuss the many social changes that were introduced as a result of protests.
Environmental and economic madness
Readers are strongly opposed to both the Carmichael coal mine and the government offering a $1billion loan to global miner Adani.
Please don't abandon someone who is in need
Readers are upset and angry that Bhajan Kaur, who has an intellectual disability, has been denied permanent residency in Australia.
Backpacker tax and the ABCC – is that all there is?
Voters put forward ideas for the government to consider in the new year.
The cause was noble but the protest was wrong
Readers discuss the protests in Parliament House and the behaviour of our parliamentarians generally.
Encourage the brightest to become teachers
Readers continue to discuss education issues, including Australia's poor results in the latest international rankings.
To teach maths you need to understand it
Readers explain why they think Australia's education standards are falling compared to international benchmarks.
Shorten has too much baggage to lead Labor
Readers express dismay at the behaviour of both major parties.
Mourning the death of a truly great man
Not surprisingly, readers have mixed views on whether Fidel Castro was a great leader or brutal dictator.
Standardised tests are old hat in age of agility
Readers discuss the merit of raising the bar for entry to university teaching courses.
Right prosecutes culture war instead of governing
Readers express concern that Peter Dutton's attack will create division in society.
Yes, to a tax – and learn to say no to chocolates
Readers discuss the merits of introducing a 'sugar tax'.
Geologically speaking, we are all recent arrivals
Readers continue to express concern over the Immigration Minister's divisive comments.
Connect dots of toxic beliefs on race, gender
Readers express alarm at the Immigration Minister's divisive attitudes on migrants.
New boss increases the conservative bias
Readers express profound concern over the direction of the ABC.
Many of us have paid our fair share of tax
Readers have mixed views on whether older Australians have had an easier time than younger generations - and whether seniors' tax breaks are ''unfair''.
The real causes of radical Islam here
Readers reject Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's criticisms of former prime minister Malcolm Fraser.
People wanted a fixer and plumped for Trump
The election was a referendum on leadership, not about superior policy.
Our Dad wants to die – but the law says no
Readers express different views about whether we should have the right to choose our time of death.
Many ways to nobble the national broadcaster
Readers react with anger and shock to the proposed changes to the ABC.
Foreigners pitted against locals to keep wages low
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The elite are those who make the rules
Politicians can create fair rules or they can skew policies to enrich the powerful few.
Please, what is the logic in this new "deal"?
Readers discuss the possibility of Australia taking part in a refugee settlement deal with the United States.
Watson saves AFL from making obvious decision
Jobe Watson is to be congratulated for his decision to hand back his tainted 2012 Brownlow medal.
Forget complex policies; promise masses anything
Readers have mixed views about what voters should read into the election of Donald Trump