• FEBRUARY 1

Australia must beware being pulled into conflict with China.

• JANUARY 31

Global leaders, including Australia's, must communicate our outrage over the US ban.

• JANUARY 30

Problems in Victoria's provision of mental health care and efforts to fix a 'crippled system'.

• JANUARY 29

Readers are appalled at the insensitivity of the deputy Prime Minister and ask who is being gutless.

• JANUARY 28

There are no political points to be scored here. Only young lives being destroyed beyond any redemption and the public being endangered.

• JANUARY 267

I was thrilled to watch the Australia Day Awards and to be overcome by the humility and generosity of spirit shown by all recipients, past and present.

• JANUARY 26

Sure, we have built cities and infrastructure spanning the country. We are culturally diverse. These are significant, but not unique, achievements. Our natural history is unique. Our emphasis on Australia Day should be on our natural estate.

• JANUARY 25

Readers call for calm and a halt to all the speculation.

• JANUARY 24

Readers plead for more funding for mental health services and drug rehabilitation programs.

• JANUARY 23

Readers express their distress at the events of Friday afternoon and ask why police didn't do more early on.

• JANUARY 22

Commemoration of our nation sparks debate on dispossession and inclusion.

• JANUARY 21

Readers take the chief commissioner of police to task over his comments.

• JANUARY 20

Readers question a future based on greed and inequality.

• JANUARY 19

We are about to install the least qualified, most dangerous president in our history. Combined with climate change denialists, borderline white supremacists and captains of industry who will serve as cabinet members and advisers, America is entering a very scary period.

• JANUARY 17

The office of the president, like the monarchy, is largely ceremonial and the figurehead is under strict control from the "establishment". Trump will need permission to pass wind or blow his nose.

• JANUARY 16

In my experience as an English teacher, some good, old fashioned principles – such as reading, writing on paper and sitting in rows – is really appreciated by students who are often overwhelmed by information overload and screens.

• JANUARY 16

Blurring between MPs' official and private business must end.

• JANUARY 15

Readers continue to express anger at the Centrelink autmoated debt recovery system.

• JANUARY 14

Readers debate the need for a sharper focus on the underlying causes of criminality.

• JANUARY 13

Readers react to the 'anti-hipster' movement, and to the city being stuck with old high-rises.

• JANUARY 12

Readers demand action on the culture of entitlement that pervades all sectors of the economy.

• JANUARY 11

Here in Victoria, the left lane is never consent; it is always appearing and then disappearing. If you want to keep left, you need to continually change lanes, which increases the danger.

• JANUARY 10

Readers express amazement at the continued abuse of MPs' travel entitlements

• JANUARY 09

It is time politicians stopped saying "it was within the rules", and instead asked themselves: "Would I do this if I were paying for it myself?" It is unacceptable that they spend our tax dollars without careful consideration.

• JANUARY 8

Readers query the business case of the planned upmarket hiking trail in the Alpine National Park.

• JANUARY 07

We are one of the world's wealthiest nations yet we cannot afford to fund proper social welfare, education and health systems, finance economy-boosting infrastructure projects.

• JANUARY 6

Readers take the government to task over the debt recovery debacle.

• JANUARY 5

Cross-bench senator David Leyonhjelm's thought bubbles anger readers.

• JANUARY 4

Controversy continues over the Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing.