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Letters to the Editor

To Australia from America: we are sorry

Americans apologising at the Australian embassy in Washington DC

In light of Donald Trump's fiery phone call with Malcolm Turnbull, we have received an unprecedented number of letters from Americans apologising for their president.

Turnbull's silence may yet prove golden

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Our Prime Minister's failure to condemn Donald Trump's new immigration laws is indeed pathetic but if it allows just one family to escape the gulags we have created on Manus Island and Nauru it will have been worth it.

Smiling Berejiklian still beholden others

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Regardless of which issues Gladys Berejiklian chooses to champion now that she is Premier, ("Early tests for Premier as byelections loom", January 28-29) it is important to remember that she is still a member of the same political party as the former Premier, was a minister in that Premier's government, and will still be subject to the same party faction, lobbyists and developer pressures.

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Mark Porter: Thank you for the publication of my sesquicentenary letter.

Honest service is all Baird should be asked for

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As a recently retired public school teacher and Deputy Principal, I'm surprised that my first letter to the editor in forty years of readership should be in defence of a Liberal politician, Mike Baird. The majority of comments (Letters, January 20) contained the generosity of spirit of a Donald Trump tweet.

Take care calling the tune to who's Trump-et

President Donald Trump at a reception for House and Senate leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

The stark contrasting of Donald Trump's juvenile twittering and the measured intelligence of Xi Jinping has serious implications for our own foreign and trade relationships.

Selfish Trump is blind to power of love

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Trump's inauguration is set to redefine America's role from that of a global player in the promotion of democratic values to a nation ideologically obsessed with its own self-preservation.

No cigar, hopefully, for Cormann

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After spending so much taxpayers' money on weekend trips with his wife to Broome, I hope Mr Cormann at least had the decency to pay for his own cigars.

Baird's legacy nothing to shout about

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It's a shame Premier Mike Baird won't be around for an election to find out what the people of his electorate, Manly, and throughout NSW think of his achievements.

Abuse of euthanasia laws poses a terrible risk

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When you've all finished arguing about euthanasia ... could you all volunteer some time to help out those who, despite similarly "undignified" lives "not worth living", most certainly do not want to die?

Humans, like animals, should not suffer

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With the strong possibility now of a debate on voluntary euthanasia in the NSW Parliament, I suggest an advocacy group called "Equal Rights for Humans" be formed to air their views to members of Parliament ("NSW to debate law on voluntary euthanasia", January 16).

Rare show of empathy

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It seems that human kindness, empathy, respect, tolerance and compassion are only deemed important to a minority of the population.

Ill at ease on the eve Trump's presidency

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Approaching Donald Trump's inauguration, one thing is clear ("Stuck in the mud with spies, lies and cries foul", January 12). At no time in modern history has a new American president started his term in office under such a dark cloud.

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A sandblast of scorn came through the Letters inbox this week as readers reacted to yet more evidence that politicians are out of step with community expectations on travel entitlements.