Shareholders will pay for this new tax
Readers discuss whether targeting banks is fair given many companies avoid paying taxes at all.
The Age Letters
The win-win promise of a surplus in 2020-21
Readers discuss the budget, including plan to drug test welfare recipients, and the bank levy.
Lack of empathy in our democracy is explained
It is better to experience violence vicariously than need to actually experience it later on.
Aren’t free markets main plank of Liberals’ policy?
Readers applaud Westpac's decision to rule out funding the mine.
Giving a voice to often marginalised groups
English teachers support placing challenging and confronting novels on the curriculum.
Putting super anger to the forensic pub test
Readers dream of having $1.6m in their superannuation accounts to get angry about.
We're not stupid. We all know that debt is debt
Readers discuss Treasurer's announcement that some debt is 'good' and other debt 'bad'.
What about tolerance and freedom of speech?
Readers have mixed views of ABC presenter's Anzac Day post, but most defend her right to speak out.
The agony of not being able to communicate
Readers are divided over testing prospective citizens for greater English proficiency.
By opposing UN we have increased insecurity
Readers urge caution in taking military action against the rogue state.
Remember the cost to all for doing their duty
Readers ponder what Anzac Day means for them.
Hobbling of minimal reforms is shameful
Readers are very unhappy with the volume of betting advertisements on television.
Class system rewards predatory behaviour
Current housing policies are entrenching poverty and inequality.
PM's claim on domestic violence is laughable
Readers put forward their choices for questions on the new citizenship test.
Whatever happened to principled leadership?
Readers discuss the PM's 'citizenship shake-up', including the 'Australian values' test.
The harsh reality: a change in name only
Readers discussed the government's proposed changes to the controversial 457 visa program.
An Easter donation with a feel-good factor
A reader suggests a worthy substitute to spending millions on chocolate Easter eggs.
Hostile governments starve ABC of funding
Readers air their grievances about various Coalition policies.
AFL’s publicity grab sticks in my craw
Readers are annoyed at the AFL muscling in on the Good Friday Appeal for the children's hospital.
Get tough on foreign investors rorting system
A reader wonders when the government is going to start looking after the interests of locals.
An insult to nation’s dignity and heritage
Readers continue to express outrage at both major parties' support for the mine.
Decades of fascist and corrupt development
Readers discuss the situation in Syria, and the terrible sufferings of the Syrian people.
Private owner, private profits: private cost
Readers think Port of Melbourne's new owner should pay for the roads and rail lines it wants.
Helpful, kind, clever ... and very, very funny
Readers lament the unexpected death of much loved satirist and comic legend, John Clarke.
A well-trodden path towards regime change
A reader describes the call for regime change as insanity.
History offers word of caution on following US
Readers debate whether the US bombing will help in negotiating an end to the Syrian war.
Pygmies adrift in a maze beyond comprehension
Each passing decade since the middle of the 20th century has seen increasing complexity in society, the economy, the environment and in global relationships. As with most changes over time and on this scale, new industries and professions rise and others fail to evolve and are left behind. The evidence seems clear that politicians are in the latter category: an increasingly less diverse group of career politicians unaware of or incapable of adapting to progress and who lack the skills to identify, communicate and tackle the challenges facing the nation and the world.
Queensland's move on water is egregious policy
Readers continue to attack the government over its support for the Adani coal mine.
Subsidising investors to make ongoing losses
Readers discuss effect of negative gearing and CGT discount on residential property prices.
The black economy is alive and thriving
Readers discuss taxation, including the recent change to the company tax rate and the 'blitz' on tax dodgers.