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Grim legacy of years of economic reform
Readers discuss the reasons and consequences of negative wages growth.
Readers discuss the reasons and consequences of negative wages growth.
Readers discuss the planned closure of the Manus Island detention centre and the plight of refugees.
Readers attack the heartlessness of the Coalition on its new welfare measures.
Readers argue that it is about time that the banks are held to account.
Readers decry the cut in the aid budget, arguing that ameliorating poverty will help 'stop the boats'.
Readers still fired up about big banks, including the planned levy on the money they borrow.
Readers discuss whether targeting banks is fair given many companies avoid paying taxes at all.
Readers discuss the budget, including plan to drug test welfare recipients, and the bank levy.
It is better to experience violence vicariously than need to actually experience it later on.
Readers applaud Westpac's decision to rule out funding the mine.
English teachers support placing challenging and confronting novels on the curriculum.
Readers dream of having $1.6m in their superannuation accounts to get angry about.
Readers discuss Treasurer's announcement that some debt is 'good' and other debt 'bad'.
Readers have mixed views of ABC presenter's Anzac Day post, but most defend her right to speak out.
Readers are divided over testing prospective citizens for greater English proficiency.
Readers urge caution in taking military action against the rogue state.
Readers ponder what Anzac Day means for them.
Readers are very unhappy with the volume of betting advertisements on television.
Current housing policies are entrenching poverty and inequality.
Readers put forward their choices for questions on the new citizenship test.
Readers discuss the PM's 'citizenship shake-up', including the 'Australian values' test.
Readers discussed the government's proposed changes to the controversial 457 visa program.
A reader suggests a worthy substitute to spending millions on chocolate Easter eggs.
Readers air their grievances about various Coalition policies.
Readers are annoyed at the AFL muscling in on the Good Friday Appeal for the children's hospital.
A reader wonders when the government is going to start looking after the interests of locals.
Readers continue to express outrage at both major parties' support for the mine.
Readers discuss the situation in Syria, and the terrible sufferings of the Syrian people.
Readers think Port of Melbourne's new owner should pay for the roads and rail lines it wants.
Readers lament the unexpected death of much loved satirist and comic legend, John Clarke.
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