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Letters to the Editor

Siege: the disturbing aftermath

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As a former employee of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, who was there at the time of the Lindt Cafe siege, I read with interest the bail chapter in the coroner's report.

Backing for mine irresponsible

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Whatever the true jobs figure may be, once the coal from this giant mine is burnt, the carbon dioxide which is released into the atmosphere will effectively cook the planet, and all the aspirations of the Paris Climate Summit will be lost.

Postscript

President Donald Trump gestures as he gives the commencement address at the US Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday.

Irritatingly bland or alarmingly self-indulgent, readers could get no satisfaction from the public utterances of our top political leaders this week.

Letters: Turnbull shows his true colours by supporting Trump

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The fact that Malcolm Turnbull could applaud the most regressive step in American healthcare in decades is a pretty fair indication of the direction in which he would like to take the Australian system, if he could get the parliamentary majority to do it.