• June 17

Congratulations to the Herald editorial for exposing Peter Dutton's dissembling defence that the $90 million Manus Island refugee settlement saved us money as just another contemptible and puerile attempt at distraction from the truth ("Secrecy is the only winner in Manus Island settlement", June 16).

• June 16

The government had been advised, over and over, that the Manus Island detention centre was illegal and immoral, and chose to ignore that advice.

• June 15

The NSW government's $244-million splash on the Art Gallery of NSW will leave many in regional NSW infuriated.

• June 14

What Peter Dutton is proposing takes us one more step down the road to totalitarianism.

• June 13

Exposing the terrorists to a well planned re-education program is the obvious solution.

• JUN 12

Although there is no easy answer to spotting the outliers, there are problems with the current orthodoxy of "last-minute" intervention against those who are undergoing radicalisation.

Attempts to downplay the risks associated with alcohol is in no one's best interests.

• June 10

Malcolm Turnbull has known for years that a price on carbon is the way to tackle climate change but will have trouble convincing the fossil fools in his own party.

• June 9

Why does Tony Abbott think he knows more than 99 per cent of the world's scientists about climate change?

• JUNE 8

Sensational headlines increase terrorists' desired notoriety and encourage copycat actions.

• June 7

What a disgrace that ASIO had to warn political parties about taking donations from two high-profile Chinese businessmen.

• JUN 5

I don't think most Australians give a fig about whether Australia move(s) to the top of the league table ("The luckiest country", June 3-4). Most Australians are more worried about whether they will remain in full-time work, whether their wages are going to remain stagnant, or they will be able to rent a house let alone buy one; whether they can afford the surgery they need; and how far their standard of life is slipping.

• JUNE 6

Recent events in Manchester and London highlight the need to counteract the effect of the jihadist narrative of radical Wahhabism on vulnerable and susceptible Muslim youths.

Katy Perry said today "love conquers fear and love conquers hate"

• JUNE 4

Isn't it ironic that one of the healthiest choices that customers can make in supermarkets these days seems to be to avoid the "healthy food aisle"? ("Raw facts: just how healthy is the health food aisle?", May 28).

• June 3

Unfortunately for first home buyers, the Premier clearly doesn't survey the Sydney housing market.

After lunching at China Doll in Sydney, Cory Bernardi and his so-called dissatisfied NSW Liberals would be very satisfied.

• June 2

I did not know until this morning that the GPO somehow represented to me the heart of Sydney.

• June 1

The Berejiklian government's change on its clumsy emergency services tax – whoops, "levy" – reveals more of its ongoing incompetence.

• May 31

Barnaby Joyce should be ashamed of himself.

• MAY 30

Last year a good friend of mine had a terminal illness and was rapidly deteriorating in capacity.

• MAY 29

It seems our governments will stop at nothing to pander to the desires of the property industry.

• May 28

Hygge is the real concept of the moment.

• May 27

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.

• MAY 26

It's time to re-evaluate our notions of what constitutes "expert" advice – I hope the police are doing that right now.

• MAY 25

There are two separate prisms through which the Manchester bombing must be viewed.

• MAY 24

The future loss of valuable infrastructure and land due to rising sea-levels is another example of inter-generational theft.

• MAY 23

I am dumbfounded that Dutton can claim asylum seekers are "taking the system for a ride".

• May 22

The Lindt Cafe siege perfectly illustrates the truth of the old saying "A stitch in time saves nine".