The needle and the damage: The pathology of addiction is the key
Readers believe there is justification for establishing safe injecting rooms, as well as looking at the wider issues in an addict's behaviour.
The Age Letters
Assisted dying: Don't take away right to choose time of death
Readers, in general, endorse the enactment of an assisted dying bill into Victorian law.
Assisted dying: Debate should consider more than the safeguards
Readers discuss the merits of Victoria's proposed assisted dying laws.
My memory of pure unadulterated joy
Readers discuss a range of issues on the role of women in society and the workplace.
An impossible, cruel debt for many students
Readers discuss a range of education issues affecting schools and universities.
High cost of enforcing the law to the letter
Readers discuss dual citizenship and whether this should prevent people from running for parliament.
The PM and the armed men: What is the real message behind the image?
The announcement of a Home Affairs ministry has stirred readers' reactions.
Road rage: Undertaking the problem of aggressive driving
Readers relate their firsthand experiences with road rage, which is becoming a scourge in Victoria.
THE AFL: When a lapse of judgment is really inappropriate
Readers turn their attention to AFL executives and football players in the public eye.
Asylum seekers: Not just humanity, it makes economic sense
Readers discuss the contribution refugees make to the nation.
Kelly's ignorance and lack of balance
Readers continue to discuss pro-coal stance, clean energy and global warming.
Steam train services: what's not to love?
Readers discuss issues relating to the environment, including the proposed surcharge on new cars and the increased power prices.
It's a community asset. Please leave it alone.
Readers discuss the planned redevelopment of the Queen Victoria Market.
Politicians and principles: A binding code of conduct is needed, immediately
Readers, in the main, find it hard to fathom why politicians would not sign up for uniform ethical standards.
The Menzies legacy: In the beginning, it was a party of progressives
Readers discuss what 'liberal' PM Robert Menzies would make of today's political issues.
Missile shield: Building defence system for Australia is just daft
Readers are alarmed, and sceptical, of a missile defence shield for Australia.
Transport: Manners please and let a few more of us in
Readers discuss various aspects of Melbourne's public transport system
For the moment, it is a confected crisis
Readers discuss the situation with North Korea, and how Australia and the world should react to it.
No wonder Tomic is unhappy and 'bored'
Readers discuss a range of issues relating to sport, including violence in football, the cricketers' pay dispute and Bernard Tomic's performance, both on and off the court.
When will the AFL act to stem the thuggery?
Readers criticise often 'sanctioned' violence in football games and call on AFL to stamp it out.
Famine and indifference: When the lifestyle of one sucks the life out of another
I was horrified to think that Australians believe the misery of people starving in Africa is somehow self-inflicted ('Ugly Australian attitudes to African crisis revealed', The Age, 4/7). It disgusts me.Â
Population and growth: A new vision is needed to tackle looming crises
The latest census data showing 146,600 people arriving in Victoria in 2016, is yet another alarm bell that our infrastructure is going to be totally overwhelmed. Should this trend continue, Melbourne may have a massive population of 10 million by mid-century.
Coalition leadership: Of commitment, honour and being an ex-PM
Readers are frustrated and angry at the public pronouncements by former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Undermining, sniping – beware the enemy within
Our readers comment on Tony Abbott's current political behaviour and its implications for the LNP.
My long, painful wait in our stretched system
Readers discuss the positives and negatives of our healthcare system and the importance of funding medical research.
Pyne on the left? Then Bernardi is in the centre
Readers discuss the factions in our political parties, particularly the Coalition, and what it really means to be 'left', 'right' or 'centrist'.
Test's built-in biases for certain groups
Readers discuss the difficulty of learning another language and the best ways to teach it.
Same-sex marriage: Only a referendum is needed, not a plebiscite
Readers discuss the best way to resolve the same-sex marriage impasse.
Retirement living: contracts and care
Readers continue to respond to the Fairfax investigation into aged care.
Retirement living: The pros and cons of an industry
Readers respond from across the spectrum on the value of retirement villages, and the citizenship test.