Parents are in tune with their offspring's welfare
How heartbreaking to lose a child due to a burst appendix.
How heartbreaking to lose a child due to a burst appendix.
Uniforms make it clear that the students are of school age and should be treated appropriately.
The Prime Minister once supported a plan called Beyond Zero Emissions. What happened to that Malcolm Turnbull of old?
This government has always known the dangers of mining in water catchments.
A party that espouses free market economics wants to prop up an old coal-fired power station. Malcolm Turnbull should be feeling very uncomfortable.
Three cheers for Caroline Norma putting politics back into lesbianism ("Why fight for marriage when it's hurt so many?", September 11). I read her column with relief after reading of Malcolm Turnbull's advocacy for marriage as the basis of our society. Domestic violence, gender inequality, and the prevalence of abuse in the family, and the prevalence of divorce, have surely raised questions about that position? However I did think Norma's statement - "We should remember why we became lesbians in the first place" - was deeply contentious  one. It will upset many, particularly those who have not experienced their sexuality as a choice, and have had to fight so hard to explain to those who condemn their difference, that they were born gay. We are a diverse community, not just a gay or straight dichotomy. And marriage is not everyone's choice. Anne McDonald Summer Hill
I am very concerned about the readiness of the Australian Bureau of Statistics to issue letters about the same-sex marriage postal survey beginning tomorrow.  If it is relying on electoral roll information supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission,  as was evident during the local government elections, the rolls are far from up to date. A great many young people who had enrolled or updated their information throughout August, had not had this information updated as at polling on Saturday. I feel many letters will not be received by these electors and they will be disenfranchised. These people must ensure their opportunity to record their opinion is not denied to them.
A whole raft of charities that specialise in a given field should have the freedom to speak into the political sphere from their expertise.
If Malcolm Turnbull uses one cent of taxpayer's money on the Liddell power station, he does so at his peril.
Successive federal governments have played politics with national energy policy, resulting in increased electricity prices, and a high chance of blackouts this summer.
Our governments sold all our electricity assets and created an artificial "market" based on the patently false premise that the "market" would deliver better and cheaper energy.
It is time to focus on quality teaching and learning, not meaningless statistically driven stupidity.
Tom Switzer is right to be concerned about the loss of liberal democratic values in the marriage debate.
About a month ago Anne Summers agonised about why the Coalition government is so full of hatred for a world famous, award-winning museum ("Powerhouse victim of another Sydney property grab", August 5).
If a female "knockabout Aussie" ("Abbott's binge", August 27) politician had not been able to get to work because she was too drunk to move, would she still be seen as an acceptable member of Parliament? Or would she have been thrown out before she caused the old boys' party further shame and embarrassment, and perhaps even the need for reform? The next "vote" needed is one to ensure there is workplace equality.
Of course the Mineral Council wants to remove legal roadblocks to the establishment of nuclear power plants in Australia.
Surprise, surprise. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission finds the NSW government's mandated sales of ethanol-enriched petrol costs motorists a fortune ("The $143m ethanol hit to drivers", August 31).  Don't worry, Manildra, who make the ethanol, made an extra $4.4 million in one year and generously gave the Coalition $160,000 before the new laws. The NSW government may have been trying to support a carbon-reducing measure. But only because the Commonwealth government lacked a comprehensive carbon policy. Rather than arbitrary public subsidies scattered across jurisdictions, the Commonwealth should introduce a clear and stable long-term policy to reduce carbon emissions to meet our Paris promises. An ETS ensures all polluters pay equally for their emissions.
The sole purpose of all of the private energy providers is to make as much profit as they can.
Do we really want to continue wasting money and resources on war and the military machine?
The secrecy surrounding the relocation of the Powerhouse makes following the money impossible.
Is this the start of what we can look forward to when Minister Dutton fully establishes his super ministry?
What is "un-Australian", Minister Dutton, is to attack the constitution and the rule of law. They are what gives us our very Australian freedom. ("Lawyers representing asylum seekers are 'un-Australian': Peter Dutton", smh.com.au, August 28). Dominic Toomey, SC Annandale
NAPLAN is stressing out millennials, Gen Y wants their parents' money, and Baby Boomers are living longer than ever and spending the kids' inheritance.
Lord mayor Clover Moore called the proposed $11.3 million Cloud Arch sculpture "heroic" ("Wider, heavier – and three times the price", August 25). Sir Humphrey Appleby would have been proud of her!
I have a suggestion that may help David Jones boss John Dixon entice shoppers into its stores ("DJs faults austerity for drop in sales", August 25). Instead of "exclusive brands" and $100 million grocery shops, why not try stocking a few brands that shoppers might actually want to buy?
Instead of erasing our history by removing the statues of Cook, Phillip and Macquarie, let's even the balance with statues of Bennelong, Pemulwy, Barangaroo and Colbee ("Second Sydney statue in doubt", August 24).
The war in Afghanistan is now under the control of an untrustworthy man of limited intelligence, volatile personality and minimal integrity.  Does Australia really want to go down this road?
An investigation must be carried out to show how online NAPLAN testing affects students and their results.
The federal government is unleashing thousands of chemicals onto the market without health or environmental testing. Are our politicians trying to kill us?Â
Surely, now is as good a time as any for the PM to stand up and be counted, and re-embrace, albeit belatedly, his once-expressed values.
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