Post-massacre, it will be business as usual
You have now had the worst mass shooting in US history and what will be done about it? Nothing.
Letters to the Editor
Happy couples in unions once banned
It is not same-sex marriage that "cleaves our society to pieces", but the intrusion of outdated and irrelevant church dogma into our secular lives.
Fracking decision is the states' to make
The notion that the Commonwealth Grants Commission might penalise NSW and Victoria for not allowing fracking for gas extraction is utterly undemocratic and, dare I say it, un-Australian.
Adoption option
Are the lovely Margaret Wyatt, 80, and her husband adopting ("Housing affordability: growing divide between haves and have-nost", September 24) I am happy to fill out an application form!
WestConnex ads a turn up the wrong road
For a project that promises to "bring Sydney closer together", WestConnex seems to be causing more than its fair share of division and controversy.
Empty stadiums and the obesity factor
Rather than build smaller stadiums, they might like to work on building up a game worth filling them.
Dry continent our fate with no statesman
Unless Australia can find a statesman it is not hard to envision this dry continent becoming uninhabitable within a century.
PM bears full blame for fracking fiasco
No Malcolm Turnbull, the recklessness surrounding gas supply does not lie with the Berejiklian government.
A better deal for all in the twilight years
It seems to me that if we don't like the way nursing homes are run, we need to plan our own.
Government has role in caring for the elderly
Once again aged care is in the spotlight with an elderly dementia resident suffering a painful death. Each time I read of the horrific incidents I wonder how many more such incidents are going unnoticed as some residents in aged care facilities don't have family or friends visiting. People expect deaths but so many occur prematurely. The Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, said we should be asking questions when selecting a facility for a family member. I say we should all be asking the minister some questions about what this government is going to do to improve the care to our elderly folk. Improving staffing ratios would be a good start and better wages for staff who are doing a very demanding job. Once again the bulk of these aged care workers are women, similar to the early childhood sector where wages are also low. At least with early childhood they have much improved staffing ratios now, either 1:4 or 1:5 I believe. Jennifer Creighton Modanville East
Waste of spaces
Parks - let's put a block of units on every one of 'em. And the zoo, that's a lot of land not properly utilised.
Questions remain on same-sex vote
There is no closing date on the Australian Marriage Law Survey in either the letter or the survey paper. Is this intentional?
Misguided beliefs add up to hefty costs
Where in the world would anyone close a heavy transport link without costing an adequate replacement, then spend $200,000 trying to discover who had leaked details to a long-suffering travelling public?
Shabby Liddell plant is on its last legs
Money being sought to extract more output from the exhausted Liddell power station would be better spent on a solar thermal plant.
Other ways to win the war on sugar
While imposing a tax on sugary drinks is one measure to attempt to reduce obesity, there are other factors to consider.
Here's an idea ... let the teachers teach
The federal government, not content with NAPLAN testing for children in years 3, 5, 7 and 9, now proposes a test for children in year 1.
Let the law reflect commitment of all couples
As a solicitor, I worked at the Inner City Legal Centre on "gay night" every week for some years in the '90s. A man in his late 50s came to talk about the parents of his late partner of 25 years. They had disowned him after his "decision" to be gay but turned up, some time after he died, to reclaim his body, to have it exhumed and taken back to New Zealand, a situation if equality of marriage had been in place, would never have occurred.
Parents are in tune with their offspring's welfare
How heartbreaking to lose a child due to a burst appendix.
School uniforms can also protect children
Uniforms make it clear that the students are of school age and should be treated appropriately.
Where is 2010 Turnbull when we need him?
The Prime Minister once supported a plan called Beyond Zero Emissions. What happened to that Malcolm Turnbull of old?
Mining and water catchments never mix
This government has always known the dangers of mining in water catchments.
Liddell solution will yield big problems
A party that espouses free market economics wants to prop up an old coal-fired power station. Malcolm Turnbull should be feeling very uncomfortable.
Marriage is not everyone's choice
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
Having your say raises a multitude of issues
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 helping voice
A whole raft of charities that specialise in a given field should have the freedom to speak into the political sphere from their expertise.
PM ponders power play at political peril
If Malcolm Turnbull uses one cent of taxpayer's money on the Liddell power station, he does so at his peril.
Finkel Review delay could cost lives
Successive federal governments have played politics with national energy policy, resulting in increased electricity prices, and a high chance of blackouts this summer.
Ideology behind asset sales huge failure
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.
Data useless, how about something useful?
It is time to focus on quality teaching and learning, not meaningless statistically driven stupidity.
Liberal values lost in marriage debate
Tom Switzer is right to be concerned about the loss of liberal democratic values in the marriage debate.