Letters
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Opinion
Outrage and action is needed on male violence
Readers discuss the plague of domestic violence and argue that it’s time to take action rather than wait for “cultural change”.
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Opinion
ANZAC Day: stopping to feel the fear and imagine the horror
Readers discuss the meaning of Anzac Day and the state government’s decision to not proceed with a safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Opinion
I was at Arj Barker’s show – here’s what really happened
Readers on the comedy show where a mother and baby were kicked out, and the decision by Jacinta Allan to reject a CBD safe-injecting room.
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Opinion
Derided towers were my home and my heartland
Readers respond to the push to stop the demolition of Melbourne’s public housing towers, and the latest political polling.
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Opinion
Justice Michael Lee judgment on Lehrmann case as cultural touchstone
Readers discuss the impact of Justice Lee’s judgment in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case and Brittany Higgins’ response to it.
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Planning
Redress the great funding divide between public and private schools
Readers discuss compromised promised upgrades to state schools, the fall-out from the Lehrmann defamation case, the Middle East, and wagyu beef costs.
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Planning
Create a citywide design before razing social housing towers
Readers discuss the state government plans to demolish Housing Commission towers across Melbourne, with many of them in the inner city. They argue not enough consultation and information has been provided to the consider tenants’ future housing and the state’s housing needs.
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Planning
Defence spending: diplomacy should come before sabre-rattling
Readers discuss the federal government’s announcement to double Australia’s defence budget to $10 billion.
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Planning
Times of social discord call for leadership – and bipartisanship
Readers discuss the fraying of social cohesion across religion and politics following horrors at home and abroad.
Letters
Opinion
Lehrmann ruling sets a new high standard
Readers respond to the verdict of the Lehrmann defamation case and the performance of Justice Michael Lee.
Letters
Opinion
My beautiful daughter has schizophrenia – care can be like a train crash
Readers respond the Bondi tragedy; violence against women, and Docklands.