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No scientist can’t be shocked by this cut to cancer research
Readers are floored by the Victorian state budget cuts to a cancer research centre.
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I’m a state school principal, and most of our parents don’t need $400
Readers react to the Victorian state budget with wildly different views, but all agree its $400 school bonus to parents, whatever their income, is unfair.
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Teenage boys are confused. A pile-on won’t help
Readers react to the expulsion of the Yarra Valley Grammar students who ranked their female classmates and the question of male entitlement.
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Entitled males aren’t only in private schools, they’re on the tram
Readers react to claims of “disgraceful” personal ratings of girls at a private school, and the wiping of debt from HECS.
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Call violence against women what it is and drop the rhetoric
A reader simplifies the discussion around the causes for male violence against women: “Perpetrators are cowards. Victims are blameless. Society looks away.”
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AFL’s ‘tokenistic’ moment for violence against women
Readers say the AFL pre-game tribute to women killed by men’s violence is not enough.
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‘Oh Waleed, only a man could write that’
Female readers react to a Waleed Aly’s recent opinion piece “Does it start with disrespect?” and don’t hold back.
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COVID-19: Justice done or denied in hotel quarantine outbreak case?
Readers are divided over the dropping of criminal charges against the Victorian Department of Health for alleged failures during its hotel quarantine program.
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A few bad apples? Men offer solutions to domestic violence scourge
Readers write that male violence against women has to stop, and they say boys need role models at home and school to guide them.
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Are we happy our white, male PM has been castigated?
Readers react to the public clash between Anthony Albanese and rally organiser Sarah Williams.
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Focus on elderly is misguided, terrible drivers are everywhere
Readers react to a push to increase medical and skill testing on older drivers.