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Pandering to vested interests risks undermining society’s cohesion
Readers comment on how governments beholden to vested interests threaten the fabric of society when the budget pie favours the powerful over the needy.
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These budget crumbs are not enough for daily survival
Readers comment on Jim Chalmers’ balancing act federal budget.
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Hospitals are already failing my family. What happened to Labor values?
Readers react to tightening hospitals budgets and the growing pressure resulting from Victoria’s state debt.
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I can assure you, life on JobSeeker is no picnic
Can Australia still claim to be the land of the fair go? Readers offer their views.
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Victoria has the biggest debt and least ability to repay it
Readers comment on Victoria’s debt burden and argue it’s far worse than the government has admitted to.
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Parents don’t need more money, they need to instil values
A moral vacuum can’t be addressed by stuffing it with cash and mission statements, writes a reader.
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Holding all Jews responsible for Israel is unacceptable
Readers debate students’ right to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza and what are its implications when it threatens Jewish students.
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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.