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No more pretty pictures, phonics will improve kids’ literacy
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No more pretty pictures, phonics will improve kids’ literacy

Readers mostly agree that the return of phonics is the best way to get children to learn to read and spell.

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A right earned to a peaceful and painless death
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A right earned to a peaceful and painless death

Cherryl Barassi’s story has touched the hearts and minds of many Age readers.

Like brave Cherryl, I want to choose the right time
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Like brave Cherryl, I want to choose the right time

Readers react to the call by Ron Barassi’s widow, Cherryl, for Victoria to reconsider its laws on voluntary assisted dying.

Trump and Christianity are not compatible
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Opinion

Trump and Christianity are not compatible

Readers react to Tim Costello’s loss of faith in Christians over Trump, the King’s Day honours, and Dutton’s climate wars.

Dutton’s emissions plan is unconscionable and reckless
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Opinion

Dutton’s emissions plan is unconscionable and reckless

The Coalition proposal to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and lower Australia’s emissions targets leaves readers aghast.

Stop the carnage from forest felling
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Opinion

Stop the carnage from forest felling

Age readers respond to the latest developments locally and globally.

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Victorian Labor’s big build spending is a dangerous obsession
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Victorian Labor’s big build spending is a dangerous obsession

Readers discuss the recent conduct of the Jacinta Allan government and argue its financial management augurs badly for the next election.

Migration: Weak Dutton leadership reveals his weak party
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Migration: Weak Dutton leadership reveals his weak party

Readers discuss Peter Dutton’s use of immigration as a political weapon.

Some projects are not transports of delight

Some projects are not transports of delight

Readers weigh up the pros and cons of privatisation and public services.

They gain from the demise of cash and yet we pay
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They gain from the demise of cash and yet we pay

Readers react to the push to keep cash alive, the “drift” towards the teals, and the good bloke defence.

I no longer trust the ‘good bloke’ defence
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Opinion

I no longer trust the ‘good bloke’ defence

Readers react to The Age’s special investigation into the questionable science behind the conviction of Robert Farquharson.