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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
Cherryl Barassi’s story has touched the hearts and minds of many Age readers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Readers discuss the recent conduct of the Jacinta Allan government and argue its financial management augurs badly for the next election.
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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
Readers weigh up the pros and cons of privatisation and public services.
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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.
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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.