Letters
Census inclusion would show the LGBTQ community it counts
The LGBTQ+ community have a right to be aggrieved by the government’s refusal to include its stats in the Commonwealth census
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Curbs on foreign students are cause for concern
It is a sad situation when education policy is influenced by immigration and politics rather than the health and needs of the education system.
Not voting is the real blight on democracy
The compulsion to vote has served us well for more than a century and is the best way for the voices of all the people – even mute ones – to be heard one way or another. What could be more democratic than that?
We should be so proud of our voting system
As a former resident of the US, I can attest to the differences between the two nations. For starters, even in the hotly contested 2020 US presidential election, 33 per cent of the voters abstained from voting. Even worse, the crazy electoral system in the US enabled the popular vote loser to become president in two of the last six presidential elections (George W. Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016).
Pride of place for grace and values in our lives
Dutton is no Trump and his party are not MAGA idiots, yet the Coalition and Labor have different views on values.
Donald Trump’s bluster fades as Kamala Harris shines
Apart from his alliterative name-calling and rhyming misogynistic twaddle, what is Donald Trump offering the good folk of the US?
Parliamentary code of conduct should attract good people, not deter them
Keith Pitt’s concern that an enforceable code of conduct would deter good people from entering politics is mystifying. It would appear that we have a different understanding of the term “quality”.
Fines are a good start but we still have to suffer through question time
While the proposed workplace code for parliament will be a huge step forward in terms of punishing workplace breaches, we will still have to suffer the kindergarten behaviour, name-calling and misogyny.
Finally, an end to a 50-year wait for a metro line
After three days of unmitigated Metro hype, is this is really as good as it could have been?
Sydney’s shiny new metro is great, but regions are missing the train
Delighted to see the new metro up and running. But thousands of Southern Highlanders could do with a halfway reasonable service into Sydney.
Libs’ council debacle a too-familiar symptom
You’d think the gross incompetence that has left the Liberal Party without candidates in so many local government areas would be a humbling experience for the party, and perhaps lead to a period of reflection.