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letters September 20, 2024
Martin McKenzie-Murray’s article about my “impossible profession” was all too familiar (“ The impossible profession ”, September 14-20). However, there was one other factor McKenzie-Murray’s article did not mention: despite a national teacher...
letters September 14, 2024
Former New South Wales Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy says it all in one pithy opinion: the National Anti-Corruption Commission “betrayed its core obligation and failed to carry out its primary statutory duty” by refusing to investigate six...
letters September 7, 2024
Jason Koutsoukis’s interview with Mike Pezzullo is tellingly troubling (“ Pezzullo: Labor has ‘picked a side’ in war with China ”, August 31–September 6). Pezzullo is right – it appears the Australian government has already taken sides with the...
letters August 31, 2024
Just the headline of Michelle Jasmin Dimasi’s article (“ Exclusive: ADF soldiers accused of burning five men alive ”, August 24-30) sent chills down my back. No matter who committed this heinous crime, it illustrates the horror of war and how it...
letters August 24, 2024
Arguments by right-wing group Advance that the Greens are a “threat to freedom, security and prosperity” (Jason Koutsoukis, “ Advance’s plan to destroy the Greens ”, August 17-23) are not just wrong but are themselves an example of an extremism that...
letters August 17, 2024
In his commentary “ Dutton’s nuclear lies ” (August 10-16), Ian Lowe completely demolished Peter Dutton’s claim that nuclear is the answer to Australia’s future energy needs. Emeritus Professor Lowe wrote of world investment: “This year, about 500...
letters August 10, 2024
I write to express my concerns about the article “ ‘Everything was going wrong’: the white executive, the mine and the corruption referral ” by Ben Abbatangelo and Rachel Hoffman (July 20-26), which includes publication of numerous unfounded...
letters August 3, 2024
As an activist-scholar in the violence prevention field for more than 40 years, I too have been critical of “drivers” and “contributing factors” in Our Watch’s violence prevention framework (Kristine Ziwica, “ Exclusive: Health authority suppressed...
letters July 27, 2024
I wish to set the record straight regarding the article entitled “ Fight of the honey bee ” (Jackson Ryan, July 13-19). I categorically refute the claims made by Luebbert and Pachter regarding my research work. This whole matter arose from minor...
letters July 20, 2024
The Senate Economics References Committee’s ASIC investigation and enforcement report highlights ASIC’s alleged failings, as have the many other inquiries/reviews over more than a decade. Mike Seccombe’s article (“ A sick watchdog ”, July 13-19)...
letters July 13, 2024
In my federal electorate my Labor MP makes much of her “personal” convictions regarding, for example, the human rights of asylum seekers, and then rocks up to parliament to vote directly against these convictions (Karen Barlow and Jason Koutsoukis...
