Letters
Care for the disabled will be Bill Shorten’s lasting legacy
Bill Shorten is a man of honesty and integrity, and deserves thanks for his vision and work for the Australian people, particularly those with disabilities
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Ageing towns struggle to attract care workers
I retired to Port Stephens in 2000 and moved to a retirement community in 2003. However, there have been regular changes in staff; rents and home prices have been driven so high that accommodation has all but disappeared for staff, especially those working in aged care and hospitality.
Levelling the playing field on school sport
Participation in school sport gives young children an opportunity to sample a range of activities. Education should be viewed as an investment, not an expenditure.
Teals show voters want more than mediocrity
The Liberals and their National partners achieved next to nothing during nearly a decade in power, apart from fighting the forces of progress. They turned a $300 million national debt into more than a trillion-dollar debt, and in only eight years oversaw 20 different climate and energy policies, most of which ended up being nothing more than grand announcements.
Ward on wrong track on trains blame game
South Coast commuters have been seeing the now five-year-delayed intercity trains run empty, on test, for many months. They are a ghost fleet.
For better or adverse, Labor needs to toughen up
There is a parallel between the Albanese government and Joe Biden’s tenure. Both have been reasonably successful in policy delivery but their “nice” demeanour has been overshadowed by a forceful, divisive and ultimately dominating opposition.
We’re not getting value for money from absurdist parliamentary theatre
When Zali Steggall calls out Dutton’s racist rants, she is the one in the wrong. When Steggall is goaded and responds she is blamed, all under parliamentary privilege. It’s absurdist theatre at times and often childish and inappropriate.
Money before education – why the school selection system is unfair
In a “fair go” nation, the central questions about the selective high school admission process would be about genuine equity of opportunity.
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
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?