This Month
Broken planning system slows home approvals
Readers’ letters on how to speed up housing starts; subcontractors and developers; Anthony Albanese’s home purchase; gas for Japan; climate migration; and Scott Morrison’s space job.
Time to catch up with QR code payments
Readers’ letters on a better way to pay; productivity in the mining industry; benefits of new merger laws; Japan’s gas demands; and a true Whyalla wipeout.
End secrecy in scam overhaul
Readers’ letters on scam reforms, economic policies in the US election, Queensland Labor’s school lunch policy, politicians taking on the supermarkets, Scott Morrison’s new space job and architecture at Atlassian.
Vic Liberals’ policy vacuum opens the door for teals
Readers’ letters on the infighting within Victoria’s opposition; federal Labor losing its way and running scared; gas supply; handouts for surgeons; and the value of mass genetic screening.
Respectful remembrance shows peace is possible
Readers’ letters on ending conflict in the Middle East; Coalition attacks on the government; ASIC’s action against AustralianSuper; nuclear power; and respect for Baby Boomers.
Naive to think Labor should have delayed Voice vote
Readers’ letters on the failed Voice referendum; home loan serviceability buffers; NDIS claims; cloud seeding; and landlord tax reform.
RBA should ditch the private briefings
Readers’ letters on Reserve Bank private meetings; overseas student limits; homes versus hydro jobs; home loan buffers; Australia’s housing shortage; and Countdown’s 50th anniversary.
Forget ‘shrinkflation’, PM should order a review of petrol pricing
Readers’ letters on consumer pain; supermarket staff; RBA briefings; Australia’s prosperity; Mornington Peninsula development; the Carbon Challenge newsletter; and an immigrant’s gratitude.
Slow ASX is an insult to traders
Readers’ letters on tardy trade times for investors; outdated management styles at Qantas; Peter Dutton and the ABC; non-uni pathways to accounting; and AUKUS decisions.
Curtin bid is not a ‘Game of Thrones’ quest
Readers’ letters on WA Liberal candidate Tom White; how to halt Iran; AI’s double-edged sword; income tax hit; investor risks; divisive politics; and green steel.
September
Moves to curb campus antisemitism risk academic freedom
Readers’ letters on potential risks to university independence; reforming the NDIS; InfraBuild’s finances; and the political cost of tax reform.
- Opinion
- Opinion
A plea for genuine reform from a young taxpayer
Readers’ letters on the lack of meaningful policy thinking; misleading discounts; the plague of populism; training for accountants; attacks on Hezbollah; and Gina Rinehart’s email.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bowen escapes energy scrutiny
Readers’ letters on Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy, restoring productivity and industry superannuation funds.
Dutton loose with the truth on benefits of nuclear energy
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader’s nuclear push; international student caps; the Victorian Liberal Party; childcare costs; and the Greens.
Why do I have to pay more for others’ free childcare?
Readers’ letters on who bears the cost of childcare subsidies; bitcoin going mainstream; the BCA and populism; the cost of nuclear energy; CFMEU members’ fears; and the benefits of hip replacement.
PwC’s moral dissonance clear to all
Readers’ letters on PwC’s behaviour; the value of mining; attacks on Hezbollah; antisemitism at Sydney University; quantum computing; bank cashbacks; and AI costing CBA jobs.
Shift tax incentives from property to enterprises to lift productivity
Readers’ letters on how to encourage business investment; excess government; digital currency and the RBA; Senate solutions; ALP woes; duck hunting; and energy inequality.
Daniel’s glaring emissions omission
Readers’ letters on the energy transition; university research; the pace of reform; and the performance of Olympic rowers
CBA’s AI move is just the start of job losses
Readers’ letters on the impact of artificial intelligence; a better deal for northern Australia; international students; wisdom from the AFR; and cheap fashion.
Unravelling Labor must reinvent itself
Readers’ letters on the Albanese government’s need for self-reflection; the RBA; Business Council of Australia; nuclear energy; gas storage; social media bans; Australia’s troops; and the Victorian Liberals.
