Last Post: Covid, Black Lives Matter and Israel Folau

Mr Andrews, we are sick of hearing about warnings and fines (“Heartbreak as city falls silent”, 4/8). Please lock these miscreants in jail, no warnings anymore and no taxpayers’ handouts while they are there. Harsh but necessary.

Diana Oliver, Mullumbimby, NSW

Dr Jennifer Quirk (Talking Point, 4/8), please come home and take control of the chaotic administration of the COVID-19 pandemic and put it on a practical, sustainable and common sense foundation.

Charles Stanger, Manuka, ACT

I see such contradictory and strident opinions about how best to get through the pandemic. People forget we are having to learn on the run.

Celia Prentice, Sydney, NSW

You would think that with the benefit of hindsight, other states should be doing what should have been done in Victoria; for example, compulsory wearing of face masks.

Henry Herzog, St Kilda East, Vic

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and freely available.

RJ Harris, Everton Hills, Qld

We do not need thousands of word from journalists nor a judicial inquiry about Victoria’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Stated simply, the Andrew’s government couldn’t run a Friday night chook raffle at the local pub.

Colin J Agnew, Nedlands, WA

Perhaps a good slogan for these times is “A mask or a cask”. This would highlight the seriousness of the pandemic.

Pamela Rowney, Mermaid Beach, Qld

Gladys, surely anyone coming to NSW from COVID hotspot Melbourne should be subject to a 14-day quarantine at their own expense.

Paul Haege, Darling Point, NSW

Will Swanton could research Black Lives Matter, and pick up the distinction between slogans and agendas. Then he might understand why Israel Folau, a man of colour, is not so carried away by a clever slogan (“Israel Folau, Nick Kyrgios, Eddie McGuire shoot own feet again”, 4/8).

Peter Barnes, Revesby, NSW

Of course Israel Folau isn’t compelled to “take the knee,” one of the more regrettable phrases (and actions) to have entered our lives. He’s a free soul, and can choose to sit, kneel, stand, or fly. With the motives of the BLM movement now under scrutiny, the thinkers among us are taking a second look.

Rosemary O’Brien, Ashfield, NSW

Why does Australia go it alone without a protective Bill of Rights, asks George Williams (4/8). Simple, mate. Because we have compulsory voting. We cannot have both.

Michael Doyle, Ashburton, Vic