Last Post: Government must take the blame for power disruption

Australians should be angry when the government tells us how to use our electricity. Australia is not a developing country.

Lisa Gelsomino, Paddington, Qld

It is not just Chris Bowen who is responsible for this energy madness. The whole government will need to take the blame when the system comes crashing down. Wake up, Australia.

Peter Weste, Sebastopol, Vic

I’m dreaming of a black(out) Christmas.

Peter Clarke, Corinda, Qld

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is the Coalition’s best weapon to win the next election.

Lesley Beckhouse, Queanbeyan, NSW

Growing up in the Sydney suburb of Beecroft in the 1950s and ’60s, I remember well the excitement of a blackout. Living by candlelight, playing cards and board games as if it were the Christmas holidays. Thankfully, our mother cooked with gas.

David Roberts, Wembley, WA

Chris Bowen keeps telling us renewables are the cheapest form of energy. We had the cheapest form of energy, and it was also available 24/7. When the country is festooned with panels, turbines, transmission towers and a maze of lines in every direction, yet the world’s emissions are still increasing, what then?

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld

When will our Prime Minister understand that his role is not to fight tories or Peter Dutton but to fight for the advancement of Australia and its people?

David Harrison, Coogee, NSW

If I raised the middle finger and threw paper at a colleague at my workplace I would be sacked. Why are standards different at Parliament House to all other workplaces?

Tracey Matthews, Balwyn North, Vic

One positive for the major parties is that the Pauline, Fatima and Lidia circus is making Dutton and Albo look positively Churchillian.

Brad Smith, Wilston, Qld

A large number of bills went through in the last few hours of parliament for the year. One wonders what our politicians were doing for the rest of parliamentary sitting times, apart from trading verbal blows during question time, which is a sad reflection on how our government is run.

Stephanie Summers, North Turramurra, NSW

Anthony Albanese’s oft-boasted transparency was well and truly guillotined in the last week of parliament.

Paul Haege, Darling Point, NSW