Last Post: Harmony v anti-racism; Trump trashes MAGA principles

The discredited Australian Human Rights Commission has made another serious error of judgment in attempting to replace Harmony Day (and all its positive energy) with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Where is the evidence for the woke assertion that the reference to harmony in the description of this important day “actively harms our collective anti-racism journey by obscuring structural and systemic racism”? If the AHRC objects to teaching students about achieving harmony in our society then the International Day for the Increase of Tension in Society would be more apt.

Allan Kalus, Windsor, Vic

The Australian Human Rights commissioners are all to be congratulated on their push to forgo “harmony” and instead ensure that students perceive Australia as a “systemically racist country”. That will certainly improve things.

David Stoeckel, Adelaide

With their bullyboy attack on the heroic Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump and his sidekick JD Vance, who both want to “make America great again”, have trashed the principles that made America great in the first place.

Helen Jackson, Higgins, ACT

The next time Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump he should take along ex-champion boxer and mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko to lend weight to his arguments and to counter-punch misleading statements made by JD Vance.

Warren Lilleyman, Claremont, WA

JD Vance’s criticisms of Volodymyr Zelensky’s so-called difficulties in conscripting Ukrainian men shows complete disregard for Vladimir Putin’s despicable use of imprisoned rapists, murderers and other criminals on the frontlines. How can Vance ignore Putin’s use of thousands of North Koreans being forced to fight at the front with little training, incompetent Russian commanders and inadequate equipment? No one seems to be bold enough to ask President Trump or vicious Vice-President Vance to answer these questions.

Moggy Sargent, Ascot, WA

Alan Dupont is correct in saying we need a plan B to meet our defence needs (“We need a Plan B in case ‘King Donald’ betrays our alliance”, 3/3). In fact, we should have had one way back in 1975, even before we started to deindustrialise. Industry is our first line of defence. The wealth it produces enables us to buy, manufacture and maintain munitions. Australia has been made as powerful as an upturned turtle, and Anthony Albanese yawns.

Neil Cadman, Norman Park, Qld