Last Post, January 29

The Greens are flogging a dead horse over Australia Day.

According to West Australian police, 300 people turned up for the “invasion day” rally. But 300,000 people attended Perth’s Australia Day fireworks. The people of WA have given their support for January 26 as Australia Day. The Greens are flogging a dead horse on this issue.

Carryn McLean, Kingsley, WA

Now the controversy that passes for Australia Day has gone, I am left wondering if I should be feeling sorry that my forebears introduced the world’s oldest culture to Western medicine, the concept of reading and writing and modern technology.

Frank Palmer, Albury, NSW

Why do we celebrate the establishment of the first British settlement in Australia? I doubt many other countries mark the date they were vanquished. They celebrate their independence.

Kay Moncrieff, Kent Town, SA

Victorians need more base-load power now — whether it be coal, gas or nuclear. Renewables just can’t cope with the increasing demands.

Peter Weste, Buninyong, Vic

I notice that overdosed people are not being carried out of Mozart or Beethoven concerts or the opera. It’s time to promote fulfilling artistic experiences and condemn the cause of the problem — musical trash.

Peter Fleming, Northmead, NSW

People have always liked getting high. Maybe it’s the glare of reality. Even our chimpanzee cousins get high on fermented fruit in the jungle.

Joseph Vagunda, Taroona, Tas

Julie Bishop did a good job as a foreign minister, but her recent appearance beside a fashionista who was berating a great Australian sporting heroine, indicates that Bishop has changed. Is she ditching her loyalties in pursuit of ego-driven photo ops with celebrities whose ill-informed comments disparage our country?

John Kostanic, Applecross, WA

Here’s a minor amendment to Margaret Court’s tennis record. On top of the 24 singles titles and a Grand Slam were 19 women’s doubles and 21 mixed doubles titles, giving her 64 major titles.

John Miller, Stirling, ACT

It used to be common for politicians to be jeered at sport presentations. This weekend it was ANZ bank chief Shayne Elliott who was booed at the Australian Open women’s tennis final presentation.

Riley Brown, Bondi Beach, NSW

Whether former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone’s arrest “amounts to little” or not remains to be seen (“Stone affair is sleazy and stupid but amounts to little”, 28/1). In the meantime, is there anyone inTrump’s entourage who does not lie?

Derek Allan, Southport, Qld