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The shadow cabinet’s cowardly refusal to support Linda Reynolds’s call for an investigation into the Brittany Higgins payout is just as reprehensible as the stance of the government, the Greens and the teals.

Helen Jackson, Higgins, ACT

If the Liberal Party is too weak to support Linda Reynolds and Fiona Brown, how does anyone think they will be strong enough to stand up for the rest of us?

Victoria Webster, Norwood, SA

Richard Marles’s bang for bucks sounds exactly like an episode of the wonderful TV series Yes Minister.

Prue Sheldrick, Peppermint Grove, WA

I thought things could not get worse in Victoria than life under Dan. I was wrong.

Paul Tooker, Bald Knob, Qld

To educate the public about the cost of renewable energy it should be mandatory for all electricity bills to include a new Tariff 101, identifying the free electricity Chris Bowen keeps telling us about.

Peter McKenzie, Gracemere, Qld

Before Anthony Albanese spends taxpayers’ $30m on his national AI plan, perhaps he should consider how he can power it as Chris Bowen’s renewables can’t. Net zero is unable to keep the lights on, let alone support modern technology.

Mary-Anne Higgins, Rose Park, SA

Top mark to Jennifer Westacott for her article (“Fight against anti-Semitic hate deeply personal”, 2/12). She obviously has the courage to act on her convictions. I do hope other Australian chancellors read the article and cringe.

June Zentveld, Newrybar, NSW

What a courageous and honourable lady is Jennifer Westacott, to open up about her family dysfunction and her father’s anti-Semitism, and her plea to all good-natured Australians to stand with their Jewish compatriots and call out the abhorrence that is anti-Semitism.

George Fishman, Vaucluse, NSW

We can only hope that Jennifer Westacott’s profoundly moving call to arms will be the spark that unites us against the forces changing us from a country of fairness and freedom to one of bigotry and vile anti-Semitism.

John Lake, Mosman Park, WA

What a powerful message from Western Sydney University chancellor Jennifer Westacott. And how refreshing to read of a university leader who has the deep moral sense and the courage to speak out in defence of persecuted minorities.

Paul Prociv, Mount Mellum, Qld