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How to deal with threats from left-wing activist groups.

Janet Albrechtsen raises some important issues on companies succumbing to threats from minor left-wing groups (“Time we took on little nobodies”, 13/3). What is needed is for a Facebook page to be set up listing all those companies withdrawing advertising from Sky News and who should be avoided.

R. Watson, Sunnybank Hills, Qld

Bill Shorten must be so disillusioned to think all businesses have a fat cat on their payroll. Most of us know at least one small business that’s struggling to stay afloat. The push by unions for a pay rise for the lowest paid workers might be desirable but how many businesses will go under?

Ken Johnston, Rochedale South, Qld

The Reserve Bank has shredded its credibility as an economic manager. Hard on the heels of its over-optimistic 3 per cent growth rate, it now discovers that climate change is a trend not an event and will factor climate data into its economic modelling. One question: how?

Geoffrey Luck, Killara, NSW

The Reserve Bank is not renowned for making accurate economic predictions, so why should its climate change forecasts be any different?

Riley Brown, Bondi Beach, NSW

I am pleased to see so many writers joining the nuclear debate in your letters page. But I am puzzled as to why the ABC appears to be a nuclear-free zone in this debate.

Barney McCusker, Mount Gambier, SA

The planned walkout by gullible schoolchildren is less about global warming and more about training the future Labor and Greens “useful idiots” in how to demonstrate.

C. Dicker, Bracken Ridge, Qld

The headline “BHP’s rail epic fail: crew on wrong train” (13/3) reads like the story of Australia. Whether it is education, health, welfare, the economy, industry, defence, a civil society, our land and resources or our future, given two choices we often set about doing harm in the guise of seemingly acting correctly.

James A, Athanasou, Maroubra, NSW

Barnaby Joyce is only speaking out for the conservatives who see the government unexpectedly moving too far to the Left on green issues. Environment Minister Melissa Price must have delighted the Greens when she blamed the Victorian bushfires on climate change.

Brian Whybrow, Wanniassa, ACT

Welcome to the new US ambassador, Arthur Culvahouse. Despite the machinations within our federal government, his tenure will allay any angst among those who fret about historical US relationships and future challenges. Hopefully, his presence will refocus our government on being a nation to be reckoned with, not a wet towel.

Mike Flanigan, Toowoomba, Qld