Last Post: Nation’s defence worries must be put to rest

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Anthony Albanese tells President Donald Trump to mind his own beeswax on our defence spending.

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld

Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles should tender the Department of Defence to Ukraine.

Alexander Haege, Tamarama, NSW

Albo, worry more about China and Russia than climate change, and budget accordingly.

Alex Cleave, North Fremantle, WA

There’s something fundamentally wrong when governments argue about defence spending rather than the wellbeing of their citizens. It would be a far, far better world if all those who decide the future for the rest of us were to take a more holistic view.

Geoff Phillips, The Falls, Qld

Can we please stop talking about the lack of spending in defence in abstruse terms such as the percentage of GDP? What we are really talking about is expecting Americans to sacrifice the lives of their soldiers to defend us because we are too lazy or unwilling to sacrifice our government largesse to pay our way. Un-Australian.

Jock Krause, Mannum, SA

When a Labor Party MP defects to another party or becomes an independent, they are labelled a “rat” by ALP stalwarts. Yet when a Greens MP defects to Labor, they are welcomed with open arms by the Prime Minister. Go figure.

Riley Brown, Bondi Beach, NSW

Chris Bowen is living proof of the assertion that the Labor Party is a party of inclusion.

Michael J. Gamble, Belmont, Vic

A question to think about in 2028: are you better off than you were three years ago?

Graeme Manning, West Hobart, Tas

So, Zelensky aced it!

Aila Copland, Frankston South, Vic

Outsmarted by courageous Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is raging with fury. Those who ambushed Zelensky in the White House, Donald Trump and his attack dog JD Vance, should take note.

Kevin Burke, Sandringham, Vic

It is an insult for any mature-aged person to be told to pay tax on as yet unearned income by some ingrate who was in nappies when we were doing the long hours and making the sacrifices for our responsible old age living conditions.

Rosemary McGrath, Kensington, SA