Last Post: Net-zero policy has power to make or break Libs

Future successful Liberal governments, presiding over a prosperous Australia, will be able to date their success back to May 2025, when the party took its first faltering steps towards abandoning the disastrous net zero target (“Ley’s target: not a lot of (net) zeroes”, 29/5).

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld

The notion of supporting nuclear energy without withdrawing from the unachievable, egregious Paris Agreement is like being half pregnant. One is not negotiable without the other. It is self-denial on steroids.

Mary-Anne Higgins, Rose Park, SA

The problem with comparing Victoria to North Korea is that Jacinta Allan will probably view it as a compliment (“Garden State like North Korea, says Santos chief”, 29/5).

Geoff O’Brien, Eltham, Vic

There may be a few voters who voted Labor or simply against the Coalition who aren’t totally sure about the future. Nothing to worry about, punters. Australia will eventually resemble the social democratic utopia of Victoria.

Murray Horne, Cressy, Vic

May I suggest that, starting with Victoria, a new conservative party be formed? First requirement for preselection of candidates: at least 10 years employed in private enterprise. Second requirement: a climate change sceptic. The Liberal Party may soon be irrelevant.

Owen Hall, Portarlington, Vic

The Prime Minister seems to have no plan to introduce the capital gains tax. It looks like he pushed the policy to gain votes from those who wanted to see the rich punished.

Peter Condon, Southport, Qld

Murray Watt has acted with such great haste that I’m sure Peter Dutton must be secretly applauding (“Minister rocks greenies, grants approval for Shelf”, 29/5).

Jim Allen, Panorama, SA

A letter writer rightly says that in a race, the person who is first past the post is the winner, but in an election contest the aim is to find the most popular, or least unpopular, candidate (Last Post, 29/05). There’s a good chance that someone with 20 or 30 per cent of the primary vote will not be that person. Better education of voters would, of course, make the system work better.

David Morrison, Springwood, NSW

It’s now more than 25 days since our federal election, yet there are seats in doubt. Australia could surely show those other struggling countries a thing or two about election efficiency.

Rosemary O’Brien, Ashfield, NSW