Last Post: New meaning to Burke’s Backyard

Once upon a time Burke’s Backyard was a popular TV gardening series. Under the Albanese government it has become the place where Australia’s domestic and foreign policies are decided.

Timothy Trotter, Brisbane

Anthony Albanese’s new pescatarian weight loss diet is quite in keeping with his government – all very fishy!

Allan Cooper, Blue Haven, NSW

How reassuring it is that our government ministers unanimously agree Israel has the right to defend itself by way of peaceful talks instead of harmful military action (“Labor ministers on Israel’s right to defend itself”, 4/10).

Paul Prociv, Mount Mellum, Qld

Sun Tzu in The Art of War said: “Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak.” We are a small population with a lot of country to protect. By definition, then, we are relatively weak compared with many who may wish to do us harm. Sun Tzu would probably be telling us as a society to stop all this appeasement stuff and get on the front foot.

Peter Dowling, Brisbane

Penny Wong has failed her first real test as Foreign Minister. Once highly regarded, her reputation is in tatters as she, along with the Prime Minister, has given succour to terrorists by not expelling the Iranian diplomat for his pro-terrorist public statements.

John Lake, Mosman Park, WA

There I was thinking that in my 60 years of curiosity in Australian politics that Billy McMahon must be rated our worst prime minister. Then along came lettuce leaf Albo.

John Waight, Point Cook, Vic

It seems that federal Labor would be happy to win seats in western Sydney, even if it doesn’t not win any other seats in Australia.

Bryan Welsh, Tea Gardens, NSW

If people want to know why the Labor government continues its policy of obfuscation in regard to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, they should never forget that it’s not many years ago that Anthony Albanese was shouting down a megaphone at an anti-Israel protest. All that has changed is that he is now PM. His silence sends an even louder message than anything shouted into that megaphone.

Burt Bosma, Surrey Hills, Vic

(“Tehran ‘could have 10 nuclear warheads within six months’, 4/10), yet Joe Biden ‘rules out G7 all-clear for strike on nukes’ (4/10). Iran would hold the world to ransom if Israel is precluded from taking out Iran’s nuclear threat.

John Bicknell, Bargo, NSW