Last Post, November 29

Julia Banks can’t say she’s acting in the interests of her party.

Whatever distaste Julia Banks has for those who dispatched her hero Malcolm Turnbull, at least they can say they believed they were acting in the best interests of the Liberal Party. She can’t.

Grahame Pratt, Killara, NSW

Julia Banks’s treachery in scuttling the Coalition ship and joining the sisters on the crossbenches should put an end to the lectures that much-maligned males have received on the superior feminine qualities that women can bring to politics,

Jock Munro, Rankin’s Springs, NSW

If Julia Banks had been from the Labor Party she would have been roundly condemned as a rat.

Neville Wright, Kilcunda, Vic

All NSW voters should unite and vote one for Jim Molan for the Senate and then number all squares according to preference. Let’s give the party apparatchiks a lesson in loyalty and common sense.

David Cook, Drummoyne, NSW

It seems Malcolm Turnbull is more active in politics in retirement than during his pathetic performance as prime minister during the last federal election. But this time he seems to be working for the other side.

Brian Whybrow, Wanniassa, ACT

Mort Schwartzbord’s contribution (Letters, 28/11) succinctly sets out the way to attack Labor’s flawed policies. It is recommended reading for the PM and his advisers. There should surely not be any disagreement on this from any Coalition member.

R. T. Hawksley, Benowa, Qld

Ian Kent (Letters, 28/11) is correct that defections would not be tolerated in the Labor Party. He is dead right that Labor has strong women such as Tanya Plibersek and Penny Wong who would ensure there were no bullies. If there were, God help them.

Jim Laffer, Bassendean, WA

Doesn’t anyone in the Liberal Party read the letters to the editor of The Australian?

Valerie O’Neill, Gateshead, England

I would condone any student of mine to demonstrate peacefully their concern about the lack of action on climate change. The days where children should be seen and not heard are long gone. We should grasp 21st century values.

Mark Chapman, Buderim, Qld

The statement by NAB chairman Ken Henry about it taking a decade to change the culture of the bank is insulting to his employees, his management and the bank’s shareholders. A decade is the time that takes a kid from Year-7 to university graduation and if the bank needs so much time to change its “culture”, I would need less than a day to fire its upper management

Jacques Bajayo, Caulfield South, Vic