Last Post: Plenty of inflation in supply

Economics 101: if governments increase demand in the economy beyond supply capacity, prices must rise (“They go low, we stay high”, 23/10).

Bryan Welsh, Tea Gardens, NSW

Thank goodness Albanese’s voice referendum did not get across the line. Lidia would have been totally out of control with “truth-telling”.

Jennifer Ashton, Gold Coast, Qld

One day the Greens will list their achievements. Near the top will be preselecting Lidia Thorpe to represent them in the Senate. The fact that Senator Thorpe got through the vetting process says all we need to know about the Greens.

Murray Horne, Cressy, Vic

Would the person who stole Lidia Thorpe’s dummy please give it back?

Ian Pearson, Barton, ACT

Lidia Thorpe could have made her point better by quietly reminding Charles that his forebear, Queen Victoria, regarded Australia as terra nullius (nobody’s land), and that our High Court debunked that myth in 1992.

Constantinos Michalakos, Magill, SA

With another successful royal tour, Australian republicans will be feeling a little deflated. Perhaps their American cousins will be in a better frame of mind in a couple of weeks.

Kim Keogh, Claremont, WA

I wonder how much of her considerable income Lidia donates to the Indigenous community for whom she purports to speak.

Edwina Menzies, Hackett, ACT

Thorpe says King Charles III is not her king. But Charles III is the King of Australia. Ipso facto, she is not an Australian. From her feral performance in the Great Hall of Parliament House, it figures.

Wayne Parsons, Madora Bay, WA

Why can’t our media simply ignore Lidia Thorpe’s unacceptable behaviour, which is abhorrent to at least 99.99 per cent of Australians?

Kate Foot, Concord, NSW

The extensive media coverage of the royal couple indicates Australia is not yet ready to become a republic.

John Kempler, Rose Bay, NSW

Was the King the first “Aussie” to attend a barbie in a suit? And was that chuck steak in the tongs? Onya, cobber!

John Mullavey, Howrah, Tas

Albanese must be hoping against hope that Premier Steven Miles pulls a rabbit out of the hat at the Queensland election. If not, he will vault into first place as Australia’s least charismatic leader.

Paul Harris, Mosman, NSW