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As a Townsvillian I find the High Court decision on Peter Ridd appalling. Does this now mean that all reports or papers published by JCU academics (peer reviewed or otherwise) must be accepted as Gospel?

Bob Chad, Townsville, Qld

Paul Kelly is wrong in suggesting climate change is Scott Morrison’s ruin for the next election. His fate was sealed long ago when he handed the Covid response to the premiers and imprisoned people in the process, along with decimating the nation.

Jim Millett, Kippa Ring, Qld

Instead of admonishing Scott Morrison over whether he should attend the COP26 conference in Glasgow, wouldn’t Prince Charles be better advised, and display more virtuousness, were he instead to urge his brother to cooperate with the US Justice Department instead of hiding at Balmoral? It seems to me the latter should be more important to the future king of England.

John McLeod, Sunshine Coast, Qld

Figures can be very rubbery, as Kevin Begaud (Letters, 13/10) points out, when the BCA can comment so differently in 2019 and now on the cost projections of emissions reduction targets to 2030. Your correspondent’s letters over the years reveal he has a good grounding in the science of world climate as well.

Laurel Sommerfeld, Yandina, Qld

Agreeing with Roseanne Schneider (Last Post, 13/10), I can see Vladimir Putin’s smirk over Europe’s dependence on Russian gas this winter widening to a loud guffaw when Joe Biden cancelled the Keystone pipeline and banned gas mining in the US. The world’s greatest democracy, an independent energy producer under Donald Trump, is now dependent on OPEC.

John Bell, Heidelberg Heights, Vic

Hydrogen is the fuel of the future, and always will be.

Ian Levy, Bermagui, NSW

The Morrison government’s agreement with the US for a NASA-led lunar landing sounds like a positive outcome from the AUKUS security pact (“Our new moon project reaches for the stars”, 13/10).

Riley Brown, Bondi Beach, NSW

As we fall deeper into the abyss of bureaucratic control, the shining flame of sanity shines through in the the brilliant commentary of Janet Albrechtsen and restores my equilibrium.

Margaret Murphy, Cottesloe, WA

So much comment about the six kids and religion, but nothing about being left-handed. Sinister.

David Bannerman, Samford, Qld