Last Post: Trudeau’s fall could send worrying signal to PM

Albanese has the confident look of a man who hasn’t heard about Trudeau.

Leo Oostveen, Chippendale, NSW

Common ornamental pieces in Australian homes in the past were three ducks on the wall. May I suggest we now have three lame ducks facing the wall: Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau and Anthony Albanese.

Gerard Abrams, Cherrybrook, NSW

With the resignation of Justin Trudeau, Anthony Albanese should be worried that being a “handsome boy” is no guarantee for one’s political career not coming to a crashing end.

Shaun Miller, Prahran, Vic

Donald Trump has seen off Justin Trudeau and he’s not even sworn in yet. He’ll be coming for you next, Albo.

Roseanne Schneider, Toowoomba, Qld

Donald Trump has an impressive political casualty scorecard even before taking office. The first is the US President, the second the US Vice-President and the third is the Canadian Prime Minister. Who will be next? The four-year presidential term is a long time.

Riley Brown, Bondi Beach, NSW

Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern and Anthony Albanese have quite a lot in common. They are all left-wing progressives, driven by their ideological beliefs rather than common sense, and they have managed to ruin their national economies, to the detriment of the people they were elected to protect.

Brian Barker, Bulimba, Qld

Anthony Albanese should watch the political demise of Justin Trudeau closely. A dive into populism brings only short-term gains. Sooner or later, one cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

James A. Athanasou, Maroubra, NSW

You realise the cost-of-living pain is only going to get worse now that experts, academics and economists are being quoted.

Steve Wiblin, Hermit Park, Qld

We all know what a poor loser is. Cricket Australia’s exclusion of Sunil Gavaskar from the presentation of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is a classic example of that equally unattractive character, the poor winner.

Helen Jackson, Higgins, ACT

Thank you, Pradeep Philip, for suggesting that our political parties might work together in a bipartisan way to avoid imperilling Australia’s future with narrow populist whims. It’s a lovely thought.

Lesley Walker, Northcote, Vic