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The choice facing US electors is pretty stark. They can vote for a Trump disaster or a Harris disaster. Then again, they can choose not to vote.

Tony O’Brien, South Melbourne, Vic

Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment may well be his Hillary Clinton “deplorables” moment. And look how that ended.

George Greenberg, Malvern, Vic

Maybe Joe Biden isn’t half as silly as he sometimes looks. Who’d want to exit arguably the world’s top job with a forgettable whimper when you can exit with an unforgettable clanger?

Rosemary O’Brien, Ashfield, NSW

I always thought Joe Biden was well past it, cognitively. However, President Donald Trump has elevated “mental decline” to a new level. He is erratic beyond belief. The hubris and narcissism of ageing politicians knows no bounds.

Michael Gamble, Belmont, Vic

Anthony Albanese has at least fulfilled his pledge for more transparency while in office. One can now see right through him.

Farley Thew, Bellevue Hill, NSW

I’m curious to know if those opposed to offshore wind turbines also want to ban wind-powered yachts as the latter’s moving parts would seem to be more of a hazard to creatures of the sea than blades turning well above the surface.

Jim Allen, Panorama, SA

Let us hope, just as the berths are completed in Devonport for the new Tassie ferries, that we don’t then find that new wharves also are needed in Melbourne.

Bob McNairn, Heathcote, NSW

What the recent Covid inquiry failed to consider was how many lives were saved by the measures taken by most premiers, especially when we had no vaccines. It’s very hard to prove what you prevented.

Margaret Ludowyk, Brunswick, Vic

I would like to know what effect banning all exports of coal will have on climate change as importers will simply buy their coal elsewhere. A rather important side issue is the damage this will cause to our economy through revenue and employment losses.

David Harrison, Coogee, NSW

The best thing Sussan Ley could do right now is to come out and say, “I made a mistake, I shouldn’t have blocked the go-kart track on what has now been revealed as dubious evidence.” Would Tanya Plibersek then be prepared to do the same?

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld