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The one question I’ve never heard a journo ask Chris Bowen: “Even if Australia gets to net zero without reverting to the Stone Age, what difference will it make to climate change?” The answer: net zero.

Trevor Farrant, Hackney, SA

Peter Dutton would be well- advised to champion President Trump’s wise policy of no taxation on tips received by catering and hospitality industry staff. It’s the right thing to do and a vote-winner.

Robert Bishop, Woollahra, NSW

The competing promises of the Greens and the Coalition (“Greens threaten childcare leverage” and “Dutton’s lunch policy a threat to budget: Treasury”, 4/2) illustrate what Australian elections really are: contests to see who can take the most out of the pot and who can put the least in. That is why federal expenditure has risen as a proportion of GDP.

Chris Curtis, Hurstbridge, Vic

Peter Dutton’s stated aim to reduce waste through a ministry for government efficiency, to be run by Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, will be a vote-winner.

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld

Having heard Anthony Albanese say a dozen times, minus any action, that the persecution of Jewish people in Australia is “unacceptable”, I’d been left doubting my understanding of the word. A quick check confirmed the meaning: not accepted, or received, or pleasing to the intended recipient. What’s next then, PM?

Rosemary O’Brien, Ashfield, NSW

Those expecting cost-of-living relief, except on mortgages, from an interest rate cut are deluding themselves. Albanese hopes we’ll be deluded.

Alex Cleave, North Fremantle, WA

Has some new rule been introduced recently into Australian English that the term “anti-Semitism” must always be accompanied by the word “Islamophobia”? If so, why?

K. MacDermott, Binalong, NSW

There are suggestions the floods in Far North Queensland are the result of an overheated atmosphere and are becoming regular “events”. Since European settlement in the regions, records indicate heavy rainfall, flooding and cyclones impacting the northern portion of the continent at this time of the year are referred to as the summer monsoon season. As with all weather, there are variations of severity within the monsoon season where cyclical equatorial patterns emerge.

Mike Flanigan, Wellington Point, Qld