Lies, damn lies and Mediscare

Wouldn’t it be a novelty if Labor MPs stopped telling the electorate what Peter Dutton is going to do and not do, and actually were honest about their own plans?

Agnes Benstock, Vaucluse, NSW

To channel Mark Twain and Benjamin Disraeli: “There are lies, damn lies and Mediscare.”

Paul Kershaw, Burnside, SA

Who do we have to thank for telling Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese they should “go for broke”? Because it looks as though that’s exactly what they’re doing.

John Bicknell, Bargo, NSW

I think the voting public would like all candidates to have a recent photo taken when promoting themselves. In past elections we often see candidates showing younger versions of themselves. May I suggest the Australian Electoral Commission demand this?

Joseph Buttery, Tennyson, SA

Perhaps Australians do need to elect a minority Labor-Greens-teals government so they can see for themselves the disasters it would cause.

Julie Winzar, Palm Beach, Qld

The Australian’s editorial is right to say the tax cuts and the fuel excise cut offered by the government and the opposition are meaningless reforms

(“Voters should demand a high-energy campaign”, 29-30/3). Economist Saul Eslake was even more pointed when he called them gimmicks.

Thomas Morgan, Mt Nelson, Tas

Neither political party has told us how we are to defend ourselves if we are attacked in the next five years. The best answer would be using missiles fired from underground bunkers set along the coastlines or from stealth bombers. Meanwhile our governments continue to bluff us that we will be OK.

John Langrehr, Leabrook, SA

Come the election I’ll be voting for whoever is the most likely to give me the cheapest electricity. It’s time to bring back our cheap electricity.

Maris Dabars, Murray Bridge, SA

How ironic it is that potentially one of the world’s fastest sprinters should have a name like Gout Gout.

John Sheldrick, Peppermint Grove, WA

On his visit to a US defence base in Greenland, JD Vance told Greenlanders they should sign up to a deal with the US. Before the Greenlanders do that they might have a look at the deal the US is offering war-torn Ukraine. When they see how that deal stacks up the Greenlanders will probably do a deal with China.

Paul Everingham, Hamilton, Qld