That’s not the ‘Australian way’, PM

It’s not “the Australian way”, Prime Minister, to let our friends down, to refuse to fulfil our alliance obligations, to sponge off our mates, nor to pretend we can defend ourselves.

GM Seabrook, Leasingham, SA

I have not been involved in a protest since the Vietnam moratorium marches at university but if I still lived in Victoria I would be joining the farmers in the Wimmera to stop the desecration of farmland for the installation of poles and wires for net zero.

Tony Hennessy, Casino, NSW

What a wonderful way Chris Uhlmann is able to “decode” both Jim Chalmers’ and Anthony Albanese’s jargon, where they deliberately obfuscate and speak “to conceal” the meaning.

Deirdre Graham, Moss Vale, NSW

Not in a league with John Milton, but here’s my response to Chris Uhlmann’s piece at the weekend (“Blind Milton could see net zero is a lost cause”, 5-6/7). “We dug up zero coal/ extracted zero gas / we won an accolade / for being such an ass.”

Joanna Elliott, Glenorchy, Tas

Some 100,000 vulnerable Australians miss out on vital aged-care packages under Labor (“Elderly ‘dying while waiting for care’”, 5-6/7).

Why? A question perhaps answered, as Kevin Rudd alleged, by Julia Gillard’s opposition in his cabinet to a rise in the age pension: “These people don’t vote for us.”

Trevor Farrant, Hackney, SA

One could imagine Janet Albrechtsen’s powerful piece against the Yoorrook commissioners had them choking on their Saturday morning cornflakes.

Peter Olsen, Gowrie, ACT

Presumably Anthony Albanese’s next planned trip to China will be to negotiate with President Xi Jinping about the closure of the Darwin Port lease?

Simon Gamble, Noosa Heads, Qld

Thank you Gemma Tognini for another insightful column (“The march towards fascism under the banner of social justice”, 5-6/7).

What caused disquiet was the feeling that an Australian Jewish woman should feel ashamed and fearful to speak up in case she is discriminated against. No one is our society should feel they need to hide who they are.

Kathy Sharp, Neutral Bay, NSW

Four flags for the two teams competing in the Rugby Test in Newcastle. Fiji one flag; Australia three flags. Ridiculous.

Jim Neville, Marrickville, NSW