Twiggy’s kowtow

Maybe the powers running UNESCO have been reading their own publicity.

Penni Seignior, Mudgeeraba, Qld

Andrew Forrest’s defence of China is understandable – he needs to be on good terms. China’s African iron ore investments are likely to bite the Australian suppliers before too long.

Martin Bray, Mt Torrens, SA

Who’s surprised Andrew Forrest is enthusiastically supporting his biggest customer?

Alex Cleave, North Fremantle, WA

Andrew Forrest forgot one important word in showing respect to one’s partner: mutual. Without it looks and smells like grovelling.

Gordon Thurlow, Mooloolah Valley, Qld

Why bother complaining to the ineffectual NACC. If, as Senator Barbara Pocock says, “it looks like corruption and smells like corruption”, what’s stopping the AFP investigating and charging the malefactors?

Paul Everingham, Hamilton, Qld

The government would like every mother to go back to work (and pay tax) and employ someone (who pays tax) to take care of her child while she does so. It would be much better, and kinder, for many families if mothers who want to stay at home while their children are very young, but have a whopping mortgage, be given an allowance to help pay it off.

Sally Graham, Malvern, Vic

Ali France, who defeated Peter Dutton, is a tough nut with a heart of gold. How she held it together during her passionate maiden speech I’ll never know – because I couldn’t. Her courage and conviction really got to me. If she, and the equally impressive new Melbourne MP, Sarah Witty, are typical of the emerging Labor women, then Albanese’s team has a bright future.

Kevin Burke, Sandringham, Vic

The ADF cannot lure New Zealand citizens into our armed forces. No surprise, the government cannot beg, borrow or steal its spruiked numbers for trades, aged care, childcare, GP or allied health. They are now firmly set on the principle of she’ll be right.

Lawrence Shaw, Morningside, Qld

I note a suggestion in Thursday’s letters page that the very fast train proposal should be revisited. While it’s a lovely idea, proponents should consider that for many years the number of passenger trains on the Sydney-Melbourne route has not risen above two per day in each direction.

Kerry MacDermott, Binalong, NSW