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Yesterday

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The super variant of bracket creep

Readers’ letters on super contributions tax; net zero and offshore wind; NT chief minister, Gina Rinehart; Rex ownership; Labor performance; dividend payouts.

This Month

Corporate Australia needs to clean up and restore trust

Readers’ letters on what CEOs think and what they do; Dutton’s prospects; science curriculum; regulation; ABC’s falling ratings; PM’s poor polling; Gaza conflict.

“The treasurer’s priority must be to relieve cost-of-living pressures which will be most acutely felt by low-income young families.”

Postpone stage three and focus on the cost of living

Readers’ letters on tax cuts; CEOs and awards; Sam Harris’ take on Islamophobia; Gaza conflict; John Roskam and denialism; raw exports not enough.

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Fossil fuel ‘transition’ lacks ambition on emissions

Readers’ letters on COP28 deal’s implications; retirement advice; fiscal policy; Dr Chris Edmond; WA premier’s mining comments; nuclear power and the market.

Many in Labor, including its international counterparts, support nuclear power.

A selective argument against nuclear power

Craig Emerson’s flawed case against nuclear energy; single-sex schools debate; working for a fair wage; migration a blessing and a curse; life beyond year 12 exam results.

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“If we weren’t in a climate and ecological emergency, this would make good satire.”

It’s a COP-out without ‘phase-out’ at Dubai

Readers’ letters on COP28, fossil fuel lobbyists, nuclear distraction and coal exports; Megan Davis and the Voice; schools’ performance; children’s disability.

“There is concrete action Chris Bowen can take to build Australia’s climate credentials at COP28.”

Coal exports negate Australia’s green transition

Readers’ letters on fossil fuel exports and climate damage; productivity slump; accounting bodies; Melbourne’s rail loop; security reliance on US; wine and WFH.

“Automatic super pensions are convenient for a fund and its cash flow planning but may not suit the individual member.”

Our money, our choice should be the super rule

Readers’ letters on big super, the government and advice; the carbon challenge, COP28 and Rio; what RBA’s Bullock ignores; CommSec woes; bitcoin speculation.

CEO Paul Graham at the opening of Australia Post’s Avalon parcel facility in Melbourne in October.

Australia Post and the snail mail evolution

Readers write on letter deliveries; COP28 and fossil fuels; energy investment scheme; Tom Friedman’s Gaza ceasefire call; STC gesture; education funding.

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Henry Kissinger’s complicated legacy

Readers’ letters on Kissinger coverage and Alexander Downer’s comment; Whitehaven clarification on employee entitlements; WA and the GST deal; armed cash guards.

Do gas corporations get precedence over Australian citizens?

Defending our planet and our children’s rights

Readers’ letters on coal and gas; Kissinger and China; Hamas’ perverse actions; Keating’s econo-babble; super investments; Abbott and the far-right; non-citizens’ status.

November

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STC cast’s keffiyehs: Are all Palestinians Hamas?

Readers write on outrage over STC “political stunt”; Origin decision; Bob Brown v Gina Rinehart; nuclear energy; China’s green surge; cash transport; and Charlie Munger.

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Banking on immigration to keep house prices inflated

Readers’ letters on banks, property prices and immigration; taxing the family home; why WFH is popular among staff; Origin drama; PwC mess; grooms in the dock.

No matter how one views the Hamas-Israel conflict, the response in Australia to the events in Israel leaves one uneasy.

Dear STC, so long, and thanks for all the plays

Readers’ letters about Sydney Theatre Company actors’ pro-Palestine protest and the abandonment of Jews by the progressive left; the Coalition’s climate policies; Gina Rinehart’s politics and Bob Brown.

“What I actually do with my money is none of my bank’s business.”

Banks have no business snooping on our spending

Readers’ letters on banking and privacy; growth, immigration and housing; global tax reform; green investments; Gina Rinehart’s politics; Tony Abbott; Origin bid.

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Britain’s legacy: Meet the “mob that brought on itself the blight of Brexit”.

Even Argentinians envy Australia’s colonial luck

Readers’ letters on the pros and cons of colonisation; Bowen’s green initiative; ASIC’s efficacy; Palestinians’ plight; AusSuper’s commendable resolve; a maritime mystery.

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Mid-East balance doesn’t mean backing Hamas

Readers’ letters on journalists’ “activism”; UniSyd’s priorities; inflation-fighting tools; Optus and sexism; ASIC’s effectiveness; robo-debt report; gambling.

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Gaza protests and the danger to democracy

Readers respond to Alexander Downer’s column and Gaza-related issues; Australian laws v legislation; CCS is a useless climate tool; lip-service to First Nations.

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Carbon levy can counter WA’s emissions ambitions

Readers’ letters on net zero; Santos’ v activists; carbon sink; Xi-Biden talks; immigration and housing; small government; tax principle; Optus CEO’s phones.

“I’m Jewish, and disgusted by Dutton’s omission of Muslims from his statements.”

Why is history so unkind to Jews?

Anti-Jewish prejudice is a constant; Dutton blind to Muslim concerns; Qantas flight credits; inflation and money supply; infrastructure follies; whistleblowers.

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Paul Flynn grew up in a “good Catholic family of six girls and three boys.

Life & Leisure

It’s time to sparkle this New Year’s Eve! As to what to wear, read on.

Rich List

Rich Lister Sam Kennard took over the self-storage business when he was just 24.