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Leaders behaving badly or if not, woefully

Readers evaluate the actions of Trump, Netanyahu and the words of Albanese and the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and only one of them gets a positive result.

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Illustration by Megan Herbert.

Now is time to expedite cleaner, more secure transport

Readers argue that the volatility of Middle East oil should propel the government to incentivise the take-up of clean energy.

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History repeats: foreign intervention, dictators

Readers write of the US and Israeli attack on Iran as just the latest attempt by foreign powers to influence its leadership.

So much for supremacy in weapons technology

Readers respond to the casualties of war, Canada’s powerful example, and the Brunton legacy.

Don’t speak of support for war in my name

Readers respond to the attack on Iran, the legacy of Thomas Brunton, and the merits of Makybe Diva.

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Please pause before committing our money to data centres

Readers argue that taxpayers should not foot the bill for power and water for data centres.

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Albanese’s clumsy word game turns up the temperature

Readers have different takes on Anthony Albanese and Grace Tame’s word spat, and different views on their words “difficult” and “old man”.

Cathy Wilcox cartoon on Grace Tame for Friday, February 27, 2026.

Victorian Liberal ‘us and them’ housing policy

Readers argue that the opposition Liberal Party’s plan to target inner-city Labor and Greens’ seats for skyscrapers while protecting its leafy middle-ring suburbs will backfire.

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Social media fuels explosion of hate

Readers agree that the royal commission into antisemitism now underway is fraught with complexity, but one constant is the use of social media in its spread.

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Boomers now ready to forgo tax benefits

Readers argue the housing crisis that shutting younger people out of the market has become so acute that older generations now recognise that the tax system needs to change.