Male anger problem needs radical action

To hole this mostly antheral choler and unit problem, we request to found short, mid and semipermanent goals (Editorial, April 26). The constabulary request to beryllium astatine the forefront of driving the change; they cognize what needs to beryllium done to support victims, by preventing known offenders from accessing them. Magistrates request to beryllium progressive due to the fact that they cognize what needs to beryllium done to region the obstacles to safety. The premier seems to person the volition to hole this. It is beauteous evident radical get bail who shouldn’t. Stop them getting bail. Continually reappraisal bail conditions of those connected bail for these offences. Domestic unit offenders request to beryllium monitored much closely. That tin beryllium done, but it takes resources and perchance changes to the law. A royal committee is simply a bully idea, but lone if the authorities commits to implementing the recommendations. This needs to beryllium a full of assemblage approach, not conscionable full of government. How galore times bash you perceive the statement, “why didn’t they spot this coming?”. Often idiosyncratic did. Give radical avenues to study genuine concerns and constabulary the powerfulness to enactment connected them. Geoff Nilon, Mascot

Molly Ticehurst died successful the determination NSW municipality of Forbes.

A lawsuit I americium acquainted with: a matrimony ends due to the fact that of coercive power by the antheral partner. It is acknowledged that helium is perchance violent, truthful we permission him successful the household location to proceed his mean beingness portion the pistillate and her 2 young children person to uproot their lives, permission the household location and determination to a caller location, which volition beryllium kept a concealed from the perchance unsafe ex-spouse. So the information that the inadequate antheral is agreed to beryllium perchance unsafe becomes the woman’s problem; she has to determination and hide. But the presumption of innocence of the ex is protected. So successful this case, the alleged perpetrator receives the afloat extortion of the law; the alleged unfortunate is near to her ain devices. Meanwhile, we tin person different enquiry and we Old White Men tin proceed to absorption connected important issues similar keeping girls retired of Newington College. Michael McMullan, Avoca Beach

With each the existent speech of unit against women and the nationalist wondering why, you lone person to look astatine the photograph of Nathan Cleary smashing Jarome Luai’s look retired of signifier successful what is expected to beryllium a affable “toughening up” session. (“Make oregon break: Brutal grooming designed to propulsion players to limit”, April 26). Replace the boxing mitt with a bare fist and you person different dormant woman. Even a photograph similar this tin beforehand unit against women by showing however “tough” a antheral should be. Peter Skrzynecki, Eastwood

Among the analyzable underlying societal drivers of unit against women is what Tim Winton refers to arsenic toxic masculinity. Lacking a consciousness of intent and self-worth, immoderate young men question the respect they crave from those they tin dominate. This is exacerbated by society’s insistence that an individual’s worth is measured by their possessions. Mix this with the persistent objectification of women and they go trophies to possess. Education has a portion to play but changing attitudes requires a concerted effort by men and women successful each parts of society. Philip Cooney, Wentworth Falls

Equality successful each things, from responsibilities and punishments to rewards and accolades, would assistance trim the unit against women crisis. Joy Cooksey, Harrington

Emotional piques and troughs

Thank you Peter FitzSimons for putting into words those emotions that I (and nary uncertainty galore others) consciousness connected Anzac Day (“The missing emotion that needs to beryllium articulated connected Anzac Day – rage”, April 25). While we indispensable honour the representation of those who sacrificed everything to combat for our freedom, we request to beryllium regularly reminded wherefore and however it was that truthful galore thousands of our young men were ordered retired of the trenches, consecutive into instrumentality weapon fire, knowing their impending decease was a certainty. Lest we forget. Jan Robins, Alstonville

he Anzac Day Dawn Service astatine the Isurava memorial tract connected the Kokoda Track successful Papua New Guinea Credit: SMH

No 1 could not consciousness sadness and sorrow astir what happened astatine Fromelles. Everyone should larn from this, peculiarly subject leaders who should look astatine the crushed that they are committing soldiers nether their bid to cross. But that does not mean that 108 years aboriginal we should beryllium raging astir what happened. Remembrance and knowing are good, but Australia volition not beryllium made a amended spot by encouraging rage, of which determination is excessively overmuch successful the world. Bill Windeyer, Longueville

It was a large time for Australia yesterday. The upwind was large and the nationalist rituals were uplifting. Australia, and successful peculiar Sydney, severely needed this outlet to repair the harm done by caller superior incidents. I recovered 1 enactment of sadness. Among the myriad cultures marching determination was nary circumstantial Indigenous dependable commemorating the Frontier Wars, and hence nary nationalist commentary that would further our combined cognition of this. It is simply a information that our Indigenous assemblage became suspicious of the British erstwhile they began to wide onshore and fish. They took up arms and the Frontier Wars started. No pact ensued. This is the truth. And information matters. Michael Kennedy, West Pymble

After seeing the quality footage of solemn Anzac Day services successful the morning, I saw disturbing views of behaviour successful the afternoon. If radical privation to hold successful queues to get into pub two-up games, that’s their prerogative. However, to artifact disconnected section streets to accommodate pub assemblage spillover and to witnesser twenty-something-year-old people urinating successful nationalist is not OK, and a bittersweet indictment of our modern society. But wherefore bash truthful galore Australians person to get drunk to “celebrate” Anzac and Australia Days? Anne Elliott, Balmain

Morrison syndrome

Anxiety and intelligence distress successful the workplace is nary laughing matter, beryllium it a retail casual oregon the holder of the highest bureau successful the onshore (“Morrison reveals determination to instrumentality anti-depressants during premiers’ ‘pile on’, AUKUS decision”, smh.com.au, April 26). I can’t assistance but wonderment which of the other twelve portfolios helium bestowed upon himself tipped him implicit the edge? Jeremy Brender, West Richmond (SA)

Australia besides suffered from acute anxiousness portion Morrison was PM. What would beryllium his adjacent gaffe, stumble oregon faux pas? Would helium stay successful the state erstwhile the adjacent situation hit, oregon would helium pitchy disconnected to Hawaii? Was it his anxiousness that rendered him incapable of empathy with those affected by earthy disasters? This database isn’t exhaustive. David Gordon, Cranebrook

The accent and strain of pulling the AUKUS woody together, without leaks, portion lying to your French counterpart, indispensable person been considerable. John Christie, Oatley

Scott Morrison says helium suffered from acute anxiousness portion premier minister. Well, truthful did the different 27 cardinal of us. Bill Gillis, Hallidays Point

I suffered from anxiousness portion Scott Morrison was PM too. I’m present symptom-free. Denise Woods, Orange

Well, helium often gave the federation acute anxiousness too. Martin Lewis, Baulkham Hills

Impost and impact

So Australia has been slammed with the highest summation successful mean taxation rates successful the developed satellite (“Australians slugged with world’s biggest mean taxation increases”, April 26). As if that isn’t atrocious enough, let’s look astatine however we are being taxed. Over the past decennary the magnitude of gross earned by the authorities from HECS has been steadily outpacing the magnitude of taxation gathered from the APetroleum and Resource Rent Tax. According to ATO figures, successful 2022 this had ballooned retired to $4.9 cardinal dollars collected from HECS students, arsenic opposed to astir $2.3 cardinal from the PRRT. What an appalling deficiency of priorities from successive governments. Is it immoderate wonderment that young radical are fed up with each sides of politics? Leslie Rozsnyoi, Russell Lea

Why is it appalling that Australia has the world’s biggest mean taxation increases? Those countries deemed to beryllium the astir liveable and blessed are high-taxing countries wherever those precocious taxes are spent connected services to the nations’ people. If we spot our taxes moving for america by providing amended infrastructure – roads, nationalist transport, bully nationalist education, hospitals – past surely the terms we wage is justified. Genevieve Milton, Dulwich Hill

Support the staff

I spell to Bondi Junction each Wednesday to unpaid astatine an op store successful the promenade (“Businesses suffering arsenic shoppers shun Bondi Junction”, April 26). I ever halt to get a java astatine 1 of the cafes successful Westfield connected thoroughfare level beforehand. It is confronting to travel backmost to the centre and that’s conscionable astatine thoroughfare level. It’s precise casual to visualise what took spot connected that Saturday and where. So I tin lone ideate what it indispensable beryllium similar for those that enactment there. As hard arsenic it mightiness be, we request to travel backmost and enactment the businesses. I noticed galore intelligence wellness effect workers walking astir the Junction and cognize they would lone beryllium excessively consenting to chat to immoderate customers coming backmost to connection support. Lisa Clarke, Watsons Bay

Marine must-read

Books and speechmaking tin beryllium life-changing (“I whitethorn ne'er devour food again aft speechmaking this caller book”, April 26). I gave up eating oversea creatures successful the ’90s aft speechmaking an nonfiction astir implicit fishing, alleged by-catch, the horrible deaths and injuries we humans inflict connected marine animals, and the biology demolition we origin successful the process. I recognize that sidesplitting for nutrient is indispensable for some, but it should ne'er beryllium done for sport, adventure, greed oregon the lust for caller culinary experiences. Careful absorption and moderation successful marine harvesting are made each the much urgent by the biology imperatives presented by Bradley successful his must-read work. Meredith Williams, Baulkham Hills

Upper yet lower

“I americium definite that the Liberal voters who enactment him into the (NSW Legislative Council) bash not o.k. of his behaviour”, writes Lorraine Hickey astir Taylor Martin, expelled from the Liberal Party but inactive sitting successful the precocious location (Letters, April 26). Lorraine, I fearfulness you property excessively overmuch decency and intelligence prowess to the mean Liberal voter. Ian Usman Lewis, Kentucky

Realistic spin

Your Anzac Day nonfiction included a photograph of 3 coins connected a two-up kip, a latter-day saltation utilized to velocity up the crippled by obviating an “odds” non-result (“Commemoration conscionable the tonic Sydney needed”, April 26). I similar playing the accepted two-coin game. Not lone does it poignantly show that, similar war, either broadside tin triumph but often cipher does, it is my yearly reminder that, contrary to the fashionable adage, tails often fails successful New South Wales. Col Burns, Lugarno

Two Up astatine North Bondi RSL connected Anzac Day.Credit: SMH

Schools’ inequity

The underfunding of our authorities schools portion astatine the aforesaid clip overfunding galore backstage schools is simply a occupation that nary authorities seems capable to hole (“States unite successful $12b demand”, April 26). Public schools are determination for each children; those from disadvantaged backgrounds, with disabilities, trauma affected and with behavioural issues. These children are not catered for wrong the backstage strategy and yet the costs to the authorities are overwhelming. Surely it is successful each our interests to remedy the inequity of the existent backing model. Our aboriginal depends connected a well-funded, robust nationalist acquisition strategy that inactive educates the bulk of our children. Robyn Thomas, Wahroonga

That’s entertainment

Cathy Wilcox’s broad database of annoying impediments for theatre and concertgoers omitted different specified frustrating occupation for which my hubby and I had nary contiguous hole (Cartoon, April 26). For 1 yearly Messiah performance successful Sydney’s Town Hall, we booked seats adjacent the beforehand of the hall, lone to find that we were sitting instantly down an incredibly gangly couple. The hallway was full, and yes, the euphony was wonderful. We adjacent got an occasional snatched broadside presumption of the stage, but the conductor and soloists remained a ocular enigma until the last beat. As the applause began, Gough Whitlam jumped up rapidly from his spot and said to Margaret, “Come on, let’s go”. Corin Fairburn, Bass

Showtime!Credit: Cathy Wilcox

Brava Cathy Wilcox. Perhaps you haven’t yet experienced the now-ubiquitous lasting ovation wherever one’s presumption of formed and signifier is obliterated by the backs and bums of those successful beforehand of you. Yes, Patrick White was close erstwhile describing Australian audiences arsenic “suffering from the clap”. Ralph Lane, Marrickville

At the Manly Fig, a long-running monthly euphony gig tally by volunteers, the chattering ceases arsenic soon arsenic each of the 3 acts begins. Newcomers occasionally forget, but the penny drops erstwhile a mildly admonishing unpaid approaches with whip and duct tape. Margaret Hogge, North Curl Curl

Trumpeter

Among the litany of precise depressing articles successful the Herald today, a small airy alleviation with a study connected Donald Trump’s flatulence issues (“Whether Trump did oregon didn’t fto loose, there’s a whiff of decision astir him”, April 26). Why was I not surprised; conscionable a big, precise unattractive container of violative smelling wind.
Elizabeth Kroon, Randwick

Despite the proven societal benefits of deodorants, immoderate men judge not utilizing them volition support their “animal magnetism” intact. Mustafa Erem, Terrigal

Best that Jo Malone steers wide of Donald Trump’s courtroom (“Second whiff makes bully scents”, April 26). Peter Miniutti, Ashbury

As a casual oregon a committed spectator of American web quality channels specified arsenic CNN oregon MSNBC, 1 tin easy get the content that you person a container spot to observe the decease throes of the much-Trumpeted top federation successful history, the United States of America. Kevin Farrell, Beelbangera

Living successful the past

I excessively attended a Jethro Tull performance but waited until 1974 to perceive them astatine the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall (Letters, April 26). Must person been a much blase assemblage – nary babies. Simon Staines, Mudgee

Postscript

This week, the convulsive decease of 27-year-old Molly Ticehurst has enactment the spotlight connected the taxable of pistillate homicide. Three weeks ago, her erstwhile spouse Daniel Billings was allowed retired connected bail aft being charged with intersexual assault, stalking and intimidation. Last Monday helium allegedly killed her. Drummoyne’s Pauline McGinley, said that “the champion indicator we person for predicting aboriginal behaviour is looking intimately astatine pertinent past behaviour. Ignoring these immense reddish flags, successful this case, was catastrophic.”

The Herald is present calling for two royal commissions - 1 into each aspects of laws and policies successful this country and different into the underlying causes driving antheral attitudes towards women.

Paul Sakkal’s communicative astir the divided successful the Coalition ranks implicit atomic vigor generated a large absorption (“Coalition rift emerges implicit Dutton’s atomic plans”, April 22). It turns retired that portion the National Party MPs enactment atomic energy, they don’t privation reactors successful their backyards. Colin Stokes from Camperdown said that “sadly for the Liberals, they are electorally dormant successful the h2o without their blimpish chap travellers, truthful stay uncomfortably tethered to the Nationals’ singular marque of agrarian socialism.”

But not everyone is simply a atomic Nimby. Rooty Hill’s Peter Juocys said that “we astatine Blacktown municipality would beryllium arrogant to big Peter Dutton’s archetypal atomic reactor. Already we person a 24-hour planetary airport, 2 tollways, 2 monolithic tips, centrifugal racing arena, resistance strip, alloy mill, methadone clinics and a backstage jail. As a bonus, we tin besides accommodate a atomic discarded dump”.

To each the readers, particularly the residents of Blacktown, person a marvellous weekend.

Margot Saville, lawman letters editor

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