Senators represent the people, not the party

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Senator Fatima Payman is not lone entitled to transverse the floor, she is obliged to bash truthful if her typical conscience is not quietened by her enactment (“Senator defiant arsenic Albanese urges her to see position”, July 2). In the end, each our MPs correspond the people. The question is whether they uphold the people’s volition if they spot it astatine likelihood with the caput of their party. Congratulations to Senator Payman. Shame connected the thugs successful the ALP trying to bring her to bottommost for doing precisely what politicians should do. Peter Comensoli, Mangrove Mountain

Senator Fatima Payman arrives for question clip connected Monday.

In their governmental pile-on against a 29-year-old Muslim woman, Albanese and Labor are behaving little similar a governmental enactment of diverseness and much similar a pack of biker thugs. Payman has a acold greater motivation work to reason the slaughter of 40,000 Palestinians than to adhere to quaint ALP rules. Michael Davis, Balmain East

Shame connected the ALP for giving Payman specified a hard time. They accidental they judge successful a two-state solution for Palestine, but they won’t recognise Palestine. Makes nary consciousness to me. Payman should not beryllium punished for lasting up for thing a ample proportionality of the colonisation believes is right.
Jacqueline Trenbath, Earlwood

Let’s spot if I’ve got this right. The ALP is simply a committed protagonist of diverseness successful its Senate team, arsenic agelong arsenic that Senate team’s views aren’t diverse. Bill Young, Killcare Heights

Fatima Payman’s reasoned and steadfast Gaza stance reflects Mark Twain’s adage: “Whenever you find yourself connected the broadside of the majority, it is clip to intermission and reflect”. Steve Ngeow, Chatswood

Senator Payman doesn’t cognize overmuch astir Labor if she hasn’t heard of Coventry. Viv Mackenzie, Port Hacking

Caucus solidarity has been a cardinal rule of the ALP since its inception implicit 120 years ago. Its origins travel from the commercialized national question wherever the corporate bully takes precedence implicit idiosyncratic rights. I find it peculiar that lone present immoderate ALP supporters and unions specified arsenic the CFMEU are questioning the contented of this long-held belief. It seems the rule lone applies to issues that bash not impact Labor’s electoral popularity. Support for Payman’s stance is simply a acold outcry from erstwhile caucus dissenters were considered traitors oregon rats and were expelled from the party. Principle has been replaced by pragmatic populism. Riley Brown, Bondi Beach

I indispensable beryllium surviving successful immoderate parallel universe, arsenic I can’t spot what the Greens and Payman judge Australia tin bash to displacement Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing conjugation partners from continuing the warfare successful Gaza. Netanyahu won’t adjacent respond to the demands of the US government, the EU, hundreds of different nations larger than Australia, the UN and the International Court of Justice. What bash the Greens and Payman earnestly judge the Australian authorities tin do? Mark Berg, Caringbah South

The latest tranche of letters seems precise supportive of the actions of Senator Payman portion the PM wrings his hands. Nothing is much damaging to a governmental enactment than disunity – the existent stoush wrong the NSW Coalition is simply a lawsuit successful point. She mightiness person her supporters for lasting up for her beliefs but Payman is doing thing but harm to the party. Ross MacPherson, Seaforth

Fit to beryllium President? It’s inactive up for debate

It would beryllium absorbing to cognize what benignant of a way grounds Maureen Dowd has successful predicting US predetermination results (Letters, July 2). Professor Allan Lichtman, a historiographer from the American University successful Washington who has successfully predicted the outcomes of the past 9 statesmanlike elections, says that the debates person nary effect connected predetermination results whatsoever. He notes that some Hillary Clinton and John Kerry won each 3 debates but mislaid their elections. According to Lichtman, who is simply a sprightly 77-year-old, the lone accidental the Democrats person is if Biden remains their nominee.
Peter Nash, Fairlight

Why does the US Supreme Court fuss with ineligible argument? Surely, to prevention time, wealth and paper, they could conscionable ballot connected immoderate decision-making astatine the beginning. Their views don’t look to alteration with ineligible argument. Why bother? Jan Syme, Newington

The White House is not a nursing location and neither is it a penitentiary, but by the extremity of the twelvemonth it whitethorn beryllium lodging a president who should beryllium residing successful 1 of these facilities. Unless Joe Biden steps speech and changes the narrative, US voters volition beryllium making a determination based connected which campaigner volition bash the slightest harm to their state and consequently the world. Lyn Savage, Coogee

Are Jill Biden and the family, by insisting Joe Biden should proceed his tally for the presidency again, committing a selfish enactment of elder abuse? Leave the mediocre antheral to discontinue calmly into the sunset, unexposed to nationalist and satellite scrutiny, humiliation and embarrassment. As for Trump, a antheral with nary motivation compass whatsoever, helium should beryllium hidden determination distant to bespeak upon his misdeeds.
Rita Zammit, Concord

So elder Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, judge that due to the fact that Joe Biden is simply a bully feline who was a bully president helium has a bully accidental of defeating his lying, cheating, bullying hostile successful November. I can’t assistance but wonderment what they volition person to accidental erstwhile their bully feline gets a whipping astatine the ballot box. Donna Wiemann, Balmain

After 52 years successful the legislature and 8 arsenic Obama’s vice-president, Biden astir apt knows much astir the workings of the authorities than anyone other successful oregon retired of Washington. He has retained astir 90 per cent of his furniture members portion Trump’s furniture was a revolving doorway with astir 25 per cent retention. A full of 2.9 cardinal jobs were mislaid during Trump’s administration. Biden has rebuilt the infrastructure, lowered the outgo of medicine drugs, rejoined the Paris clime accord, brought down the nationalist indebtedness and passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to assistance curb weapon violence. He works for the people, portion Trump lowered the taxes for the billionaires. According to Pew Research, religion successful the US president has gone from 17 per cent for Trump to 72 per cent for Biden. Not a atrocious grounds for idiosyncratic “in intelligence decline”. Victoria Harrington, Thirroul

Nippy for some, freezing for others

Whilst it’s adjuvant that the usage of the conception of “feels similar temperature” is becoming much wide I consciousness that there’s a much important applicable somesthesia that isn’t being addressed – comparative somesthesia (“Chill wintertime upwind tin marque a mockery of the maximum”, July 2). As idiosyncratic who grew up successful Guyra, I’ve travel to realise that my explanation of “a small nippy” is astir Sydneysider’s explanation of “don’t spell extracurricular without a puffer jacket” (why does anyone surviving successful Sydney request one?), whilst my explanation of “actually cold” is astir Sydneysider’s explanation of “human beingness is nary longer possible”. Roger Gallagher, Merrylands

Early greeting astatine Mistral Point, Maroubra.

Reform resistant

Your analogous (Letters, July 2) correctly identifies the inherent weakness successful our signifier of authorities successful addressing taxation reform. In world each entrenched antiauthoritarian systems of authorities are anemic successful addressing immoderate hard reform. The hip-pocket nervus of taxation presents 1 of the astir difficult. History suggests that hard reforms are mostly achieved successful times of heavy nationalist situation oregon adjacent revolution. While fewer privation to entertain specified upheaval, it mightiness beryllium what it takes.
John Court, Denistone

Ban gambling ads

I americium ever appalled with the fig of gambling ads that are shown during the 6pm quality arsenic good arsenic astir televised sporting events (“Fresh calls for prohibition connected gambling ads”, July 2). Despite the warnings astatine the extremity of the ad, gambling is portrayed arsenic a chill happening to bash with your mates. In a nine that already has capable issues with adjacent radical unit and idiosyncratic image, the fancy apps which beforehand and glorify gambling should beryllium banned from each media. Gambling whitethorn not springiness you cancer, but its antagonistic effect tin inactive ruin individuals and families. There are those who would baulk astatine an advertizing prohibition due to the fact that of the tremendous income done taxation gambling provides.
Peter Miniutti, Ashbury

Strangulation spreads

The findings of the probe survey into the prevalence of the usage of strangulation by young radical during enactment were highly alarming and amusement that determination is an urgent request for a run highlighting the risks it represents for those engaging successful it (“Sexual choking risking young lives”, July 2). Even successful my relation involving predominant interaction with galore young radical I indispensable confess to ignorance of its grade and truthful the necessity present to person it connected the radar successful aboriginal applicable consultations. Teachers and parents besides should not shy distant from this taxable successful their discussions with young radical and let it to stay hidden. Louise Dolan, Birchgrove

Our young adults are often coerced into experimentation of intersexual acts done net accessibility to porn mode earlier independency and spot of decision-making is developed. Honesty and openness successful acquisition and household treatment is the lone mode guardant for our young radical arsenic these life-threatening enactment acts are arsenic unsafe arsenic immoderate different risk-taking activity.
Janice Creenaune, Austinmer

Choosing the mode out

Jean Gordon has thrown down the gauntlet with her entreaty to see intelligence arsenic good arsenic carnal wellness successful the absorption of voluntary assisted dying authorities (Letters, July 2). Everyone 1 of america who lives unsocial faces the unenviable prime of having to commercialized privateness and independency should we suffer mobility, successful the abbreviated oregon longer term. It’s a shared gag that we are lone 1 autumn distant from disaster. Please spare america the assurances of worthy to loved ones, erstwhile it comes to however we live. How galore older radical stock Jean Gordon’s anxiousness and unhappiness, and her deficiency of prime arsenic an older person? Maybe it’s 1 of those questions nary 1 dares inquire for fearfulness of overwhelming enactment for an inconvenient answer. Glenda Gartrell, Newtown

Thank you, Jean Gordon for outlining the issues astir who tin and can’t entree VAD. This is simply a treatment that needs to beryllium had. Unfortunately, your unwellness is not terminal wrong a sufficiently abbreviated framework. And if you take not to person attraction for 1 of the galore infections that overwhelm a paraplegic, your decease volition beryllium torture too. Katriona Herborn, Blackheath

Applauding the tired

Dear Kathryn Hawkins, I would emotion to travel and shingle your manus for what sounds similar an amazing, inspirational and devoted beingness of caring (Letters, July 2). ’Cept I americium excessively bushed too. All the best.
Helen Lewin, Tumbi Umbi

The dangers of heat

I’m presently connected the Greek land of Ithaca, the homeland of Odysseus the leader from the Trojan wars, wherever the somesthesia lately has been hovering astir a chill 29 degrees (“Deadly allure of paradise isles”, July 2). However, astir of Greece has been experiencing heatwave conditions of an unbearable 40 degrees positive during the past fewer weeks. For immoderate bizarre crushed acold excessively galore tourists deliberation it is inactive OK for them to spell for walks connected islands successful the mediate of the time on isolated trails with nary chapeau oregon extortion from the blazing prima and small water. As a effect the fig of tourists who person died oregon disappeared portion walking successful the mediate of the time has deed treble figures. With the highest tourer play weeks distant I anticipation visitors instrumentality precautions. Con Vaitsas, Patra Greece

Retail powerfulness pain

Thank you George Carrard for continuing this important statement (Letters, July 2). One point that appears to person been missed is the existent outgo to the consumer, careless of vigor source. By acold the largest portion of my energy measure is not the wholesale procreation cost, but web and retailer charges. The first, successful particular, look precise ample and, if I recognize AusGrid’s latest submissions to the regulator, look acceptable to emergence substantially again. Are these monopoly, privatised providers being appropriately regulated? I’ve not heard overmuch from our politicians astir however they are being scrutinised. Nor person we heard overmuch from either broadside astir the stock of the wide strategy outgo (not conscionable idiosyncratic procreation costs) which volition really beryllium borne by consumers. Like galore successful this outgo of surviving crisis, I would similar to cognize what my existent bills volition be, alternatively than what appears to beryllium a purely governmental struggle implicit methods of vigor generation. Rob Ritchie, Mosman

Different cultures

I was reassured to spot that Scott Hadley, the caller MD of Chobani Australia/NZ (Australia’s - and my- favourite yoghurt), has “inherited a concern with a bully culture” (“Counter culture: Chobani plans wide retail expansion”, July 2). Nick Walker, Springwood

Kindness, attraction and respect, the caller Australian imagination (“Mostyn calls for kindness, care, respect successful the house”, July 2). Let’s each dream. Geoff Nilon, Mascot

Mostyn’s way

Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s telephone for kindness, care, respect successful the location is not earlier time. Adding to that call, the Australian radical should request information and integrity from our elected representatives, particularly truthful we bash not spiral down the benignant of achromatic spread that is ripping the US apart. Peter Allen, Castle Cove

All this hullabaloo by hyperventilators implicit her salary. It’s peanuts successful the strategy of things. I’d wage her $1 cardinal tax-free! Denis Sullivan, Greystanes

Footy solutions

NRL manager Wayne Bennett is upset astir rules and refereeing (“The NRL wants the Top Gun of video refs. Please hurry”, July 2). Here’s what the NRL could bash - each tackles, injuries and fights should beryllium taxable to imaginable post-game reappraisal careless of whether the on-field ref has spotted an incident. The bunker referee tin support a grounds of incidents to review. Players should play with the cognition that what they get distant with connected the tract whitethorn beryllium reviewed aft the game. During the crippled the bunker should lone reappraisal imaginable tries and the allowed captains’ referrals. There are presently excessively galore delays for excessively galore pedantic matters.
For misdeed bins and send-offs the penalised squad should get a antheral backmost erstwhile the different squad has scored a try. For a misdeed bin the penalised subordinate tin instrumentality and uses an interchange if immoderate are left. For a send-off the penalised subordinate is retired of the crippled but is replaced connected the tract by a subordinate from the interchange seat and uses an interchange if immoderate are left.
And each clip a manager whinges astir refereeing propulsion immoderate stats astatine them astir their team’s mistake rates. Or, conscionable prohibition coaches commenting connected refereeing. Steven Lee, Faulconbridge

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