Letters
‘Poorly defined, too emotional and elitist’: why the majority voted No
Letter writers tell us why the referendum results show out of touch Canberra and its cohorts are with the views of the rest of the country.
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Did the referendum reveal a cruel nation or one run by out-of-touch elites?
Readers respond to the resounding No result in the Voice to parliament referendum in a special edition of Yours. Sincerely.
Science not needed to make the right call on the playground
The banning of mobile phones in schools is a good move.
Referendum a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to right some wrongs
After 235 years of white ear-plug decision-making, let’s finally listen to the more than 80 per cent of Indigenous people who are asking for a Voice.
Innocent Palestinians are also victims of Hamas barbarism
While we are totally right to extend sympathy to the Jewish community,. we should be thinking about the innocent Palestinian civilians too.
The silence is deafening as Jewish community suffers
Some readers believe police in Sydney have sent a poor message over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Others were saddened to see the politicisation of the Sydney Opera House.
Conflict everywhere … What is wrong with humans?
I truly despair for the human race and its mindless obsession with obliterating our species from the face of planet Earth.
A tale of two states: The only possible solution
A two-state solution is the only sensible response to the crisis in the Middle East.
The ingrained racism the Yes case must defeat to prevail
A deep-seated, unconscious attitude of negativity towards Indigenous people is, unfortunately, part of this country’s DNA.
Political parties could never be exempt from misinformation laws
Senator David Pocock is right to fight plans from political parties to exclude them from the misinformation bill.
The opposition leader, playing politics, misses point of the Voice
The opposition appears to misunderstand the role of the Voice