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Our governments, led by the Prime Minister, seem to be making it more difficult for us to get tested for COVID-19 despite record numbers of cases. It’s hard not to conclude that all our sacrifices have been for nothing.

Budget sleight of hand does not address women’s issues We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 14, 2021 — 12.04am Save Normal text size Credit: One of the illusions from the federal budget appears to be that allocated funding such as for childcare and domestic violence are lumped in the “women’s basket” which rightly should be for families and the wider community (“First step of long journey for women”, ...

Consent classes must be carefully constructed March 18, 2021 — 12.03am Normal text size Credit: Great suggestions from Fiona Martin for teaching protective behaviours at preschool age and consent education in Year 7 (“Start consent classes by year 7: Liberal MP”, March 17). It will take more than inserts into the existing curriculum, however. Barriers such as funding for teacher training (not synthetic online courses), education of resistant elements in the community and a general accep...

A generous offer from a friend of science We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 17, 2021 — 9.00pm Normal text size Advertisement Nola Tucker is blooming impressed: “How very clever of nature to produce all those lovely pink flannel flowers after the bushfires. Here in Kiama after all that smoke-affected heat last year, my garden produced the most amazing variety of weeds; none of them especially attractive like the Blue Mountains bona...

Kellys false cures are hard to swallow We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss January 15, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit: Why wont the PM condemn the absurd assertions of Craig Kelly MP and others about coronavirus remedies, as the Chief Medical Officer has done ("MPs COVID-19 posts get medical rebuke", January 14)? Its as former PM John Howard said about one of his opponents: "he doesnt have the ticker". Joe Goozeff, Leura Id love to...

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