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Boys clubs circles leader with a target on her back We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 27, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit: The boys are back in the ALP as they attempt to force Jodi McKay out of office and hold a ballot that excludes Labor Party members at large (“I won’t go, says McKay, as MP quits over dossier”, May 26). When the stench of corruption from the Obeid years still hangs over Labor in NSW, they have as leader a woman who stood up to the boys in the ALP at the cost of her seat in Parliament. That takes cour...

Make a resident president but only by appointment We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 6, 2021 — 12.10am Save Normal text size Credit:Getty Images I rarely agree with Amanda Vanstone. However, I do agree wholeheartedly with her republican sentiments (“Royal problems won’t help republicans”, April 5) and the model she proposes. Like her, I prefer a mostly ceremonial head of state (like we currently have) with political decisions being made in the Parliament and not, potentially, at the whim of a popularly-elected nar...

Housing price stimulation only reinforces inequality February 19, 2021 — 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit:The Age The government’s insistence on doing everything possible to stimulate housing prices certainly bolsters its electoral chances but, in the process, it is accentuating and cementing inequality (“How to stop the house price madness”, February 18). Clearly, those homeowners who own their homes outright and have good income are able to help their children enter the housing market. On the other side, an increasing proportion of low-income households are being loc...

Coal money can not replace the loss of drinking water We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss January 13, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit:Cathy Wilcox When the next drought comes, from where will we source replacement water for what has disappeared into the void beneath our catchments, $100 million or not (‘‘Coal miner offers $100m to counter water losses from its mine’’, January 12)? Frank McGrath, Bulli I am having difficulty in understanding how $100 million will prevent cracks, subsidence and water loss and yet still allow th...