On federal politics
M.G.B (CP, 23/10). Three Liberal PMs in five years? You Labor people have short memories don’t you? What period was Rudd-Gillard-Rudd over? And the only reason your chief clown is still running Labor is because Rudd made it impossible to remove them, be they idiots or not. Bill, Mooroobool These TV ads on respect for women using child actors are pure politics of division. But somehow the Liberals still can’t work out why their vote is collapsing. Miss T, Tolga More journalists live in Wentworth (CP, 23/10) than in the five federal seats from Bundaberg North. That’s why we see such huge media interest in that weird little by-election. Scotty, Gordonvale Really. Dr Phelps is elected and her first course of action is not to serve the electorate where she boarded the gravy train, but to get more publicity for herself and assist illegal queue jumpers in Nauru. Icarus, Atherton I hate to say it but Earl (CP, 23/10) is right. The Liberals will be flogged at the next election. Their latest polling is dreadful. Yet they still haven’t twigged that their drift to the left is the reason. Higgs, Tolga Turnbull said he’d quit parliament if dumped as PM. The Liberals dumped him anyway and now blame him for Wentworth loss. Turnbull kept his word. The Libs are architect of their own stupidity and the polls are much worse under Morrison. Terry, Kanimbla Turncoat ex-PM back in Australia. Walked out, with no responsibility, turned his back on his electorate. He should have been refused entry at the airport. He and his son’s rants in many other countries would almost be called treason against the government. Viv, Earlville and levels of intellect. But it is the colour of your heart that makes you what you are. Norm, Cairns Queenslanders are odd people. Whinge about plastic bags, then spend hundreds of dollars at the same stores buying plastic Halloween crap. Amazing priorities. David, Holloways Beach Oh, what a confusing world we are now living in Rita, but there is a simple answer. Let there be a transgender-only category, both ex-male and ex-female, and see how they fare against each other. It should pretty much balance out, I’d say. Beth, Kanimbla Headless crocs the work of hunters. So who’s killing these crocs? I reckon kill all the crocodiles and provide croc meat. Janelle, Woree Interesting fact: the demographic that has been hammered all through school with the fake “battle against waste” (CP, 23/10) is the most likely to litter as young adults. Pterodactyl Trev, Cairns Twenty-one new battery-electric car charging stations (CP, 23/10) will be ultimately paid for by taxpayers so wealthy people can pose around in expensive, impractical cars with immature technology. Fast chargers impose a huge demand on the grid. Get rid of coal and battery-electric cars will soon be, literally, stranded assets. Mic, Cairns