On other matters
Lightning and power cuts have shown many solar systems aren’t producing grid-quality electricity. Up to 30 per cent of inverters may need replacing to achieve compliance with standards. So who pays? Those who own solar? Or
those who don’t? Mic, Cairns
Don’t believe the LNP lies on negativegearing. It will have no impact on investment properties that are already negative geared. Family Man, Cairns
Robert, (CP, 14/01). So the Labor Party cancelled the car manufacturer’s subsidy each time they were elected did they Robert? Bill, Mooroobool
What is a “low-intensity heatwave”? Is that scare-speak for “a hot day”? Old Jim, Innisfail
Would native rats carrying bubonic plague be protected in the CBD? Why do native bats carrying lyssavirus (CP, 14/01) get a free pass? Miss T, Tolga
Re: Music and drugs festivals (CP, 14/01). “Pill testing” is a foot-in-the-door tactic to get drugs legalised. Alcohol and tobacco are legal and they don’t cause no problems, right? And think of all the lovely tax money from legal drugs. It might even cover the medical costs. Party Girl, Cairns
Want to decrease DV (CP, 14/01)? Reduce tax, regulation and the size of governments and we’ll have more jobs. Jobs reduce the family stresses that result in DV. Peter, Whitfield
I saw the “Study of termites” header (CP, 14/01) and was disappointed it wasn’t an examination of the ex-PM. Woz, Parramatta Park
Germany is heading into an economic recession due to forcing renewables into their energy market. Their “Energiewende” program has seen the trifecta of failure: costs up, grid stability down, CO2 emissions unchanged. Higgs, Tolga
Robert, Earlville (CP, 14/01). All countries including Australia subsidised car making. When Abbott stopped our subsidy, our car manufacturing was exported to countries with subsidies. Abbott stuffed it up, and we lost car making for good. Jobs exported. M.G.B., Kanimbla
Chris Calcino is right: the Nazis were right wing fascists, not socialists. Winston Churchill exposed that lie in “Hitler and his Choice” where he indicted Hitler for proscribing ‘socialists and communists of every hue’. Sean McGinn, Clifton Beach