Labor must have something to offer

Labor’s new-found preference for pragmatism over purity, as outlined by Paul Bongiorno (“Don’t blame me, it’s the other bloke’s fault”, July 31–August 6), needs to look beyond supporting the government’s tax cuts. Labor can only justify abandoning its principles if it has something better to offer. It must go further than merely trading on the Coalition’s failings in regard to the pandemic and deal with areas such as environmental and resources policy, aged-care reform, proper funding of the NDIS, enacting an integrity commission, for instance. More than enough ammunition there to shred the Coalition’s sails and sink its empty vessel.

– Jenifer Nicholls, Armadale, Vic