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Changing positions
Changing positionsBRENDAN Nelson's constantly changing positions on an emissions trading policy rivals the Kama Sutra - with far less pleasure, I imagine. Neville Garner, BlairgowrieDR NELSON failed to persuade his shadow ministry to join him in adopting the emissionary position.Ron Burnstein, Mount Eliza RE "NELSON rolled on emissions" (The Age, 30/7). Hey Brendan, someone has to sleep on the wet patch!Peter Dodds, MontmorencyTHE federal Coalition's climate change policy seems to change about as often and suddenly as Melbourne's weather.Monty Arnhold, MelbourneBRENDAN Nelson accuses the Rudd Government of "rushing its response to climate change"? Well, thank God somebody is finally in a hurry! Time is moving on, Dr Nelson. Try and keep up.Lisa Greenaway, East MelbournePoliticsTHE depression has started, ANZ is but one indicator, but the federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, says the Titanic is unsinkable. The most civilised are delusional.Gavin Date, Marleston, SAWE NEED Peter Costello as opposition leader so he can win the next election. Australia needs good leadership and Costello is the only guy around who knows how to run this country.Tom Wilcox, Kew THE ALP seems to have performed another backflip. This time on mandatory detention. It was Paul Keating's government that introduced it more than a decade ago. Furthermore, the ALP offered little resistance when later in opposition. Jack Mott, CraigieburnKEVIN Rudd's "education revolution" should begin with his and the Opposition front bench's. Not one politician is a friend of the full stop, if their recent efforts at explaining an emissions trading scheme are anything to go by. Graeme Rankin, Holder, ACTFurthermoreCATHERINE Deveny (Comment & Debate, 30/7), loving your child is not enough. They have to feel that you love them and know that they (and their siblings) are more important than anything else in your life.Julette Alexander, South YarraAMAZING! A Catherine Deveny column with no sneering! I am coming to think that, like a little child, all Deveny really wants is to know that she is loved. The Age, like a good grandparent, will no doubt indulge her desires by continuing to provide her with column space. David Schutz, Boronia GOOD riddance, Starbucks, take your awful coffee and go back to the rat hole you came from.Matt Smith, BeaumarisTHE Rudd Government with its alcopops tax thinks that teenagers might stop drinking and go play Scrabble (Letters, 30/7)? I've hit 65 and managed to do both for years.Bob Graham, HawthornPENSION off AFL coaches Malthouse and Matthews (The Age, 29/7)? Maybe. Pension off Robert Walls? Definitely.Keith Robinson, Glen Waverley
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