It occurs to me that if a firm withdrew its baked beans (one more wanted Australian useful resource) from supermarket cupboards in notify in self belief to force up the price, the Australian Competitors and Shopper Commission would act so rapid that the firm would no longer know what had hit it. The keep is the ACCC on vitality?
Maurie Trewhella, Hoppers Crossing
Taking half in profit-pushed corporations at their very gather gameOf course, energy corporations will “exploit the market”. They are profit-maximising corporations and their shareholders ask of them to originate essentially the most of any alternatives. The market wants extra renewables where the non everlasting, marginal cost of producing electrical energy is nearly zero and so there could be much less incentive to withhold any electrical energy from the market.
Gerry O’Reilly, Camberwell
Dinky good judgment in working lights in empty buildingsIs it too simplistic to shock if turning off lighting in unmanned command of business structures at some level of the city and suburbs, and turning off extra than one televisions in shops, would help to preserve electrical energy?
Claire Hogan, Northcote
Labor’s duty now, however it’s no longer too blameSo, fair correct to make, Peter Dutton is blaming the Labor authorities for the vitality crisis. Why? Effectively, because he says it has “spooked” the vitality market by transitioning to renewables “too rapid”.
Despite the undeniable truth that his assertion that renewables were rising too rapid is purely correct – and that is controversial – he have to be aware that the of us most liable for the debacle were sitting subsequent to him on the Coalition frontbench for some nine years.
Labor has inherited the mess and is now liable for cleansing it up. Alternatively, it defies all good judgment to claim the ALP introduced on it while in opposition where it modified into powerless to implement the mandatory legislation or pull the wanted regulatory levers.
Kevin Bailey, Croydon
Our lack of a ’cohesive and logical opinion” for powerOn the data this week, I heard Anthony Albanese blame the previous authorities for that you just’re going to be ready to imagine energy blackouts.
High Minister, you can have to apportion blame equally between Labor, the Greens, the anti-coal “cult” and the used authorities for no longer providing a cohesive and logical opinion for the methodology we generate energy.
Accumulate and implement alternatives and then keep away with coal. We’re being governed by non-thinkers.
Penny Hamilton, Shepparton
FORUMIt’s time to give up, CrownCan we most certainly spend the elevated awareness of the scarcity of gas to give up, or on the least disgrace, Crown Casino for its unlock of gas flames from its towers on the Yarra River every hour from 6pm to 2am.
The casino has been an unconscionable spend of fossil fuel since its advent in the 1990s. It is alleged that it uses as great gas because the City of Ballarat, nonetheless this could most certainly perhaps also very successfully be an city delusion. The flames would be modified by ingenious, LED-gentle shows on the towers themselves if the cause is to produce some level of vacationer appeal.
Lecki Ord, Melbourne
Environmental crimeThe Albert Park circuit will host the Australian Huge Prix until on the least 2035 (The Age, 16/6).
If the Andrews authorities if reality be told wished to be on the forefront of action on climate, it would gather junked the flee: a showcase of fossil-fuel recklessness and environmental vandalism.
Despite the undeniable truth that every vehicle were electric, the GP have to be condemned. It encourages speeding, it promotes consumption of a risky drug, it consumes public parklands and it exalts ruin of every kind.
The quite quite loads of tens of thousands and thousands of public money which fits into staging this spectacle yearly is sickening. Motor racing is an environmental crime masquerading as sport.
Cleave Legge, Taggerty
Recklessly blazing awayA television file on that you just’re going to be ready to imagine blackouts, with the reporter on the bank of the Yarra River, help-grounded by every CBD constructing and ground ablaze with lights. An example of corporate Australia being very “them and us”, all over again.
Gerry Lonergan, Reservoir
Our forgotten homelessOver the long weekend, I visited Melbourne. My household and I were deeply insecure and saddened by how many other folks were homeless, left to beg for their wellbeing in the ineffective of winter. For sure, with the wealth Melbourne has, there have to be companies to help them.
Jenna Lockley, West Hindmarsh, SA
The haves and gather notsThe Gorgeous Work Commission has awarded low-paid workers their excellent pay upward thrust in 16 years (The Age, 16/6). I’m to know what magnify in remuneration these criticising the commission’s resolution are getting and what productiveness increases they’ve dropped at account for that.
The identical applies to all executives and board people all the procedure by the financial system. Transparency would be factual on this regard, and so I dispute that my total remuneration from three boards has elevated by 0.4 per cent in the past two years.
David Hanna, Collingwood
The factual to a fine wageEmployer groups claim that the Gorgeous Work Commission’s resolution to award low-paid workers a pay upward thrust will lead to industry closures. Businesses that can handiest feature by no longer paying their staff a residing wage deserve no sympathy.
Peter Carlin, Frankston South
Extra effort for businessesIt is all thoroughly for Jessica Irvine to notify, “the commission determined a 5.2 per cent magnify in the minimum wage bill could most certainly perhaps also certainly be shouldered by corporations, and that appears about factual” (The Age, 16/6).
Many tiny corporations were under huge wretchedness to discontinuance financially afloat over the last two years, with lockdowns and now many workers level-headed no longer help of their offices. Most most certainly these struggling corporations are not ready to accommodate the crisis in fuel and vitality charges on high of the wage upward thrust. It could most certainly perhaps have to were introduced in over two years.
Helen Leach, Bendigo
General, a truly factual dealRe “Lecturers give up union over pay deal” (The Age, 16/6). So on the entire in the past, the Australian Training Union bargained away (with the agreement of its people) prerequisites in change for money.
It modified into refreshing to be taught that the AEU had, on this most up-to-date event, bargained help efficiently on beforehand misplaced, very treasured prerequisites.
I am hoping the lovely resolve on improved prerequisites is rarely any longer diminished in the entire publicity about the very tiny pay magnify.
Elizabeth Wirtz, Kilcunda
The finest educationAll ladies must stagger to single-sex faculties. All boys have to stagger to co-ed faculties. Wait, what? Both these strategies gather advantage nonetheless can not happen on the identical time. Discuss. Only a opinion…
Meredith Doig, St Kilda
Inclusivity in languageAmerican vacationer Matt Moss, why consult with “spinster” theatregoers – “Protect for solo patrons in designate row” (Arts, 16/6) – with its connotations of “extinct maid”? Why no longer “single” theatregoers to be extra inclusive?
Dianne Lewis, Mount Martha
Take care of the be aware challengesDA’s quickly crossword (Puzzles, 3/6) launched us to contronyms – for instance, “joins/splits”, with the acknowledge being “cleaves”.
I felt ecstatic when professor of linguistics Kate Burridge (Comment, 15/6) defined that a contronym is a be aware with two reverse meanings. Good match.
Protect fascinating us, DA, along with your mind busters, and thanks, Kate, to your luminous article.
Helen Clements, Mount Waverley
The feature of the linguistAs an unashamed “traditionalist”, I even gather exchanged views in the past with the admirable Kate Burridge on the feature of skilled linguists. My argument is that they have to be troubled no longer fair correct to file language changes, nonetheless to contemplate of whether changes can lead to poverty of language itself, and so that you just’ll want to ambiguity.
Poverty? I bear in mind fascinating Kate on the undeniable truth that the entire lot this day, from the platypus to the parson’s nose, is “great”. She said, “It’s an endemic.” Ideally suited, so the linguist have to be at hand with a syringe.
Ambiguity? Politicians all over the arena are inclined to claim “I modified into misquoted” when if reality be told they were bent on deliberate obfuscation. Words can ruin. Linguists are no longer medical doctors, nonetheless they’ll reasonably be expected to be nurses.
Harvey Mitchell, Castlemaine
Breaching our total rightsWe presume that some major stores are using covert, face imaging to identify shoplifters.
It is on the entire said by investigating authorities that in the event you retain no longer gather the rest to veil, you retain no longer gather the rest to horror about. This reverses the onus of proof for criminal offending.
Ancient past has shown that proof of identification is also wrong. Worse, that is a private, industrial database. Who knows what else it can probably most certainly perhaps also very successfully be ancient for or who can access it?
Who scrutinises its security and legitimacy on behalf of customers? We must no longer condone or acquiesce with using digital invasion which critically risks breaching total simply rights to privateness and innocence.
Cheri Lee, criminal barrister, Brunswick East
For sure our civic dutyI modified into to be taught that the recent program, Trial and Error, “turns the spotlight on the jury and how suited other folks are to take a seat in judgment” (Greenguide, 16/6).
Not too long ago I modified into summoned for jury service. I modified into insecure by the behaviour of some of us in the jury pool – ie, pointing out loudly and frequently that they did not are attempting to be there, no longer working out total instructions from the supervisor (I do know because I modified into approached to imprint what had been said) and announcing they wished the trial to be over with.
All of the above progressed to the courtroom while I, disappointingly did no longer. I had frequently assumed that as soon as summoned, you would be joyful to produce your civic duty. How unpleasant (and naive) I modified into.
Samantha Keir, East Brighton
What’s no longer to adore?Your correspondent “understands the have to finally spoil the impasse after nearly two hours of playing and beyond traditional time” nonetheless provides “there could be level-headed something deeply unsatisfying about the penalty shoot-out” (Letters, 14/6).
I contemplate that changing the format is the acknowledge. I’m doubtlessly no longer the vital to counsel it, nonetheless if every match began with a penalty shootout, the outcomes of which would no longer be regarded as except the match resulted in a scheme, there could be incentive for both teams to cope with up playing with corpulent effort until the final whistle.
Plus there would be bonus leisure on the birth of every match. A resolve-resolve.
Designate Weatherseed, Kew
RBA’s mixed messagesWhere is the class action towards the Reserve Bank for appearing too slack on hobby charges and telling debtors that they were no longer going to upward thrust until 2024?
Jeff Waters, Melbourne
A lesson from blood bankExperts are pushing for a nationwide coronavirus database (The Age, 10/6). Presently every command and territory collects info on infections, hospitalisations, deaths and many others individually.
If a nationwide database for blood donors and blood product info modified into performed by 2006 on the Australian Red Putrid Blood Service, completely in 2022 the identical is also carried out for coronavirus infections.
Dr Robert Hetzel, used CEO, Australian Red Putrid Blood Service, 1996 to 2009
Too pricey and complexI modified into as soon as a grand advocate for nuclear vitality, nonetheless now no longer. But no longer thanks to any security fears – such fears gather long since been successfully dealt with. Barely, it is great too expensive and takes some distance too long to implement, whereas the price of the diversified tidy vitality alternatives is shedding and so they would possibly be able to being launched rapid and incrementally. In short, nuclear’s time has passed forward of it ever came.
Brian Wilson, Doncaster East
Time for a disturbing approachWe could most certainly perhaps also fix schooling and successfully being in a single day if all politicians were required to send their kids to public faculties, and so they and their instantaneous families were required to spend public hospitals.
Also, grunt the energy corporations that they have to fix their methods by June 30 to make certain that cheap and loyal energy to all Australians, or their corporations will be nationalised. Pay them out on the written down values of their resources over 20 years.
Jeff Pay, Horsham
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Life mattersWe’ve suffered the pandemic and months of lockdowns. Now now we want to face the harsh reality of lifestyles with out lettuce.
Ron Mather, Melbourne
Lettuce pray.
Reverend Jim Pilmer, Camberwell
Re facial imaging in some stores. Will The Neutral Guys became identified as The Sneaky Guys?
Paul Murchison, Kingsbury
Facial recognition abilities on customers? Neutral after we opinion it can probably most certainly perhaps also simply be trusty to resolve off these masks.
Deborah Morrison, Malvern East
Exhaust of the be aware “unprecedented” has now moved into “uncharted territory”.
Tim Shirley, Benalla
Re Bailey Smith: Who would gather opinion there were that many Bulldog supporters around.
Greg Hardy, Upper Ferntree Gully
PoliticsLettuce or cabbage? Which is fascinating to Peter Dutton wield in parliament when he blames our financial woes on the recent authorities?
Bernd Rieve, Brighton
Assuage Assange, Anthony Albanese.
Pick Hocart, Tyabb
Is Biden if reality be told any extra humane than Trump? Tragically, no longer where Assange is concerned.
Tris Raouf, Hadfield
It modified into very disappointing that Albanese did a gratuitous portray shoot with the Biloela household. Neutral enact your job, please, with out chasing a pat on the help.
Don Moran, Highett
EnergyPrivatisation of the electrical energy is going successfully, isn’t it?
Richard Edlin, Camberwell
The lights are off and everybody appears to be at dwelling.
Francis Bainbridge, Fitzroy North
Would our vitality crisis gather occurred if we had maintained the SEC and no longer privatised our vitality sector? We’re reaping the rewards of our free(ze) enterprise financial system.
Luigi Soccio, Daylesford
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