Cost-of-living pressures,leader gaffes,hopeful teal independents,and controversial candidates all attracted reader attention over the six weeks of the 2022 election campaign. Here’s a selection of your comments.
National cabinet’s plan to give Australians a clear path out of life under COVID restrictions raised many questions among readers. While for some the end of restrictions couldn’t come soon enough.
Having watched violent anti-lockdown protests unfold on their city streets,readers shared their frustrations at those who flouted the restrictions,but also those in power.
With the Tokyo Olympics upon us after many setbacks in a global pandemic,readers debated Australia’s medal prospects but also revealed different levels of enthusiasm for the Games proceeding.
Readers applauded Ash Barty not only for her victory but for her sportsmanship,saying she’d made all Australians proud. Others also celebrated Dylan Alcott’s win in the quad wheelchair singles final.
In an edited extract of her new book former Liberal MP Julia Banks told of being inappropriately touched by a male minister at an event in the prime minister’s wing. While some readers were speechless,others said they weren’t surprised. Banks was applauded for being candid about her experiences in Canberra.
Readers respond to Barnaby Joyce being fined for not wearing a mask,Britney Spears’ bizarre legal battle and whether we will ever find life beyond our planet.
Barnaby Joyce’s return as Nationals leader and deputy Prime Minister had readers debating if he was a changed man after three years on the backbench.
With renewed focus on PM Scott Morrison’s friendship with QAnon follower Tim Stewart this week,readers shared how they managed such relationships in fraught times.
When news surfaced the dual Brownlow medallist declined the AFL’s invitation to be admitted into the hall of fame,emotions bubbled to the surface.