Letters & Editorial

The fault is the media’s also. It entertains the nonsense, repeats it until it is real. It pretends there is debate where there is none. It leans too heavily on conflict. It mistakes credulity for balance. It is in these false equivalences that Peter Dutton finds his purpose.

Angus Taylor clearly did not want to be there. The nervous laugh, the rapidly evaporating expressions showed his discomfort. How must it feel to stand before a roomful of your colleagues and journalists and know you have nothing to say?

Twenty-two years ago, Janet Albrechtsen was especially concerned about the survivors of rape. This should be unremarkable, except for the writing that followed.