Yes Duncan Dey (Letters, 27 May), Australia could deliver a full-throated verbal shirtfront that might appease the algorithmically outraged (though I doubt it). But government is not just about warm, fuzzy, feelings and can involve a delicate tightrope of diplomacy, the art of the possible and the fallout for us all in mind. So easy to dismiss from the bleachers!
You may be interested to know that the ADF does have a presence in Gaza to assist UN peacekeeping operations, and liaison officers overseeing civil-military planning, humanitarian aid distribution, and security. But sure – send in the troops! They could hitch a ride with those shiploads of weapons we’re sending over.
Well may you thank the PM for not being Dutton, because it is certainly no thanks to the Greens, who took every opportunity to stifle Labor’s agenda, blocking , endlessly delaying, or watering down progress across housing, aged care, social media influence, the scourge of vapes and dealing with the CFMEU.
Speaking of ‘mute’, how astounding that in all the opinion and analysis of last week’s pages – apart from one backhander – was not one nod to the most significant taxation reform this century, clawing back the disastrously directed largesse of the Howard government. These things can be achieved from government, and hopefully the current Greens will swiftly pass this tax reform legislation.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
