Zali Steggall can hardly do much in politics

That means it forms government and sets the legislative agenda.

It will be another unhappy three years for you. The quiet Australians have spoken. Get over it.

Zali Stegall presented herself as a liberal independent, but also confirmed she had never voted Liberal in her life. She received extensive support from GetUp, and also the Labor party, and won Warringah, which is a very affluent electorate, and a safe Liberal seat for decades.

I repeat the obvious. She has no connection with the government, and her friends in the house are likely to be back bench Labor members with time on their hands and Adam Bandt whose climate change policies she supports.

So, for Zali, I predict a boring three years away for months from her family, with no achievements of any kind.

I suspect she will be a one term wonder. Her seat will go back to the Liberals at the next election because she can't deliver anything.

The second Spit crossing, be it another bridge or a tunnel, will not happen while Zali is there.

I fully agree with Steve Evans's opinion column ("Israel Folau has it wrong, but don't gag him", canberratimes.com.au, June 27). However, I believe that nobody (except perhaps Rugby Australia) is trying to restrict Israel's right to express his religious beliefs. On the contrary, he has demeaned himself by his own greed.

Evans sources Israel Folau's verse to one of St Paul's letter to the Corinthians, namely: "Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the "greedy" nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God?"

Yes, greed, it would appear, is one of the sins St Paul listed in his letter. Paradoxically it does not appear in Israel's post. Why? Why is a multi-millionaire asking poor Christians to pay for his mistake (sin)?

As a Christian and a Brumbies Rugby supporter I noticed the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) wasted no time in filling the funding gap for Israel Folau to take Rugby Australia to court.

This is despite the fact it would appear Israel has done well enough out of three football codes to fund his own legal costs.

Alternatively the ACL could consider raising funds to help compensate those physically and sexually abused by priests, teachers and other church workers.

Christian institutions have carefully hidden and denied the abuse. Their tardiness, and often reluctance, to provide adequate compensation beggars belief.

Charlie Samuel (Letters, June 25) states we are, after America, the most selfish nation on earth.

I think Charlie might be distorting the facts a little to suit his political bias.

The Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index 2017 illustrates Australia as a generous nation, 9th (out of 139) in the world in terms of donating money.

America is in the top rank as well.

According to the Parliament Of Australia website Australia has been involved in the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) resettlement program since 1977 and has consistently ranked as one of the top three resettlement countries in the world. America also ranks highly.

It would be heartening if the ACT Greens MLAs could put effort into ensuring that the current light rail set up, that they wanted so badly, can accommodate the volume of passengers living in the inner north and also those wishing to bring bicycles on board.

One wonders if the Greens' current focus on e-scooters ("Scooters on our roads?" June 25 ), and any governmental review of e-scooter use and regulation, will consider the likely impacts of many private scooter owners wanting to take their devices on board the already congested rail transit service between Gungahlin and the CBD and network feeder buses.

This is but one issue Kurrajong MLAs may wish to consider when identifying new transport network improvements, including more efficient light rail connections, that are needed to better support public transport users across their electorate.

Re: "Noisy drones face restrictions", (canberratimes.com.au, June 18).

On behalf of the thousands of unwitting Australians whose lives were severely disturbed and disrupted by Project Wing's operation may I suggest that in the future the responsible ACT Government ministers use themselves as the guinea pigs for such things, that all Australian laws are adhered to and that all government agencies involved are cognisant of the laws under their own jurisdictions.

These laws exist to protect the Australian public from outcomes such as these.

Many government agencies, whose job it was to protect the Australian public, failed to do so in regards to the Project Wing air navigation operations in Australia.

They include the ACT Government.

The Coalition is hell bent on giving the rich people a tax cut from 2024.

The electorates have given the government another three years to run the economy, not five years.

They cannot lock in something beyond their current term which ends in 2022.

There is no guarantee that the economy will perform well by that time considering the international political and economic situations.

Also, a tax cut for the low income group stimulates the local economy because it is usually spent on local products such as food and other essentials.

A tax cut for the rich people more than often ends up being spent on luxury items such as foreign travel, expensive cars and cigars.

That does not stimulate the Australian economy.

It is not spent on local commodities.

Voters do not want the economy to suffer a morning after hangover as a result of an ill considered government adventure.

So now the ACT government is wheeling out the greater threats of fines and jail for those homeowners who have not obtained asbestos contamination reports.

These homeowners have already paid for these reports previously.

They are expected to keep on obtaining reports and paying for them all because they haven't "surrendered" their homes for destruction.

God help the 65,000 homeowners who have asbestos lagged hot water pipes.

I'm guessing they'll be the next target.

In the past, when I have been asked to state my religion on a form, I have written "Anglican".

This will no longer be the case.

I am horrified by the extraordinary hypocrisy of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney who says that Israel Folau's treatment "smacks of a new and ugly Australia".

I wish to sever any tenuous ties I might have had with a church that supports such a stance.

I am confused, because I thought Christianity was supposed to be a religion of love, not hate.

My idea of a "new and ugly Australia" is one wherein there is no tolerance of homosexuality or atheism.

The very fact that Folau adds those two groups in amongst drunks, adulterers and liars smacks of gross intolerance, bigotry and hate.

Freedom of speech, freedom of worship and freedom to live according to faith are, indeed, the backbone of our democratic society.

However with these freedoms come responsibilities.

They include being supportive and tolerant of others who might be different from ourselves.

I am grateful to Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black who understands that speaking out against homosexuality is not only extremely hurtful, but potentially dangerous.

At least there is someone out there who remembers the lessons of our not-too distant history.

It was nice to hear the new Governor-General extol the virtues of Australians' concern for the "common good" and the "community". What a pity his speech was followed by the debate on how big tax cuts should be, irrespective of wealth or income.

Folau believes he is doing God's work in quoting 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 to warn homosexuals (and many others) they will go to hell. He is happy to ignore Matthew 19:23-24 which teaches that the same fate applies to the rich.

Jack Waterford's article ("Pyne turning public role to private profit", canberratimes.com.au, June 29) shows how clearly some politicians seem unable to realise what may be legally right can, at the same time, be morally and ethically wrong.

Folau's crowd funding campaigns are insurance against the strong possibility of Israel losing in the courts. If that happens he'll get to be a martyr in the eyes of his supporters without having had to put his hand in his own pocket to cover his legal expenses.

I have just watched the Logies. Thank you Kerry O'Brien. That's all I have to say.

If a political party advocates lowering all tax to a flat 20 per cent and pushes for the re-introduction of capital punishment and then gets into government does it have a mandate for all of its policies in total?

So the Logies are now a joke with Tom Gleeson taking out the Gold Logie. Why is this news? The nomination of MAFS for a Logie was the final nail in the coffin. The awards have been a joke for a long time.

If it turns out he has done something wrong then I am sure Christopher (Pyne) will fix it. After all, didn't he keep reminding us he's a fixer and he fixes things?

The Trump visit to North Korea is a case of the mountain going to the dung-hill. It is easy to guess the result.

Trump back flipped on Huawei and China. Nobody should take any notice of this man or whatever he says.

Scomo says everyone knows what he stands for. But he just won an election supporting very few specific policies, with endless criticisms of Labor. His responses are reactive, and often deceptive and incomplete.

Forget the blow torch Christina ("Keneally violent and vulgar, Letters, June 28). Shirtfront Dutton a la Tony's threat to Putin.

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