Last Post, February 8 - The Australian

NOW that Julia Gillard has declared Labor will never put a new tax on superannuation lump sums and pensions for those older than 60, this 70-year-old is more worried than ever.

John McIntyre, Toowoomba, Qld

Julia Gillard says there will be no carbon tax under a government she leads and what followed was a carbon tax. She says there will be no tax from our government on withdrawals from super funds. Yeah, righto!

Mike Holloway, Cape Schanck, Vic

Around the time Julia Gillard was championing the carbon tax as important Labor policy - making coal public enemy number one - NSW Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid was busily investing in the coal business. Who does a Labor follower follow?

Michael Gray, Dee Why, NSW

Bob Carr couldn't shut up about James Ashby, but he's a deaf mute about his former colleague in the NSW parliament, Eddie Obeid.

David Meredith, Singleton, NSW

I enjoyed Peter Nicholson's cartoon about Kevin Rudd's bones (7/2). Will they become holy relics?

John R. Wilson, Daisy Dell, Tas

Surely comments such as Craig Emerson's "Troppo Tony" should attract a greater penalty than a mild rebuke from a Labor Speaker. Penalties such as a week's absence, for instance? No hope of getting this actioned, of course, since most of the abuse is from Labor ranks.

Peter Troy, Kingston, Tas

Craig Emerson and Penny Wong have clearly plagiarised The Daily Telegraph which carried the headline "Tony goes troppo" above the story about Tony Abbott's imaginative idea.

John Lang, Canberra, ACT

While watching question time, it became blindingly obvious that the government thinks those of us watching are completely stupid.

Janene Ford, Bli Bli, Qld

How can anyone be surprised at the revelations that sport is tainted by drugs, match-fixing and crime? Where there's money there will be dodgy dealings and to think that we are too pure to be involved shows naivety.

Philip Squire, Ashgrove, Qld

Someone should explain to the footy clubs that the AFL's drug policies cover performance enhancing drugs, not just party drugs. It's not rocket science, but it does seem to have become sports science.

Terry Griffin, Adelaide, SA

In sport as in politics, the ethos seems to be the end justifies the means, provided you're not caught.

Tim Fatchen, Mount Barker, SA