LtE 31/1

In 2011 there was a huge truck convoy that converged on Canberra. The media hid it from most Australians. 11 years on, people are much more connected, and another truck convoy is building. Everyone will know about this one and if the media hides it that fact will stock out like a sore thumb. Mechanic, Smithfield

I love that the bloke with baseball bat scared the recidivist youth offenders out of his house, but if he'd cracked a skull he'd have been the one arrested - not the criminal. Thanks, Labor, you pack of complete morons. Ex-ALP Voter, Cairns

There aren't "hundreds" of trucks in Ottawa - there's tens of thousands (CP, 31-1). It's the largest convoy in world history. That said, well done to our local paper for reporting it when Canadian media has been mostly gagged by their government. Carl, Speewah

Governments and media companies in the UK and EU are starting to walk back the covid alarmism and are apologizing for going too far and for not critically analyzing facts and evidence. But they're not in NZ, Canada or Australia. The Canadian government has pushed its people too far and the PM is now hiding from the massive truck convoy now in Ottawa. Trucker, Cairns

If hospitals and ambulances services aren't being expanded (CP, 31/1), why are we bringing in 200,000 immigrants this year? Won't that just make wait times worse? Frank, Caravonica

The entire plague of car crime was brought to you by state ALP policies. You can send them your thoughts by putting their federal branch last at the coming federal election. Voter, Edmonton


If the govt actually hated us and wanted to kill us and our parents and our children, they could do it by hypnotising us with a virus scare and then p*ssing truckies off to the point they stopped delivering to supermarkets so you starved. Right now, thousands of truckies are heading to Canberra to protest govt virus rules. You won't starve yet, but you still might. Ken, Caravonica

I rarely agree with Barnaby Joyce, but I do on one thing - people aren't dying "from" covid, they're dying "with" covid. But to be fair, let's get a Royal Commission under way with just one term of reference - to thoroughly test both sides of every covid claim. Cliff, Mareeba

Troops have been skirmishing on the Russia-Ukraine border for over eight years. Ukrainians are not bothered by an "imminent invasion". That's a beat-up by the failing Biden administration to distract from the domestic problems it's created. Fyodor, Earlville

Actually, Aunty (31/1), nobody needs a "mask exemption" because the federal Disability Discrimination Act overrides state mandates and laws. See section 6 and section 23. The DDA wasn't nullified by the contrived covid alarm. Disability Advocate, Cairns


Rightio, after a decade of artificially-suppressed interest rates, our ridiculous RBA wants to raise rates when our economy has been smashed by covid mandates and rules. Why does our publicly-owned RBA always move in lock step with the privately-owned US federal reserve? Michael, Woree

Professor Peter Ridd is a Townsville-based marine sediment expert. He was sacked for calling out the falsehoods spread by certain people who are dependent on scare stories about the Reef for a living. That billion dollars comes from our pockets - and we have more important things to spend it on, such as roads, bridges, hospitals and dams. Knowlesy, Freshwater

If the ALP and LNP had not worked together to remove our ancient common law right to defend ourselves, our families and our property, we wouldn't have the home invading car thief problem because they wouldn't take the risk. Juss Sayen, Cairns


There's a very good reason why lead-acid battery production is increasing (CP, 31/01) at a time when lithium-based batteries are so heavily promoted. Lead-acid chemistry was invented 162 years ago, has been time-tested, and the components are readily recyclable. Electrical Engineer, Brinsmead


Journalism standards have already slipped badly in the internet era. Even the Cairns Post's staff seem unaware of its own Code of Ethics. Training by Google (31/01) will kill the paid media stone dead. Sir Keith would be turning in his grave. Old Bloke, Manoora

Malcolm Elliot, (31/1), if your 12yo son gets myocarditis from the covid vaccine he'll likely be dead within 10 years. Myocarditis cases in Aussie boys have risen from 2 per year to 800 in less than a year of covid vaccinations. All schools need to dump all the covid mandates. Parent, Whitfield

Minister Bailey (CP, 31/01). There's nothing deceptive about the name "Bridle Track". That's the name of an old road that veers left off the Davies Creek Road about 1km in. It's part of the central Cairns-Tableland route I've advocated since 1999. (It's nice that Bob Katter has belatedly come on board.) Higgs, Tolga