“The Australian” is an outstanding paper. I subscribe online and buy paper copies of some issues to send to my family in Nhulunbuy, NT. My only concern is that writing to the editor is a waste of time because very little gets through to publication. I can accept that because I am a very old man and not an important person in the scheme of things. I write a lot in online comments and am bemused at times by being ‘not approved’ when what I write is the absolute truth.