Your say: week beginning July 28

Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au

Monday July 28

Reality check

“We have changed the climate of a whole planet and damaged every single habitat on earth. Net zero by 2050 is delusional. Have politicians and the media not been paying attention for the last 50 years? Me buying an EV is not going to refreeze the ice caps. Unfortunately reality does not bite, reality sucks.”

Steve Bentley, Camira QLD

Childcare penalties

“Cutting funding to childcare providers in breach indicates a very poor understanding of both human and organisational behaviour. Such a threat is more likely to motivate ‘keeping mum’ than reporting suspicious behaviours. A more effective incentive to report would be to adopt the Royal Commission into Child Abuse recommendation to hold directors and managers personally liable for breaches.”

Karl Smith

We love snail mail!

“As a visitor to New Zealand, I was recently horrified by its supermarket prices which seem to be about a third higher than Australia. This only makes sense to me if goods are sent via Australia, thereby adding extra costs. Since wages in NZ are lower than here, is there a rational explanation?”

Julia Bovard, via Australia Post