His resignation announcement was just a further insult to the intelligence of Australians stuck with paying him. 

I am no fan of Pauline Hanson but his obvious jibe that he was better than her, and therefore worth more than her, because he ran a bigger business is a disgrace. He may as well have been saying that to all of Australia. 

The increased profits in parts of Australia Post are down to the boom in online shopping and the CEO had nothing to do with that. What he did do was oversaw the parcel delivery division start using a multitude of tendered subcontractors who then further subcontracted the deliveries to disadvantaged migrants who were then paid a pittance of what they should have been.

When confronted with the revelation he said it had nothing to do with him or Australia Post. More arrogance. This arrogance in our large private and public company management ranks, as well as our political leadership, is becoming mainstream and is utterly distasteful and abhorrent. 

I can only hope that a generation more savvy than mine will bring them to heel in the not too distant future. Australia was always touted as being a classless society. I would not vouch for that these days. 

The Royal Commission on institutional responses to child sexual abuse highlights the exchange rate between Australian values  and the standing of religious institutions. However it also heralds a much wider social investigation assessing the damage from faith-based prejudice and discrimination, and challenging the gothic seat at the contemporary national table.

On Friday night “Equal Voices” hosted a national apology at St James Church in  Sydney, asking Christians and their churches to request forgiveness from LGBTIQ friends for not speaking out against discrimination, and for historic and continuing harm.

However, despite a series of apologies, discrimination and prejudice continues unabated “transubstantiating” as unapologetic opposition to marriage equality and diversity through safe schools with missiles from the religious right fired by such luminaries as Lyle Shelton, Margaret Court and a “pride of prelates” from legislatively protected safe havens.

While Islamic fundamentalism has been under the spotlight, local Christian fundamentalism has not yet been called to account for the damage that religious privilege curiously sponsors in secular Australia.

We faith-based groups, recognising the damage of the past have a responsibility to reassess the havoc that literal readings of the bible have wrought on minorities and the damage not just from child abuse but from institutional prejudice.

Religious exemptions, fleeing congregations and liturgical apologies are not sufficient to atone for centuries of suffering; conservative religious institutions should surrender their political weapons to prevent continuing acts of abuse, brutality and injustice being played out in the name of a loving God.

I write to agree wholeheartedly with Bill Whitham (‘One VIP tops all’, The Border Mail, February 27). Phar Lap did more for Australia and its people than any royal or political big wig that ever has or will pass through Albury’s rail station. The Kiwis can have their pavlova, they can take back Russell Crowe. They can have Kylie Minogue if they like. But they can’t have our Phar Lap.