Your say: week beginning August 17

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Monday August 17 “We have long wondered why there has never been any change to politicians being paid when they do not attend parliament when it is sitting.

Ordinary Australians would lose their jobs if they did not attend as often as some Queensland pollies.

We understand that there should be personal and sick leave but not leave for politicking.

When parliament sits we feel all MPs should be present to represent the people who have voted them in.

Is this something the Conversation could take up through their pages?” Danny and Kerrie Green, NSW “The new arrangement for forcing big tech to pay Australian media is better than nothing, but excluding AI and risking further concentration of our media landscape means it’s not all positive.

Perhaps even more important in the long run is how Meta pays for controversial content .

Sites have rules about dealing with undesirable content; the question is whether their payment systems undermine them.” Gary Barnes, NSW