Your say: week beginning October 5

From the Editors Published: October 4, 2026 4:06pm EDT George Chan/AAP, Hinterhaus Productions/Getty. The Conversation 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 October 5 “The new Greens leader seems to have more ‘fire in the belly’ and in that sense more of a match to Pauline Hanson and will certainly have more sensible policies. But if what Pauline is selling is anger itself and that now matches Australians’ rising anger this century, having been trained on the outrage from the algorithms, sensible policies alone may not work.” Gary Barnes, Mosman NSW FoTC “As the 86-year-old mother of two beautiful baby boys, I see a huge gap in reasons for reduced birth rates in Viva Hammer’s research. I never had to consider the existential threat of global warming plus the potential horrors of AI. I did worry about the threat of war (my babies were born in 1969 and 1970). Would I contemplate a baby today? I don’t know. But I do know I understand the reasoning of those who decide, on grounds of future frightening scenarios, not to procreate.” Judy Hardy-Holden, Doonan, QLD Previous post Published: September 27, 2026 Your say: week beginning September 28 Want to write? Write an article and join a growing community of more than 234,200 academics and researchers from 5,629 institutions. Register now