While the Yes campaigners claim it is only about "love" and "equality" the Federal Attorney General's Department has advised that there would need to be approximately sixty consequential changes across twenty five Commonwealth Acts if same sex marriage becomes law.

In the months that have lead up to this point in time many Australian politicians, and much of the Australian media have willfully mislead the Australian public.

They have avoided a central issue. And that is the human rights of a child to have a mother and a father. They have also ignored the importance of adults recognising that a child's needs must come before the desires of older people.

Sadly there has also been no indepth study of what has happened in countries overseas such as in the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA, European countries and New Zealand.

Yes supporters state the world has not come to an end in these countries and Australia needs to catch up.  Paul Kelly of the Australian describes these types of comments as fatuous designed to deceive.

What appears obvious is that in these countries more and more children have become confused about their sexuality after same sex marriage was introduced.

The [un]Safe Schools program, which is tired to same sex marriage was sensibly stopped in NSW by our state government.

It has been shown to be about grooming children for homosexuality and not bullying as claimed. Unfortunately the ACT and Victorian Labor governments are continuing with the program.

After same sex marriage was passed in other countries homosexuality was to become a norm and sex classes in schools under the Safe Schools program had to teach homosexual practices.

In the USA where same sex marriage has come in, the debate was about who uses which public toilets, particularly in schools, and as gender is fluid males could simply go through an administration procedure to identify themselves as females to use those toilets.

The Yes campaign for same sex marriage is a trojan horse. It is politically dressed up to look nice with the word "equality". But like the drugs ice and ecstasy nice words hide a dark reality.

It is claimed to be part of a political agenda identified with Marxism which will not stop if same sex marriage becomes a reality in Australia, as has happened overseas.

People need to get their NO votes in now before it is too late. Many homosexuals, who don't wish to be pawns of the Left, have already voted No!

Bob Patrech, Figtree

Writing in the New York Times, columnist David Leonhardt expresses concern that President Donald Trump and Congress are pushing for enormous tax cuts for the wealthy, by reducing both individual and corporate taxes (which fall disproportionately on affluent stock owners).

Leonhardt adds; these tax cuts are likely to cost the federal government more than US$2 trillion over the next decade. Turning back home, it is common knowledge, like the Americans, some of the richest Australians do not pay any tax.  

And according to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) more than a third of large public and private companies also pay no tax.

So it should come as no surprise, our conservative Treasurer Scott Morrison, announced the time is ripe for a staggering $26 billion cut in company tax.

It’s a “fat cat “ Christmas present to be paid for by middle class and low income families. If cuts are to be made, make adjustments to the individual income tax rate from 45 to 40 per cent.

John Macleod, Berry