The best opinion articles of the week

Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage plebiscite and Ameer Ali pens an open letter to Sonia Kruger Here's a look at some of the best opinion articles published on the ABC News website this week. DEAR SONIA, I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE SCARED. I AM TOO By Ameer Ali Dear Sonia, Because of the immediate public backlash following your comments about the Nice attack and Muslim immigration, there hasn't been a chance to have a meaningful discussion about your concerns. We need to rise above this. I will do so from my end by saying this: I sympathise with you. I understand that you're scared. You're worried for your children. You're probably thinking about the world they will grow up in. And what scares you the most is the notion of maniacal violence waiting to be unleashed on unassuming civilians: men, women, and children. I know that this is what you're afraid of because it worries my mother too. CLINTON'S VEEP PICK: IT'S KAINE, BECAUSE HE'S ABLE By Bruce Wolpe In the end, Tim Kaine was the most logical and safest choice for Hillary Clinton. A Senator and former governor of Virginia - a key swing state. Experience on the Foreign Relations Committee. Fluent in Spanish. Catholic. Son of a welder. Blooded politically. While the choice of another woman, or an Hispanic, or an African-American would have embellished a candidacy premised on historic change (as well as experience), Clinton knew, from living in the White House for eight years, and serving as Secretary of State for four years, that what mattered most was a vice-president she could trust. THE PATH TO BUDGET REPAIR By John Daley and Brendan Coates The persistent budget deficit is one of the re-elected Turnbull Government's biggest challenges. But as revealed by the long list of zombie measures that the last government proposed and the Senate refused to pass, the politics of budget reform is never easy. Success will require tough decisions and powerful public persuasion. TIME TO COME TOGETHER ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE By Michelle Grattan If they genuinely want to get same-sex marriage achieved, and as soon as possible, Labor and the Greens need to do some hard thinking. Neither party supports the proposed plebiscite, to which the Government is committed. But if they managed to thwart its running by frustrating the passage of legislation to bring it about, the alternative might be nothing at all for a long time. Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Add or remove topics | Unsubscribe | Contact Us Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2016 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC Email newsletters