Letters

  • Floundering in water chaos

    The Murray-Darling in NSW and Victoria is being sacrificed. Essentially the Review of Lower Lakes (Albert and Alexandrina ) found they were generally more often…

  • Earnest look needed at flight proposal

    Earnest look needed at flight proposal

    I WRITE as secretary of the Save Kempsey Airport Action Group (NSW) regarding the flight training operations at Mildura and a similar proposal for Swan…

  • New green bins an unwanted cost

    New green bins an unwanted cost

    I JUST had my green bin delivered and I rang council to find out how much it is going to cost me. The answer was…

  • Politics a nasty game

    We have known for about 13 years that the political interests of the Coalition in Adelaide have dictated the politically driven Murray- Darling Basin Plan.…

  • Nationals have lost their influence

    The Member for Nicholls Damian Drum has tried to explain why a new political party should not target National Party seats, but at the same…

  • Restrictions hurting country regions

    Winding back of COVID-19 rest­rictions in Victoria must be common sense. Daniel Andrews’ blanket ban on all Victorians going back to the workplace unfairly disadvantages…

  • Time for Ley to reverse water wastage

    Time for Ley to reverse water wastage

    Member for Farrer Sussan Ley and her colleagues ­refuse to provide adequate affordable water for myself and other producers across southern NSW and northern Victoria.…

  • Major need to grow rural health services

    With a net inflow of more than 65,000 Australians to regional Australia from the major cities in the five years to 2016, governments must match…

  • More waking up to Basin Plan disaster

    As more politicians and ever increasing numbers of industry and community members call for the disbanding of the present Murray- Darling Basin Authority, even inter­national…

  • Government puts freight before people

    Government puts freight before people

    We all know how important transport connectivity is, especially ­during and emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. What has ­become painfully obvious is the degree of…

  • Basin webinar missed the point

    Basin webinar missed the point

    I AM so lucky to still have a working laptop. As I watched the webinars this week featuring our new Minister for Water Keith Pitt…

  • Time to disband the MDBA

    Some of us who were fortunate to have a rain-forced break last Thursday took the opportunity to participate in two webinars – one featuring Minister…

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