Letters
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National Nutrition Policy a priority
This week is Smart Eating Week and it highlights the need for a new National Nutrition Policy. The week signifies one year since the Dieticians…
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Governments fail to act on lakes, river
THE rain is beginning to fall in the northern Darling watershed but Queensland is refusing to follow NSW’s lead in stopping extractions of water for…
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Debate must give way to conversation
THE climate change debate has now become the real problem. Depending on which eminently qualified source people prefer to quote or acknowledge determines whether they…
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New normal a result of bad 1990s planning
Re: Neville Gardner “Droughts, flooding rains a natural cycle”. I thought Gary Davis’ comments in Letters to the Editor were well made: relying on the…
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Islands vanishing as world’s sea levels rise
Neville Gardner is always quoting data trying to back up his ideas of how climate change is not happening. All well and good – you…
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Recycling a long-held tradition for many
Re: Recycling comment, On the face of it (Sunraysia Daily, February 6). We used to have a recycling scheme. As kids we used to roam…
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Shooting season affecting tourism
Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting (RVOTDS) has written to the government asking for a ceasefire on the 2020 duck shooting season for safety reasons.…
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Droughts, flooding rains a natural cycle
Reply to Lindsay Leake (February 6): Lindsay, I’ve tried to show you the latest data for BOM rainfall and where we received our rainfall from…
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Figures show climate cause of basin woes
THE primary reason inflows into the Murray are dangerously low is not because we are in drought, but due to climate change. Using Murray-Darling Basin…
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Safer Internet Day workshops for kids
KIDS Helpline and Optus are shining a spotlight on making the internet a safer and more responsible place for young people on Safer Internet Day.…
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New job for Keelty could affect MDBP role
THE appointment of Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) inspector-general Mick Keelty as the head of the South Australian bushfires inquiry may delay vital reforms to water…
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Second-hand smoking a growing risk to kids
Perhaps it is timely to have another discussion about the dangers of passive or second-hand smoking, both in a car and at home, where innocent…
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