Letters
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Fuel reduction the first line of defence
In reply to Lindsay Leake (January 13): Lindsay, everything you’ve asked me I’ve replied to already, using data and evidence. Dr Finkel (Oz CO2 cancellation…
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Dryness cutting inflows, boosting fires
Re (WCB text the editor, Sunraysia Daily, January 13): The overwhelming reason why the fires are so disastrous is the extreme dryness of the environment…
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Role for public in reducing littering
Balranald Shire Council is targeting litter reduction in 2020 and you can be part of the solution. ‘Don’t be a Tosser!’ It’s a simple message,…
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Hold off on Australia Day fireworks
TO hold fireworks in Sydney or Melbourne this Australia Day would be, at the very least, insensitive to the people in fire ravaged regions. If…
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Time for nation to step up, not spit dummy
Re: Neville Gardner (Sunraysia Daily 10/1/2020 – Australia a minor player in emissions). NEVILLE you just don’t get it. As Australians we are on a…
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Upgrade fine but what about Waves parking?
MILDURA Council is to be commended on the latest investment in updating the changerooms at the Mildura Waves – $720,000 apparently – and so should…
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Penalty for possessing firearms inadequate
Six months’ good behaviour and a $1500 fine for a prohibited person illegally importing a silencer, possessing a rifle, a shotgun, over 160 rounds and…
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Australia a minor player in emissions
In my recent letter I tried to explain why so-called mitigation of climate change won’t change anything. Our chief scientist, Dr Finkel, told the Senate…
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Rural Australians hit hardest by extremes
The Bureau of Meteorology’s 2019 Annual Climate Statement – which shows 2019 was both the hottest and driest year on record for Australia – highlights…
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PM squarely in frame on climate change
Re: Txt the editor from “Backburn” (Sunraysia Daily, January 8). Scott Morrison might have been PM for only 12 months, but he is the bloke…
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Penalty for possessing firearms inadequate
Six months’ good behaviour and a $1500 fine for a prohibited person illegally importing a silencer, possessing a rifle, a shotgun, over 160 rounds and…
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Cannot ignore the back-burn problem
WHAT is Neville Gardner’s (Sunraysia Daily, January 7) long-term forecast and solution to our current climate situation? Business as usual? A report to government in…