Letters
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Basin plan is better than no plan
Scrapping the Murray-Darling Basin Plan could damage cultural values along Australia’s greatest river system and marginalise vulnerable communities. Campaigns led by irrigators and the NSW National…
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Corporate irrigators should take the cut
BARNABY Joyce and the National Party have unleashed an assault on the Murray River, the environment and South Australia. It would be a terrible step…
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We need to ensure there are no buybacks
OVER the past 12 months, the fish kills of Menindee have been politicised and subject to significant media attention. In this time we have witnessed…
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Violence figures need more explanation
THE news that family-domestic violence rates are again higher than the state average needs further explanation. The figures suggest that males are to blame for the…
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Huge opportunities if science is accepted
READERS of Letters to the Editor might believe that Neville Gardner and I never agree on much, however this is not always true, and on…
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It could be too late
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Robert McBride of Tolarno Station and his comments regarding the catastrophe that is the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the sooner the…
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Real costs of water are much higher
When I was a member of the Murray Darling Advisory Committee, catchment representatives from across the basin tried to give policy makers an understanding of…
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Build the dams soon
IN reply to Lindsay Leake (Sunraysia Daily, December 5), Lindsay and Dan Andrews seem to have the same strange ideas about dams. How would we…
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Community, politicians work together
The co-operation over recent months between the community and politicians in seeking positive outcomes for the farming communities of Millewa and Carwarp suffering from crippling…
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Falling flows to blame
In response to Peter Whitfield and Neville Gardner (Sunraysia Daily, December 4), the simple fact is that inflows into all rivers in southern Australia have…
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Regional drownings up
Data shows Victorians in regional areas are almost twice as likely to drown as people in Melbourne. Victoria’s drowning toll is the highest for 20…
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No hope for changing carbon dioxide levels
IN reply to Jim Wilton (Sunaysia Daily, December 2), I’m only interested in our real planet earth and not some silly fantasy planet. The CSIRO…