Letters
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LETTER: NSW trespass moves respond to risks
The introduction of new on-the-spot trespass fines recognises the risk of biosecurity breaches caused by animal activists invading family farms.Moves from the NSW State Government…
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LETTER: Time to stand up to farm activists
THE Australian Parliament needs to support farmers and make a stand against activists who invade farms, damage property and steal animals.The people who produce the…
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LETTER: Scientists back the basin plan
An open letter signed by 23 acclaimed scientists confirmed what our industry has been emphasising – through the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, our farmers are contributing…
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LETTER: Is the end of duck shooting near?
In response to Mr Di Toro’s letter (Sunraysia Daily, July 18) it’s obvious the government couldn’t possibly afford to monitor shooters at every Victorian wetland,…
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LETTER: Anne needs to be clear on hospital motive
The Parliamentary Education Office website lists hospitals as a state issue and adds the federal government supplies more than half the funding for state matters. I find…
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LETTER: Labor just as deaf to the basin plan cause
I wish to respond to Glenn Milne’s letter “We need independent thought in basin plan” (S/D 19/7/2019).I can sympathise with Glenn when he says “I…
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LETTER: Water plan blame game does more hurt
THE Murray-Darling Basin Plan was legislated and has continued with bipartisan federal and state support. Reducing it to a blame game pointing at a particular…
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LETTER: Nationals are to blame for a failed basin plan
Former Prime Minister John Howard started the whole process of dealing with a hugely over-allocated and degraded Murray-Darling Basin hand-in-hand with Malcolm Turnbull in 2007. They…
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LETTER: We need independent thought in basin plan
In response to Lindsay Leake’s letter (Sunraysia Daily, July 18): Firstly, I wasn’t throwing stones (this time), I was merely pointing out which Federal Government…
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LETTER: Bars staff asked to get ugly for cause
Right across Australia bartenders are being asked to get U.G.L.Y. for a beautiful cause. The Leukaemia Foundation is recruiting generous Aussies for the annual U.G.L.Y. Bartender…
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LETTER: Basin plan needs results not political party plays
I wish to respond to Glenn Milne’s letter “Current plan legacy of Gillard Government” (Sunraysia Daily, Wednesday, July 17).The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has many authors,…
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LETTER: Fodder subsidy hurts Victorian farmers
The Victorian Government must match a NSW fodder transport subsidy that’s making it harder for drought-affected Victorian farmers to source feed.From July 1, drought-affected farmers…
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