Letters
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Man’s best friend deserves seat at table
Re: Doggy diner disgrace (Jan 8) Firstly, let me start by saying thank you to the dog fearing woman as I believe this is an…
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Greens want action on cotton farm water use
THE Federal Water Minister must force the NSW and Queensland governments to urgently invoke their powers and embargo the cotton industry’s water extraction from the Murray…
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LETTER: Drought survivors are dying too
I HAVE a question for Niall Blair, the NSW Government and the Federal Government.If the millions of fish now dying in the Darling River are…
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LETTER: Cotton growers stitch up a good year
In response to Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Phillip Glyde’s comments, while we all acknowledge there is a drought with low flows into rivers that…
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LETTER: Basin plan the best chance of resistance
People in towns and cities across Australia see the impact of drought on television or Facebook and empathise. However, for those living in the northern Murray–Darling…
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LETTER: Outsourcing needed to find the best CEO
With the departure of the incumbent CEO imminent, it is encouraging to see that Mildura Council will engage the services of a professional recruitment company…
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LETTER: Clean Up Australia to make a real difference
Change starts with you. 2019 Clean Up Australia Day registrations are now open, so it’s time to check out rubbish hotspots in your neighbourhood and…
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LETTER: Andrew Broad needs to leave office … now
THE recent debacle over the demise of our local member Andrew Broad highlights a serious problem that has emerged over a number of decades now, in…
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LETTER: Heat doesn’t stop the sharing of the religion
I WAS amazed and appalled to see two members of a religious group calling on homes in my area at 3pm on Friday when the…
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LETTER: It’s a dry year ahead according to forecast
THE Murray Darling Weekly Report dated January 2, 2019 makes for some very sobering reading. The last calendar year (2018) inflows into the Murray were…
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LETTER: States need to get strict on water permits
HAS Helen Dalton (Sunraysia Daily, January 3) read the Commonwealth Water Act 2007 and has she read the Murray-Darling Basin Plan? Did she take part…
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100 ways to get gambling under control
WHILE applauding the concept of a new year’s resolution, the reality is that by the second, third or fourth week of January many people will…
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