Letters to the Editor
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Much kindness
WHEN our cousin, Joan, died, we decided to attend her funeral, to be held in Kerang, about a five-hour drive from our home. When we…
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Childcare needed
I WRITE on behalf of the Anglican Mothers Union of Australia – Cohuna Branch and wish to enquire if there are plans to have a…
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Disgusting activity
IT is well and truly time that recreational duck shooting in Victoria be binned and consigned to the history books of shame. Permanently. Kerang and…
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Follow historical water records
TO consider that the Gunbower Forest flooded at the frequency claimed by Anna Parker (North Central Catchment Management Authority environmental water program manager) in the…
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Repair potholes, rather than worrying about speeding fines
DRIVING to Kerang from Murrabit this morning, I was disgusted to see a camera car on a stretch of road parked next to several decent…
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Own agenda
IT was interesting to read the government propaganda telling us an American river ecologist thought our Murray-Darling Basin Plan was “a model for other countries…
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Footpaths for walkers
ACCORDING to Wikipedia, a footpath is described as “a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of…
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Why do we bother with Basin feedback
THIS week we are being asked to attend Productivity Commission hearings as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Implementation Review process. Last week we were…
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Infrastructure, staff needed to cope with Kerang’s growth
AS a resident of Kerang, I wish to state a significant error of the overall town population (Plans in motion, Gannawarra Times, page 6). It…
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South Australia water scam laid bare
THE latest revelations about the use of Murray River water in South Australia should be of huge concern to all Australians. At a time when…
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Levee management in chaos
AM I the only person who is appalled and enraged with the disclosure from Gannawarra Shire in the recent Community Update Flood Support bulletin that,…
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Where are the birds?
IN the Gannawarra Times (April 26, 2023) North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) announced that they have planned an “environmental flow in Gunbower Forest in…