Letters to the Editor

  • Much kindness

    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…

  • Childcare needed

    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…

  • Disgusting activity

    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…

  • Follow historical water records

    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…

  • Repair potholes, rather than worrying about speeding fines

    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…

  • ​​​​​​​Own agenda

    ​​​​​​​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…

  • Footpaths for walkers

    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…

  • Why do we bother with Basin feedback

    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…

  • Infrastructure, staff needed to cope with Kerang’s growth

    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…

  • South Australia water scam laid bare

    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…

  • Levee management in chaos

    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,…

  • Where are the birds?

    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…

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