Letters to the Editor

  • Turning beautiful wetland into warzone a sickening thought

    Turning beautiful wetland into warzone a sickening thought

    LAST Sunday, I attended the very popular annual Breakfast with the Birds. This year it was held at McDonald Swamp. There were approximately 200 magpie…

  • Duck shooting ban needed

    Duck shooting ban needed

    REGARDING the article Duck debate heats up as government waits (Gannawarra Times, February 7), there is no question at all that duck shooting should be…

  • Duck shooting facts needed

    Duck shooting facts needed

    THE pro ducking hunting fraternity, including SSAA and some National Party members, justify duck shooting because it allegedly brings money to regional areas. However, there…

  • Dodging around the issues

    Dodging around the issues

    THE duck shooter supporters seem to be dodging around a lot of the issues that the majority of the population, in particular regional residents, have…

  • Supporting hopes and dreams

    Supporting hopes and dreams

    We refer to the submission to council for Gannawarra Shire to fly the United Nations Flag for Peace. The United Nations peace flag is blue…

  • Fishy about fishway

    Fishy about fishway

    Recently, North Central CMA, and the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, excitedly reported that they had won the innovation in Water Management category at the national…

  • Beg to end duck hunting

    Beg to end duck hunting

    With regard to the pending announcement of another duck shooting season in Victoria, I would like to make public what this could mean for many…

  • Future insurance policies

    Future insurance policies

    Future insurance policies AS we recover from the recent flooding, we must surely look about us, and our town, Kerang, and realise just how lucky…

  • When politics trumps science

    When politics trumps science

    The Bradfield Scheme, in various forms, has long been considered a way to transport abundant quantities of water from Australia’s east coast, to arid inland…

  • Help needed to stage Kerang Show

    Help needed to stage Kerang Show

    THE 137 edition of the Kerang Show is being prepared for October 9, 2023. This may seem a while away, but organising such an event…

  • Stupid country

    Stupid country

    Stupid country I WATCHED with dismay when I saw our fellow human beings in Somalia dying of starvation, picking at small bowls of rice which,…

  • Blindly forging ahead

    Blindly forging ahead

    Blindly forging ahead WERE you impacted by the recent floods? Are you seeing food prices going up weekly? Well that’s what the Murray-Darling Basin Authority…

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