Opinion Keelty challenged on remarks Lachlan Marshall from Blighty has “grave concerns” that Mick Keelty, who is conducting a review of water resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin, has a few facts wrong. Country News 31 Mar 2020 31 Mar 2020
Opinion Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and... Rodney Woods 30 Mar 2020 30 Mar 2020
Opinion Barham’s Ron McWhae calls on MDBA to do its job By Ron McWhae, Barham It was great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management... Rodney Woods 16 Mar 2020 16 Mar 2020
Opinion Barham’s Ron McWhae calls on MDBA to do its job By Ron McWhae, Barham It was great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management... Rodney Woods 16 Mar 2020 16 Mar 2020
Opinion Alarmed by the inequities of water pricing By Robert Campbell, McMillan At last we have engagement from the top of the Goulburn-Murray Water tree — the right buttons must have been pushed to elicit a response. It is apparent that there is little understanding of why bills aren’t... Country News 23 Mar 2020 23 Mar 2020
Opinion NSW Farmers urged to ‘tell it like it is’ By Mandy Hay, Deniliquin During these difficult times it is important that we are working together to meet the challenges. One of the issues that has concerned many people is Australia’s food security, and rightly so. Alarm bells have being... Rodney Woods 18 Mar 2020 18 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: Water registry objection questioned By Andrew Hateley, Finley It is interesting to note the NSW Irrigators’ Council’s objection to the establishment of a national water ownership registry. A registry was agreed to in the National Water Initiative in 2004 and then embedded... Rodney Woods 10 Mar 2020 10 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: Wishing water crisis was just a bad dream By Kathy Smits, Deniliquin As I was lying awake in bed this morning, the beautiful sound of rain continued to pitter-patter on the roof. It had been doing so for hours; God bless the rain. I lay there reflecting on the constant feedback we receive... Rodney Woods 09 Mar 2020 09 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: No value in duck shooting By Kate Bossence, Kerang How disappointing and disgusting of the gutless Andrews Government to declare a Victorian duck shooting season this year. Premier Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government are to be widely condemned for announcing a season... Geoff Adams 09 Mar 2020 09 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: South Australia profits at Murray’s expense By Alastair Starritt, Womboota, NSW It seems that injecting millions of dollars into South Australia is a rite of a passage for incoming federal water ministers. In 2018, not long after becoming water minister, David Littleproud made his way to the... Geoff Adams 09 Mar 2020 09 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: New water lobby group needed By Keith den Houting, Kerang I have watched, attended meetings and been in discussion ever since the original white paper and the Living Murray 30 years ago came out on the irrigation water debate. Very little has been gained by irrigators ever... Geoff Adams 09 Mar 2020 09 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: Listening, not confronted Bill Baxter, Nagambie I thought the headline ‘Keelty confronted’ on page one of last week’s Country News (March 3) was a bit over the top. I attended the event in question and found it anything but confrontational. No cat calling... Country News 08 Mar 2020 08 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: Stop the waste By Laurelle Sheedy, Bankstown, NSW The Reserve Bank announced another 0.5 per cent interest rate cut, bringing interest rates to an all-time low. The Reserve Bank says it has done everything in its power to ignite spending and it is up to the... Geoff Adams 08 Mar 2020 08 Mar 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: Comments reveal ignorance of drought impacts Sue Braybon Tocumwal, NSW I was extremely concerned to read a recent article in a metropolitan newspaper that claimed the drought was a “fake crisis” and that “despite the sob stories, most farmers were fine”. This... Geoff Adams 20 Feb 2020 20 Feb 2020
Opinion Letter to the editor: In defence of the city view Peter Neilson, Heathcote Geoff Adams 28 Feb 2020 28 Feb 2020
Opinion A fairer system means sharing the cost By Charmaine Quick,managing director,Goulburn-Murray Water I have been disappointed to read letters to the editor of this newspaper and a subsequent article calling on irrigators across the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District to withhold payment of... Geoff Adams 03 Mar 2020 03 Mar 2020
Opinion G-MW must transition with the community it services For more than a century, some of Australia’s most innovative primary producers have accessed precious irrigation water through a delivery system, operated by Goulburn-Murray Water. It is this system that fuels the region’s intensive... Rodney Woods 31 Jan 2020 31 Jan 2020
Opinion Tired of the bedtime stories After reading the bedtime story by Hare and Pyle from Wakool and Berrigan, I feel some clarification is necessary (’Response mirrors water mismanagement’, Country News, January 21). NSW operates and owns NSW irrigation, so any talks of... Country News 24 Jan 2020 24 Jan 2020
Opinion Astounded by comments As an irrigator and passionate farmer I am astounded with the ongoing left, green arguments that John Pettigrew continues to express to the readers of the Country News. As the world renown 16-year-old shouts, so do I. “How dare you”, Mr... Geoff Adams 14 Jan 2020 14 Jan 2020
News Nestlé to stay open in Tongala The besieged dairy section of Nestlé’s Tongala factory – which was slated for closure this year – has been given a stay of execution. Andrew Johnston 1 hour ago 1 hour ago
Water Farmers fear for their family’s future Woodleigh at Gonn (near Barham in NSW) has been home to the McDonald family for a century. Current custodians and third-generation farmers Glen and Kendell McDonald are wondering if they will be the last. The 1000 ha mixed farming property... Sophie Baldwin 10 Mar 2020 10 Mar 2020
Opinion Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and... Rodney Woods 30 Mar 2020 30 Mar 2020
News Mental health retreat could be reality near Strathmerton Mental health is close to Kel Sidebottom’s heart and because of this he is looking to raise $1.2 million to buy Red Gum Retreat on Ulupna Island, near Strathmerton, to set up a mental health retreat for farmers. The Wunghnu resident has... Rodney Woods 19 Mar 2020 19 Mar 2020
