These individuals appear to have little or no concern for the destruction their decisions have on our Aussie farmers, producers and their associated rural communities, whose lives and livelihoods are laid in ruin by the far-reaching inept decisions and greed inflicted upon them.
The ‘rights’ of our farmers, producers and communities to access ‘their/our’ water have been systematically removed.
It is extremely concerning that so much time has passed, and no resolution to protect ‘our’ farmers and food supply has been reached.
All decisions are made to protect the vested interests of foreign corporations and their own pockets.
Government officials and their cohorts continue unchallenged and without scrutiny, doing what they do best — endless spin, double-talk, empty promises, lies and manipulation of the wording of our constitution regarding the usage of ‘our’ water, that is, ‘conservation’ to ‘environmental flows’.
Water, an ‘asset’, can be sold to the highest bidder (foreign corporations).
Water is forcibly removed from our Aussie farmers by the constant escalation in costs, forcing farmers to relinquish all or part of their water allocation, decimating the lives of farmers, producers, and their communities — causing escalating food costs and food shortages.
These decisions, made by a ruthless government, place an extreme burden on the people, which clearly contravenes our constitution.
Why is the Australian Government permitted to continually flout the laws of our constitution by removing the ‘rights’ of Aussie farmers and communities to access their/our water?
Our food sources are rapidly diminishing, our rural communities are dying, and the perpetrators of this crime are government bureaucrats who have sold us out to the highest bidder.
They are traitors to this country and its citizens.
Please be a voice for our hard-working Aussie farmers who respect and care for our land and resources.
Maureen Bruzzese
Benalla
Think twice when voting
As a country person I get frustrated and dismayed at uneducated city influence which is adversely impacting not only our rural lifestyle, but also the cost of living for everyone.
Greens policies are reducing the ability of our farmers to grow food. This affects not only the farmers, but also the regional towns that rely on their economic input.
There is no better example than water policy.
The Greens claim they want water “managed in an ecologically sustainable way to meet environmental, cultural, social and economic needs”.
That sounds great, but it doesn’t match their actions. They continue to insist on buying more water from farmers to store in dams, supposedly for ‘environmental flows’.
In reality, these flows increase flood risks, damage river banks and provide ideal breeding conditions for European carp which are the real environmental destroyers.
But ‘environmental flows’ sounds warm and fuzzy, and it’s easy for the Greens to spin their rhetoric because very few of their supporters have any idea of the true consequences of this policy. Additionally, farmers are an easy target who generally don’t have the means to defend themselves.
So this year, whether you are voting in a state government by-election or the upcoming federal election, may I urge some caution.
If you want policies that continue to reduce food production in Australia by the best and most sustainable farmers in the world, vote Greens — and suffer the ongoing increases in food prices at your supermarket.
If that is not what you want, think twice.
Sue Braybon
Tocumwal, NSW
