4th January 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
RE: MURRAY DARLING BASIN PLAN
Dear Sir/Madam,
A happy and positive new year to everyone.
We are now in to week 6 of the 20 weeks Murray Darling Basin consultation process, it seems to me that the start of December was a convenient time for the MDBA to begin the consultation process, what with harvest and then Christmas holidays, well the harvest certainly did not stop people attending the Deniliquin and Griffith meetings.
Of course we have heard nothing from the MDBA and the federal government for 2 weeks and the media releases are now starting. We now have 3 reports of consultation meetings at
St George, Murray Bridge and Griffith.
Where are the others? There was a huge meeting at Deniliquin also.
Through my Facebook page “Save Murray Darling Basin communities” I am in regular contact with a large number of people across the basin, the rest of Australia and indeed the world. My argument will always be that we can achieve satisfactory outcomes for the environment, the basin communities and the whole of Australia through infrastructure spending.
The Murray Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia and needs to be treated that way.
The Murray River and its environs look the healthiest I have seen in my 52 years, we need more input in to this process from people with common sense and no hidden agendas.
We need vision, commitment and resolve, the future for the production of our well priced, clean food and tens of thousands of Australians depends on it
MURRAY DARLING BASIN – THE FOOD BOWL OF AUSTRALIA
KEEPING UP THE FIGHT
Yours Faithfully,
Peter Gilmour
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