I recall Anthony Fisher’s father over 70 years ago at St Joseph’s Convent School, Leeton. He went on to a career in pharmacy; his son, Anthony, had a brilliant academic career, being ordained priest, then bishop.

He has battled a debilitating illness to bravely lead his flock; latterly in support of married love. RT Walker attacks a good man for doing his duty.

Congratulations to Tom Gilling and Terry Jones on their recently published book, The Griffith Wars.

Such is an ever-present reminder of the truth of the matter and as to even more possible knowledge out there still to be revealed e.g. where Donald Mackay is resting.

It is to be hoped someone who knows will be brave enough (before they themselves are long gone) to tell what they know.

His family need to have this question answered, as do also those in our community who knew and respected him and his courage to speak out on the drug issue.

Well done Tom and Terry, I bought your book and read it in a couple of days.

I recommend it to anyone who believes we still have some (more) filtering out and cleansing in our domain up here, let it be known.

Living as I do in Albury within the Murray Darling Basin I am acutely aware of the immense value to Australia of this mysterious hidden precious water resource, which is the source of water for the people of the east of Australia. It gives us drinking, domestic and industrial water, grows our food and grows our sheep and beef herds. 

The Great Artesian basin is another resource of incalculatable importance to Australia. These underground water caverns systems are a fragile resource, and to plonk a huge open-cut coalmine over them is courting disaster.

Adani proudly tells us that they are planning to possibly put 12 mines in the Gallilee basin, to make it worthwhile, and a railway to transport the filthy coal to probably Gladstone on the Barrier Reef, meaning that hundreds of huge container vessels will be constantly coming and going with loads of coal, through these waters.

If these mines polluted the primary water resource of Australia, is Adani going to care? 

Adani would just say “Oops, we made an error, but more fool the Australian government paying out $1 billion of taxpayer money to fund  our mining project, which  put your water resources at risk”.

With India being very pro-active with new technology, it probably won’t be long before batteries will become the main way of grassroots power generation, and coal will be yesterday’s resource.

Adani is probably wanting to quickly start mining while coal is still cost effective, and to hell with the consequences for Australia.

As a mother and a grandmother, I feel it my responsibility to make a real effort to hand on our great country as a healthy and viable place into the future.