Too little, too late
How long before the WWCC realises it is too late it to install a couple of those solar powered oxygen generating gadgets in the Wollundry Lagoon to prevent the start of algae blooms developing, particularly in the South Wagga end where there is so much leaf litter and other rubbish from the Morgan Street drain accumulating?
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
I'm sure the 100 or so ducks, geese and turtles that call the lagoon their home would appreciate the protection this action would offer, let alone the maintenance of one of our main tourist attractions.
Gerry Shilling
Wagga
Australia Day memories
Australia Day, January 26, 1988 was a great Australia Day to remember. I was 14 at the time and on the TV watching the re-enactment of the first fleet was a real spectacle to see as well as people celebrating our national holiday and being proud to be an Australian. Fast forward to last year and now it's a different story. Here we have some minority groups who are trying to change the date because, according to them, they find our special day offensive.
Is this the Australia we are now living in today? Sadly so, and I have no sympathy for those who ruin it for everyone else who have nothing but pride in our great country and who are proud to be an Australian. Let's all unite this January 26 and have a happy Australia Day and make it a great day to remember not a sour one.
Peter Smith
Wagga
Political irony
This week, the Deputy Prime Minister, without a hint of irony, explained that the Menindee Lakes fish kill was due to drought.
Your readers will recall politicians telling farmers though not irrigators, who have been the beneficiaries of $13 billion of tax payers dollars expended on the Murray Darling Basin in recent years, that they need to prepare for drought and cannot expect Australian taxpayers to continue supporting them.
We are to understand the same level of competence and planning does not apply to politicians and government officials charged with managing the system on our behalf.
We yearn for politicians who resist self interested lobbying and act in everyone's interests for the long term, otherwise there'll be a political and environmental reckoning for such bias and monumental incompetence.
Sue Salmon
Wagga
Dangerous blame game
Not only the NSW and Federal LNP blaming everything and everybody in general for the latest Murray-Darling disaster.
They have forgotten they were warned years ago about the looming inadequacy of the whole water system management of the water extraction at the behest of vested interest, of their backers
Geoff Hall, Wagga
Letters to the editor
You can submit a letter to the editor via the comments section of our website at www.dailyadvertiser.com.au, or by emailing letters@dailyadvertiser.com.au. You must include your full name, as well as your address and phone number (not for publication).