Shooters foolish
My husband was shot at on Sunday afternoon. He was shot at three times. He was working in a paddock on our farm when a white twin-cab ute pulled up on the road and fired at three kangaroos that were also in the paddock.
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Now apparently you don’t need a lick of sense or good eyesight to get a gun licence. Anyone with a lick of sense would have thought that if there is a big blue tractor in the paddock then there is probably also a human nearby.
Anyone with good eyesight would have seen the man working away behind the kangaroos. And the cows with calves behind him. And the sheep in the paddock. I love my husband. He is a great guy and a good dad. I want him home at night. So if you shot at my husband from Lindner Road at Jindera on Sunday while you were trying to kill kangaroos, please don’t.
Brigit Cumming, Jindera
Government hypocritical
Stranger than strange! The government wants us to accept the decision of the independent umpire, the Fair Work Commission, on Sunday penalty rates, yet when an independent body made a decision on transport Industry rates last year, the government – with the help of certain industry bodies and individuals – tore it down.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
Chris Roe, Yarrawonga
Ignorant on Big Red
Phar Lap did indeed change trains at Albury (Letters, The Border Mail, February 27) and I will now amend the list of VIPS to 25 plus Phar Lap. Strapper Tommy Woodcock stated famously Albury people do not know a great horse under their nose.
Tim Fischer, Mudgegonga
Too many of us
Well said Sumner Berg of Beechworth on overpopulation. You've hit the nail right on the head. Yes, I still remember four years ago on this subject of what you wrote. It is frightening to think about it on how our future will end up. We are constantly needing more and more every day on the issues of energy most importantly food, more cars and all that useless everyday gadgetry.
Gary Colombera, Wodonga
Renewables worthwhile
It is unfortunate that Resources Minister Senator Matt Canavan utilised his recent visit to Wodonga to indulge in political party criticism rather than taking time to understand the unique opportunity that is being developed by Totally Renewable Yackandandah (TRY).
The activity that is being undertaken by TRY in conjunction with Aus Net to establish a mini grid with solar panel generation and battery storage will cost approximately $250,000 and involves no government funding. This is an exercise that our government should have been working on years ago, but it has been left to a small group of creative thinkers to develop an exciting concept to utilise renewable energy for continuous power supply for town residents.
The mini grid they are planning to construct will utilise the national grid to ensure all excess power generated is captured and fed into the system. They have set a time frame that will see completion in 2022, during which time they can assess the operational effectiveness by working closely with local residents. Over the timeframe set they expect to see the price of batteries reduce significantly, they will be able to gain knowledge on the life and efficiency of solar panels and batteries, and identify the environmental impacts of battery manufacture and recycling of critical components.
The system is not designed to provide power to operate large industrial operations, but when proven many more people will be able to install the system and become self reliant. This will reduce base power demands and allow some older, inefficient coal-fired power stations to be retired.