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
Speak Up Campaign
