Scallop dredging
IS there a direct correlation between scallop dredging and toxic algal bloom?
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Has there been any scientific work done to prove this one way or the other?
Robin Nisbet, St Helens.
Brilliant Rioli
THERE’S a footy star named Cyril.
Who's harder to catch than a squirrel.
Whether climbing backs to mark over packs.
Or diving for one like a goalie.
When he gets near the ball, you can hear the fans call.
"Rioli. Rioli. Rioli''.
Ian Macpherson, Newstead.
Tasmanians in Cabinet
"SENATOR Abetz has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to explain why Tasmanians were overlooked for any Cabinet positions" (The Examiner, July 22).
We had a Tasmanian in Cabinet.
His name is Senator Richard Colbeck.
But he was dumped to an almost unwinable fifth position on the Liberal Party senate ticket.
And, predictably enough, it now looks like he will lose his seat.
Cody Handley, Hadspen.
American gun deaths
TODAY’S secular progressives sadly believe that more gun ownership equals more gun related deaths, especially in America. Just what is the truth?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation records gun ownership in America went from 1.9 million in 1993 to 3.4 million in 2014 - the latest year the stats are available.
According to current wisdom, gun-related deaths must have skyrocketed, right?
In 1993, there were 6.6 gun related deaths in America per 100,000 people and after a steadily declining there were 3.4 gun related deaths in 2014.
Just what facts are today's progressives basing their arguments on?
Believing a lie is a dangerous proposition and leads to all sorts of false assumptions.
Gun-related deaths in America rising with gun purchases being just one.