Hunting Rights
IN MY younger days, we hunted to put food on the table plus make a little money on the side.
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We hunted wallaby, rabbits, ducks and occasionally deer because we paid the landowner for shooters rights. I have been told now that some landowners are making a small fortune for the privilege with the accusation that deer are in plague proportion.
The rule then was adult stag and every few years they allowed you to take a spikey (young adult). If they increased the amount plus take a doe and pay the government for the privilege but still get the landowner permission to enter their property such as anglers do, we might even see an elusive fox.
Anthony Galvin, Mayfield.
Good Friday
IN MELBOURNE on Good Friday the Procession of Witness around the city churches attracted 2000. The afternoon AFL football match attracted in excess of 42,000.
Malcolm Scott, Newstead.
Democracy
TONY Abbott’s lament about the failings of democracy in this country are a stark reminder of the parallel universe he dwells in. His plan that the Senate should be destroyed, or made an adjunct to the Liberal Party is in contrast to the reason we need it. The governmental system has checks and balances to prevent the corruption of absolute power, and to ensure legislation is indeed fair and democratic, a far cry to the right’s vision.
Peter M. Taylor, Midway Point.
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