ALTHOUGH we have left the farm due to drought, we still buy The Weekly Times and enjoy reading it.

I read Miranda's column and look for crafty articles and the book reviews.

My husband, Ron, still follows the stock reports and we both try to read articles about environmental issues.

We are not enamoured with commercial forestry and large scale MIS schemes which draw so much water from the Murray River.

We are always dismayed when we see car racing on the news, which produces so much carbon emission and wastes fuel.

Electricity is consumed unnecessarily, in our opinion, at night football and to light large office-buildings all night.

It is totally beyond a joke that the Premier might be considering sending brown to coal to India.

We are also worried about water-shortages and the increasing cost of water, especially for water-services.

Restrictions have meant that usage is lower and the water boards are making losses.