Dear Editor,
I read with concern Peter Hunt’s article “Labor’s water turn-off” in The Weekly Times on Wednesday, February 2.
This article outlines how Labor’s water spokesperson Terri Butler was unable or unwilling to answer Peter’s questions about an Albanese Labor government’s plan on irrigation.
These included questions about whether Labor will remove or retain the government’s 1,500gl cap on purchases of water entitlement out of irrigation communities.
Ms Butler had no answers to how Labor was going to deliver on their plan to take a further 450gl of “up water.”
I’m worried about the damage an Albanese Labor government will do to our struggling irrigators and their communities.
But I am terrified a Labour government will be delivered by ‘Independents’.
They have a track record of voting with Labor particularly on matters of importance.
Helen Haines, the Independent Member for Indi, voted with Labor 80.7 percent of the time in 2021. State Independent, Suzanna Sheed, has a similar record.
I see no reason to believe the current crop of “orange party” candidates to be any different. History shows that they either vote for Labor or form their own minor parties when they realise they can’t achieve a thing as an all alone Independent.
Either way, they almost never serve their electorates for the benefit of the voters.
Do not be tempted to vote “Independent.” These Labor “wolves in an independent sheep’s clothing,” might leave us a little dry.
Evelyn Hunt, Shepparton, VIC
