Thought some of you might like to read this response from Greg Hunt http://www.pbase.com/tony_palliser/image/159324341/large Cheers, Tony — This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
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10 responses to “A response from the minister of the environment regarding feral cats and the Night Parrot”
Writing to Shadow Ministers helps. And who knows, they may be Ministers. Carl Clifford
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Totally agree Graeme. Writing off the politicians for whatever reason is giving away any chance of actually getting them to do anything. I did a lengthy email on some of the things I’ve done in response to some of the ones where people were wondering what could be done. The window of opportunity I see at the moment does need a wave of action on a broad front and I was hoping my missive might show some of the things that might be tried. Being federal budget time, approaches to the Minister Hunt and maybe the Treasurer, to gain substantial funding for a coordinated national programme to control feral cats could be productive. And now is a better time than after the NSW election for those politicians to be hearing calls for action. Tony Palliser’s response from the minister should be followed up with correspondence urging high priority for this cause. Peter Morgan The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is. e^(πί)+1=0
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Good. The States are the ones that will will write the Legislation for feral cat control. It is their MPs and Ministers that will need writing to. When writing to an MP or Minister these days, an actual letter carries more weight than an email or your name on an on line petition. Carl Clifford
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Great there was a response! I wrote to G. Hunt a few days before Tony and followed up last week for a response…..to no avail. I must be blacklisted on an ASIO list of some kind. Cheers, Charles Hunter
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Flannel or not, with my covering words it has gone to my local State Minister (NSW) – who has already replied by the way – and colleagues are using it on their local members as well in this pre election period. The more voices the better if we are to convince our pollies that the community (and lots of people/voters actually care). They may then be moved!? Best Graeme Stevens
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Pretty standard flannel. Carl Clifford
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Dear Tony, Thank you for taking the trouble and care to write to the minister and best of all to receive a reasonably considered reply. In view of all that has recently been said within the Birding-aus forum surely it is incumbent upon each and everyone of us to urge our local member of parliament to go forward with such a programmed as outlined in the minister’s letter. Collectively and individually if we don’t do something that has valuable, serious long term benefits to our birds and wildlife then surely we are culpable. Best wishes David P. O. Box 1234, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia
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That’s good news Tony. I suppose the most valuable thing we can do now is to lobby local government. Unfortunately for those of us in NSW we are too close to an election so will concentrate on pestering the next lucky minister in the environment portfolio. Cheers Christine Christine Melrose cmelrose099@gmail.com
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Great to hear. However, coming from a community work background, I also believe it essential to have a campaign that delegitimises the keeping of cats as pets. The campaign against smoking is a successful model. Doesn’t need to stop people from keeping cats but it downgrades their status. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International Ecotourism Award, 2004. 043 8650 835 On 3 Mar 2015, at 10:56 am, Sonja Ross <sonja.ross7@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Tony, Thanks for posting that. Sonja On 03/03/2015, at 12:21 PM, Tony Palliser <tonyp@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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