Letter Writer's Corner

So many people find letter writing to be a real pain and too difficult to be bothered with. But writing to government departments and elected officials is so very important. Most of the issues we are faced with are caused by poor policies, ingnorance of new problems, or louder voices coming from those who wish to exploit the environment. Unless the powers-that-be hear from their constituents, things will keep going the way they are and problems will not be fixed.

So consider writing a letter a month to voice your questions and concerns about issues. You can make this a family affair by sitting down with your school age children to write the letters. This will help educate them about what's happening in their world and the power they have to help change it.

The pages in this section describe issues which are relevant to frog conservation problems and who needs to be contacted about these issues. When you receive a reply, please photocopy it and post it to us at P.O. Box 2731, Cairns, FNQ 4870. We can advise you as to whether a follow up letter is needed and what questions/arguments you might want to raise. (Follow up letters are even more important than the first one since government departments count on the average voter not having any 'staying power'.)

Thanks for your help.

last edited: Dec 27th, 2003