I AGREE totally with Daryl Binning ("Trouble ahead after sellout", Your Say WA,   August 16). I cannot believe any government can be so shortsighted as not to realise that at the rate we are selling off our land we are going to be tenants in our own country in 20 or 30 years.
With China snapping up farming land as quickly as it goes on the market, how are we going to feed ourselves? Once our land has gone we have no rights. If it is eventually nationalised for the good of the Australian people, the consequences could be war. That's definitely not impossible (suggested reading, Tomorrow When The War Began).
With an election looming there should be a referendum, plain and simple: Should the government be allowed to sell our country to foreign interests? Yes or No.
Our children are entitled to a safe and prosperous future in their own country. We have to fight to keep their heritage intact. Contact your parliamentarian and voice your concern.
SANDRA LEVIS, East Victoria Park AUSTRALIA may be a "representative democracy" and same-sex marriage may not be a constitutional issue, as suggested by Peter van Onselen ("Political play of a plebiscite", Insight,   August 16). Nevertheless, this particular intrusion by the gay lobby into the ancient tradition of marriage between a man and woman smacks of invasion.
Personally, I would rather "the people" vote on this issue than leave it to the politicians.
The gay brigade have the prerogative to live the type of life of their choosing, but they definitely have no right to attach themselves to the established institution of marriage under the pretext of "equality".
MARIO RAPANARO, Dianella THE robust debate on same-sex marriage seems to have diverted attention away from pollies' perks. If there is to be a referendum or a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, which we are told will be very expensive, there should be a question also asking voters whether they agree with euthanasia. At the very least there should be an equal amount of robust debate on both questions.COLIN WRIGHT, Denmark