Analysis & Comment
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Mildura councillors must reject policy of silence
MILDURA councillors can’t allow themselves to submit to proposed council media policies that strike at the heart of free speech. They must not be silenced…
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Regional rates equity fight off to good start
THE final sitting week of the Victorian Parliament year was an extremely productive one. After formalising my alliance with Reason’s Fiona Patten last Friday, the…
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Our food exports are the key
AUSTRALIA produces three times the amount of food it needs domestically. This fact alone demonstrates how important our export markets are. There is now a…
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Coalition move will serve regional needs
OPINION – ALI CUPPER CHANGING the game is more than just a catchphrase. When I was given the privilege of serving our community as the…
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Victoria reneges on Murray Basin rail standradisation
OPINION Member for Mallee Anne Webster OVER the past 18 months I’ve been working closely with industry stakeholders, farmers, and community members who have an…
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Revive the great Aussie road trip – with no borders
RECENTLY I took a personal trip down memory lane, thinking about my childhood Christmas holidays. Inevitably these involved a family road trip. Visiting the “rellies”,…
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Firearms amnesty aims for safer community
CODE 1 By SERGEANT ANDREW KILROY SUNRAYSIA police are holding a firearms amnesty. This is a genuine initiative to get illegal, unwanted and unregistered guns…
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Jason Modica and Helen Healy look set for Mildura’s top jobs
SELF-proclaimed “tradie” Jason Modica is almost certain to be Mildura’s next mayor despite calls from some sections for a popular vote to determine the city’s…
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Continuing SA border barriers is ridiculous
ALI CUPPER IS THE STATE MEMBER FOR MILDURA SOUTH Australian Premier Steven Marshall needs to stop playing petty political games and fully reopen the border…
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Time to preserve Mildura’s built history
ALI CUPPER, MEMBER FOR MILDURA A BIG part of a city’s identity is underscored by how it preserves and celebrates its history. Architecture can play…
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Let’s back push for a Mildura angiogram service
ANNE WEBSTER, MEMBER FOR MALLEE ON Australia Day in 2019, Scott Umback, the picture of health and fitness and father of two young sons, lost…
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Sunraysia’s best gardens: It’s coming up roses
WALKING up a small hill en route to checking out the roses at the Australian Inland Botanic Gardens this week, I wasn’t fully prepared for…