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  • Secrecy taints footy integrity

    Secrecy taints footy integrity

    OPINION: Jason Shields BACK in 2017, the Sunraysia Daily was booted out of the SFNL tribunal and told “this is a closed shop”. Having covered…

  • It’s time we paid our netballers, too

    It’s time we paid our netballers, too

    THE pay disparity between men’s and women’s sport is a national talking point due to the Matildas’ World Cup run, but the inequity in our…

  • Getting the selfie means missing a lot

    Getting the selfie means missing a lot

    WHEN I was growing up, “selfies” was a label we boys gave to the self-indulgent types who talked themselves up, loved themselves silly and craved…

  • The world is at their feet

    The world is at their feet

    IT is no longer a vanity play for big corporates to get behind women’s sports. No, women’s sport at the elite level is becoming big…

  • A healthy alliance

    A healthy alliance

    WE felt we had struck it lucky as we enjoyed a nice meal and chatted in a quiet room at the Mildura Private Hospital. As…

  • Dan’s magic trick is making promises disappear

    Dan’s magic trick is making promises disappear

    OPINION: JASON SHIELDS THERE goes that rug again, pulled from under regional Victorians. It’s a nasty trick that the Victorian Government plays far too often…

  • Not enough for the young to do

    Not enough for the young to do

    By Kiara Bruton JUST where have all the events, activities and amusements for our local youth gone? The recent school holidays again unearthed a scarcity…

  • Roundabout right, but not quite

    Roundabout right, but not quite

    OPINION: The best thing about driving around Mildura is undoubtedly the traffic fluidity created by its roundabout system. Designed to a grid plan back when…

  • Hats off to volunteers

    Hats off to volunteers

    IT now takes upwards of 30,000 volunteer hours to put on, attracts thousands of visitors each year and injects millions of dollars into the local…

  • Rates decision tough now, and going forward

    Rates decision tough now, and going forward

    MILDURA’S councillors had their eyes open when they rejected the maximum 3.5 per cent rate increase for ratepayers on Thursday night. They had been briefed…

  • All we have is the sum of us

    All we have is the sum of us

    BERNARD HUMPHREYS WHAT is a human life, at its eventual and inevitable end, but a collection of memories? Happiness, friendships, achievements and accomplishments, love. All…

  • Tax dodge a bit rich

    Tax dodge a bit rich

    DANIEL Andrews knows how to spin a narrative, but even for him, this one was a bit rich. The Premier this week wrongly blamed council…

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