Daily Matters
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‘Local’ has never mattered more
DO you feel like you’re getting really bad customer service? Well, you’re not alone. It’s actually been on the decline for almost 20 years, and…
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Give betting ads the punt
LIKE many Australians, I enjoy a punt. But when I sit down to watch sport with my children, I’m concerned by the barrage of sports…
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V/Line land upkeep off the rails
YOU mightn’t realise it, but one of the biggest managers of land in the heart of Mildura is V/Line. V/Line manages land around the railway…
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Are you really all-in, Dan?
IN Daniel Andrews’ victory speech after waltzing in the November State Election, he vowed to govern for all Victorians, not just those electorates that voted…
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‘They’ were right. How about you?
IN covering the Murray flood as a journalist, I have talked to a lot of people about projections and estimations of river heights and water…
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Silver linings surround us
IT hasn’t been such a bad year. Apologies if you have to mop your cornflakes up off the breakfast bar after reading that. I do…
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River ties bind us
ONE of the great things about country communities is the way they come together when times are tough. We see the best of us, the…
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That’s the spirit
A STRANGE thing happened at my house on Wednesday night. As my son and I flicked through the Kayo Sports channel, as we do, my…
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Mildura rises to occasion
LET’S face it, luck has not been on the side of organisers of Mildura’s first Back to Base Xmas party. The event has been cancelled…
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Will there be another ‘Danslide’ or an upset at state election
A LOT has transpired in the four years since the “Danslide”, where Labor’s thumping win in the state election left the Coalition with just 27…
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Major parties quiet on Mildura’s future
THERE were two noticeable absentees from the Sunraysia Daily state election forum on Monday night. Both Labor candidate Stella Zigouras and Liberal candidate Paul Matheson…
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No games, the seating plan is simple
By Michael DiFabrizio LET’S not overcomplicate the Mildura Sporting Precinct seating mess. The answer is obvious — all it needs is the right conversations to…