Daily Matters

AS a teenager, footy umpiring was a great way to earn some pocket money. I would play footy Saturday morning and then run the boundary…

IT was a symbolic moment last December when Mildura’s elected councillors stood up for their right to free speech. Council chambers fell silent when mayor…

EARLIER this year, Sunraysia Daily ran a front-page story about the community backlash to a draft plan for a $6 million makeover of the Powerhouse…

WHEN Australia does a big post-mortem of its response to the COVID pandemic, what will we see? Will we look back with pride at limiting…

A MONTH ago, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was given a quick tour of the new sporting precinct at Mildura South. “I’ve been to a…

DRACONIAN and embarrassing. That is the best way to describe the SFNL’s decision to suspend two players for making themselves unavailable for a recent interleague…

OUR television screens are now filled with celebrity cooks. But well before Matt Preston and Iain Hewitson, or heaven forbid, Gordon Ramsay, became household names…

MILDURA Council this week voted to support Member for Mildura Ali Cupper’s “RateGate” campaign, which is pushing for reform to the statewide rating system. The…

A YEAR ago, the coronavirus pandemic prevented veterans and the community coming together on Anzac Day to commemorate. Instead, they stood in solitude at the…

THE general public can’t stand dirty politics. We see it as petty, cheap and nasty, and below the behavioural standards we’d expect from a primary…

WE can talk the talk as much as we want when it comes to rebuilding sport in Sunraysia after COVID-19, but are we prepared to…

IF anyone has questioned the worth of community over the past 12 months, Friday should have provided all the answers … and more. Finally, we…