Letters
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Questions over sport complex support
Re Sunraysia Daily front page story (October 25) on the extra council spend required for Mildura South Sporting Complex. I attended last Wednesday’s council meeting.…
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Time to plan for climate change reality
Re Stuart Davie, “City-centric worries not helping the bush” (Sunrayia Daily, October 28): When are people such as Stuart Davie going to acknowledge that climate…
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Stop the lip-service on Murray state of affairs
THE Lower Murray Water outlook forum at the Quality Hotel Mildura Grand on Thursday was a lively affair, with speakers fronting tough questions from irrigators…
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It’s time to modernise antiquated laws
A RECENT letter writer to the print media was frustrated with weak sentencing of offenders and the rising crime rate. Many can see the current…
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City-centric worries not helping the bush
PRIORITIES are skewed around many aspects of the issues and problems faced in Australia. Water storage should have been a priority for decades to secure…
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Money should go back to taxpayers
Australians face a top marginal tax rate of 54 per cent after adding income tax, payroll tax and GST. While some may consider this fair,…
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Hospital must deliver on antenatal care
I AM alarmed to hear that Mildura Base Hospital (MBH) may stop sending a doctor to Robinvale’s antenatal clinic on Wednesdays due to the regular…
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Police have no place in SFNL bans
I READ with considerable interest the article concerning the Irymple supporter being banned from all Sunraysia Football Netball League (SFNL) fixtures for 12 months on…
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Bird count should stop duck season
NEW data shows waterbird populations are “devastated” under worsening drought conditions, so Premier Daniel Andrews must cancel the 2020 duck shooting season. Reports from the…
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No one above law, not even politicians
ON Monday we saw unprecedented protest action as all major Australian newspapers published redacted cover pages. The reaction of the politicians was totally predictable: various…
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Invest in recycling through councils
IT’S almost 10 years since the launch of a national policy designed to solve waste issues and invigorate sustainable recycling, but every indicator shows NSW…
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Zoe Support did try to secure state funding
My apologies to Patrick Nunan as I didn’t realise funding applications to the Victorian State Government are presented to him to view. But suspecting that…