Letters
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LETTER: Mildura Base Hospital does life-saving work
I was recently in Mildura Base Hospital as the result of an anaphylatic shock and was taken there by the paramedics and ambulance staff after…
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LETTER: Aged care needs major reform to work
A perfect storm is possibly emerging in aged care, as older Australians face the prospect of being unable to access the support they need. This…
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LETTER: Efficiency measures are needed in the basin
This week’s ABC Four Corners program demonstrated a clear misunderstanding of water infrastructure programs under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. In every valley in the basin,…
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LETTER: Fat cat wages hurting ratepayers’ hip-pockets
The anger directed toward ineffective, wasteful councils across the state of Victoria has dramatically increased in recent weeks for many reasons, though foremost is the…
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LETTER: Show fails to make a splash on water issues
THE Four Corners Cash Splash”episode on ABC television (July 8) failed to live up to the hype, and was a dismal follow up to its…
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LETTER: Pacific Labour Scheme letting relations down
A CENTRAL plank of the Coalition Government’s push to boost Australia’s engagement with the Pacific, its new Pacific Labour Scheme, has had a deeply disappointing…
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LETTER: Pension goes only so far so spend wisely
There have been claims of increased hypothermia among older (retired) Australians might be linked to ever-growing electricity and gas costs, and an “inadequate” pension.Perhaps.It might…
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LETTER: Council rubber stamps VicRoads decisions
Regarding the letter to the editor by our Mayor Simon Clemence headlined, “Islands needed to Correct Bad Behaviour” (SD, July 4) obviously speed signs are…
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Letter to the editor: Town planning on floodplains should avoided
I wish to respond to Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville’s letter in Thursday’s paper (LTE SD 4/7).From Minister Neville’s letter, it is obvious that the…
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LETTER: More thought for road rules, not traffic islands
I thank Mayor Simon Clemence for his comments about the urban trans-islands (what a fancy name for them, I have not come across this before)…
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LETTER: Need a place to boogie of a night time
Mildura is dead in the way of live entertainment. What are the pubs, clubs and the council doing? Nothing. The mature and younger persons would like…
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LETTER: Simple and lazy not the way to fix road toll
The proposal to reduce open road and freeway speed limits to 80km/h and 100km/h respectively is both a simplistic and lazy solution to the rising…
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