Letters
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Letter: Farmers to lose out in farm employment bid
RUMOURS abound through farming circles that the latest push for new visas to alleviate critical labour shortages within the ag sector is “dead in the…
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Letter: Regional Vic should not be forced, but enjoyed
The plan to locate new arrivals in regions can be a win for all. The desire to live regionally should not have to be forced. Why people…
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Letter: Leadership needed in climate change battle
Full marks to Broelmann for Wednesday’s cartoon depicting a mother, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the (latest) Federal Environment Minister, pushing her coal baby…
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Letter: Services available if you want to use them
HAVING travelled from Mildura to Melbourne many times over the past 40 years, I would like to correct a few things.Sheryl McKenzie writes that pensioners…
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Letter: Glenn Milne should return to mayor’s role
The next Mildura Mayoral election is coming up in the next few weeks; Mayor Mark Eckel has decided to stand aside if challenged so the position…
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LETTER: Ill-informed or a stance against solar power
ROGER Mills, from Queensland (Sunraysia Daily, September 19) says Mildura Council’s refusal of three small solar farms in Merbein and Birdwoodton suggest it has a…
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LETTER: Take a pragmatic look at land development
REGARDING “Clarity on solar farm plans” (Sunraysia Daily, October 9-10), it is about time that Mildura Rural City Council came to terms with the reality…
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LETTER: Overcoming alcoholism not including treatment
PEOPLE who have had issues with alcohol can participate in an anonymous University of NSW study which is hoping to find out how people overcome…
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LETTER: Start talking about problem gambling
UNDER the themes of “Gambling harm: don’t play it down” and “Talk. Share. Support.” residents of Victoria and the ACT are encouraged to discuss the…
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LETTER: Race to stop the nation should be held at Uluru
THE use of the Opera House as billboard for gambling is a bad look and should be rejected by all.Even we, who like a punt,…
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LETTER: On the ground efforts lead climate action
LOCAL councils are outstripping federal climate action, committing to hundreds of projects to cut greenhouse gas pollution.The Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership report, Tackling Climate…
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Letter: Questions remain over new bin services
I AM disappointed about Mildura Council’s decision to force the three-bin system on all ratepayers.We don’t need one because our food scraps and green waste…