Letters
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Letter: Sister city ties could be done closer to home
Instead of the cost of an overseas sister city get together perhaps a sister relationship should be developed with some Melbourne suburbs. Regional towns need the city…
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Letter: Milk price increase not the repreive we need
RETAILERS must end the discounting of dairy products if they are serious about supporting dairy farmers.Last week Coles and Woolworths both announced 10 cent levies…
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Letter: Unruly teenagers a nuisance for residents
I hope parents of those young teenagers wandering East Mildura at night don’t expect sympathy when they go from place to place hitting fences, chasing…
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Letter: Dairy farmers feeling the pinch over water
FARMERS in Victoria have been hardest hit by the Murray Darling Basin Plan and the northern Victorian dairy industry is significantly worse off as a…
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Letter: Planning figures reflect council’s pass rate
It was disappointing to hear Member for Mildura Peter Crisp’s comments in Parliament last week, critical of the council’s planning permit processes and the speed…
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Letter: No sense in private school top-up funding
I’m all for the Gonski principle of ‘needs-based’ funding for education – even after it’s been manipulated and mangled by the politicians – but I’m…
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Letter: Success isn’t all about having a lot of savings
I READ an article showing children how to work for pocket money and put it into bank savings. It might be the only savings they will…
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Letter: NSW ‘more efficient’
I AM responding to the interview with Peter Crisp (Sunraysia Daily, September 20) where he alleges that people wanting to live and work in Mildura…
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Letter: Mildura on the agenda
It is becoming more evident in the media that Sunraysia’s and Mildura’s concerns are getting more exposure via our state member in parliament, than via…
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Letter: Merit to diesel ban
The trend in Germany to ban diesel cars from cities to reduce pollution is a good step and worth considering in Australia. Such a move could…
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Letter: Call for drug access
THE latest Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2018 reveals a massive 87 per cent increase in pharmaceutical opioid deaths from 2008 to 2014 in Australia. We are…
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LETTER: Veganism ignores the reality of farm animals
I READ with interested a letter in your paper on August 16 from Mr Desmond Bellamy of P.E.T.A Australia.He writes about the benefits of being…