Letters
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LETTER: Sail the seas aboard the Young Endeavour
YOUNG Australians looking for an adventure out of the ordinary can apply for a voyage in Sail Training Ship (STS) Young Endeavour.A voyage in Young…
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LETTER: Pay respect to our Korean war veterans
SIXTY-FIVE years ago, the armistice ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula was signed.Within days of the invasion of South Korea by North…
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LETTER: School costs brought down on uniform policy
THE NSW public school uniform policy is being streamlined in an effort to make things simpler – and more affordable – for schools and parents.The…
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LETTER: Barnaby needs to learn about agriculture
WHAT a delight to see Barnaby Joyce back on the comedy circuit, this time playing a tough crowd in Katanning, south of Perth, where he…
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LETTER: Nurse training will aid the elderly
OLDER public hospital patients and more than 5000 residents living in Victoria’s public nursing homes and residential aged-care wards will benefit from a $1.1 million…
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LETTER: Tools for everyone help healing
THE Healing Foundation has released new educational resources that explain where intergenerational trauma comes from and how it is affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island…
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LETTER: Power to sign gone with obsolete pages
At least twice in the past week enduring power of attorney documents taken from out-of-date Take Control booklets produced by the Office of the Public…
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LETTER: The benefit of taking the time to know
THE Chief Scientist for the Australian Government, Alan Finkel, in The Australian newspaper on July 18 said kids/people actually have to know stuff before they…
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LETTER: Rail policy needs a lot more steam to work
NORTHWEST Rail Alliance read with interest, and a degree of face-palming and disbelief, a media release from Premier Andrews entitled Untangling Freight And Passenger Rail…
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LETTER: Homlessness is a growing problem
HOMELESSNESS Week (August 6-12) is an annual week of action to help the community understand the causes of homelessness, and the solutions.Homelessness isn’t just a…
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LETTER: Hype of footy should be left on the field
ACROSS the state at the weekend, elite and community AFL clubs put aside traditional rivalries to unite in our love of footy.Seventy-five per cent of…
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LETTER: Politicians don’t care about our dying rivers
A DRY winter, no rain on the way and it brings back memories of our recent prolonged drought.A lot of dead vines throughout our district…
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