Letters
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LETTER: NSW invests in quad bike safety
Quad bikes are one of the biggest killers on our farms. According to AgHealth Australia, there have been 240 deaths as a result of quad…
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LETTER: Welcome features work well
It was noted in Sunraysia Daily recently that Mildura needed a feature entry display depicting the home of the produce of the area. I told the former…
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LETTER: Australians are being conned by politicians
The Coalition’s sale of Telstra should be a lesson to all Aussie workers and investors. There have been two large-scale redundancies since the sale. The other sale…
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LETTER: Entitlement dished up when help is given
Talk about the “culture of entitlement”.Complaints about the quality of food served up to patients in public hospitals make me smile.Patients who expect home/restaurant quality…
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LETTER: Perspective needed when discussing wages
SO Pauline Hanson states that “do you really think $7000 means much to a person on $200k”.Well Pauline, $7000 is everything to a family on…
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LETTER: Libraries suffer funding blow in NSW Budget
The NSW Government has taken a sledgehammer to local communities with its $5.2 million cut to local libraries in the 2018 State Budget.Our local libraries…
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LETTER: Safety for women begins with role models
WHAT makes women safe is empowerment, first nurtured through a loving, trusting relationship with a father.Language and treatment of girls in the community from an…
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LETTER: Dollar figures hidden in rail freight bungle
SO much for the ludicrous logistics of privatisation that the taxpayer ends up footing the bill and the Andrews Government and the Minister for Public…
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LETTER: State water powers could cut farm values
Amendments to water legislation passing through State Parliament, which open up the NSW Government’s ability to suspend water use, are alarming. These powers currently allow the minister…
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LETTER: Time to look beyond jam-packed Melbourne
Data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows Victoria is the fastest-growing state in Australia.The figures show Victoria grew by 143,400 people…
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LETTER: NSW Budget is unfair to shire
SUNRAYSIA Daily (June 19) correctly highlights that the NSW Budget offers very little for Wentworth Shire.At the same time, the NSW Government is spending tens…
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LETTER: Basin plan recovery needs full attention
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has just released the latest research figures on employment impacts of water recovery under the Murray Darling Basin Plan (MBDP).The…