Letters
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LETTER: Get in the know and ask the question
Victorians can now learn more about Aboriginal culture and history with the launch of the Deadly Questions campaign.As Parliament considers Australia’s first Treaty Bill, Victorian…
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LETTER: Walsh’s ministerial record questioned
It is interesting to read in the Sunraysia Daily Peter Walsh’s concern about fruit fly in our region.My recollection is that Peter Walsh as Minister…
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LETTER: New labour hire bill avoids tough approach
THE proposed Labour Hire Licensing Bill will do little to improve conditions for workers in the horticultural industry. There is a chronic lack of enforcement of…
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LETTER: Butt out and make big changes to tobacco
World No Tobacco Day offers a time to reflect and celebrate the important milestones which have seen smoking dramatically decrease. The introduction of plain-packaging in 2012…
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LETTER: Australia can influence better export practices
We currently have a lot of people wishing to ban the Australian live sheep trade to the Middle East. Great, terrific, but as with all simple…
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LETTER: Sussan Ley continues run of poor decisions
Member for Farrer Sussan Ley continues to make poor decisions.Sussan made a poor decision re: the abuse of her entitlements, that cost her place in…
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LETTER: Putting water policy on the public record
The construction of the Broken Hill pipeline continues to insult our senses with the sheer waste of money and the State Government’s uncharacteristic and accelerated…
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LETTER: Fortnightly general waste pick-up fails
WHILE I am strongly in favour of the introduction of a green waste bin collection to Mildura, I am concerned at a proposed fortnightly collection…
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LETTER: Public health a major issue for fast food
Water should be the default drink for kids’ fast food meals, while kilojoules in meal deals should be cut.Deakin researchers have undertaken a first-of-its-kind evaluation…
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LETTER: Know where the money goes for a charity ride
Being the lead advocate of the anti-domestic violence rides in 2014-15, I must caution against the Mildura Rural City Council’s White Ribbon Ride. Why? Because of…
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LETTER: Sunraysia deserves better from hospital
AFTER reading the article relating to Mildura Base Hospital (Crisp wants review, Sunraysia Daily, Saturday, May 26) please allow me to make comment.After an appalling…
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LETTER: Figures tell the story of region’s water inflows
Re: NSW Governments plans to give irrigators in NSW who have been pumping water illegally new licences to take this water legally.Sunraysia residents and in…