Letters
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Fix old houses to combat shortage
HOUSING shortage? There are two in Main Avenue trashed and suddenly empty. If housing is so desperate would it be a good idea to fix…
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Year one irrigators course – basic stuff
THE average eight year-old with a fish tank would have suffered the devastating effects of a floating fish. The question of what has happened. Was…
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Water Act has stood the test of time
When the Commonwealth Water Act was passed in 2007, the Howard government knew something must be done to secure Australia’s water resources and that data…
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Tax needs to be clearly defined
The super tax plan to tax on a very small part of the population is a clear line between parties and shows who the Liberals…
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Votes more important than welfare
MY heart aches as I watch our news and current affairs programs continue to highlight the pain and suffering of our children, who are not…
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Hygiene products should be free
IT is about time more public bathrooms have hygiene products available. In our community many women don’t have enough money to go to the store…
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Bureaucratic sham by department
LAST week, I attended a meeting organised by the federal government to explain the process around water buybacks. My conclusion: Is it any wonder we…
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Research ‘Celtic curse’ as you raise a glass
IF you’re celebrating ‘a touch of the Irish’ in your blood on St Patrick’s Day, spare a thought for whether this means you are pumping…
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Nats are only offering criticism
AS housing and health heads to the outhouse in regional Victoria, the National Party take shots. And then, have shots in their celebration of their…
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NAPLAN tests later in year
WHILE bringing forward the NAPLAN testing time this year may mitigate concerns about extensive teaching to the test will be avoided, the earlier timing has…
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Tax Lotto wins
A TAX on First Division Lotto wins is a great idea. Maybe have it at 15 per cent and the returns go into councils where…
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Boomerang makers
THE local inhabitants used to have a boomerang factory down the road from my father’s engineering work shop and they built thousands of boomerangs Of…
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