Letters
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Harm reduction tactic best to combat pokies
I WISH to support Cr Glenn Milne’s call for harm reduction by pokies (Sunraysia Daily, December 14), however I would go much further.There is no…
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Voting against sport to save ratepayers’ dollars
IN regard to my voting against the Mildura South Sporting Complex (Sunraysia Daily, December 16), I would like to point out that this is not…
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Men the main cause of road safety trauma
National road crash statistics for 2017 show that men make up a shocking 73 per cent of road deaths, with 727 males dying on Australian…
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Sense of community helps the vulnerable
Undoubtedly Christmas is a hard time of the year especially for children; this is the second year the staff at the Wentworth & District Community…
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Airport connections can help regional areas
Regional airports like Mildura and Albury need inbound passenger growth that will grow tourism and create jobs.Both airports are the entry point to amazing surrounding…
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Onus for safety put on backseat passengers
To make sure everyone arrives home safely these holidays, police are calling out for backseat drivers to do their part and speak up, in order…
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City should pay for its infrastructure lifestyle
We in the regions have escaped the city chaos and congestion and live happy, content, relaxed, social and friendly lives in relaxed neighbourhoods. We do not have…
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Irrigators call for a sitdown with the Greens
THE media release by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young proposing to move disallowance of Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Measures (SDLAM) is a baffling misunderstanding of the…
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Giving to others a quality shared by young
THE 2nd Mildura Cub Scouts have forgone their Kris Kringle gifts to each other and have instead made a donation to the Kmart Christmas Tree…
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Experience equals safer probationary drivers
An additional $16 million has been approved by the Federal Government to extend the popular driving program for learner drivers – keys2drive, for a further…
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Pipelines can’t replace rivers
THIS is a yarn about the river and the water dramas local communities on the Darling River are having and the frustration that people like…
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Century of vision and achievement
Last week I had the pleasure of catching up with Dudley Marrows on the cusp of his 100th birthday. He was predictably in fine fettle.Readers…