Letters
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Crowded weekend shows poor planning
Can Mildura Council ever get things right?Take this weekend, when there is the official opening of the riverfront development and at the same time there…
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Vaccine claim false
The claim that Australians received a “cheap flu vaccine” is utterly false.I completely refute this claim. The flu vaccines chosen this year were the best available…
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Joyce’s absence a chance to review plan
THE sacking from Federal Parliament of Barnaby Joyce affords an opportunity to review the progress of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, especially in the context of…
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Keating view is normal conservatism
Paul Keating’s criticism of the Victorian Government’s medically assisted dying legislation is not so surprising.He is, after all, from a Roman Catholic family and was…
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MRCC needs to act on off-leash area
I WAS angry to read that the report of “MRCC had received no formal complaints” about the off-leash area.I sent a letter to Scott Umback…
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High time for changes at the top
The plethora of words being written about the role of the mayor in the rural city of Mildura in recent days has prompted me to…
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Make criminals pay, Mr Broad
IN response to years of drought, in 1885 future Prime Minister Alfred Deakin headed a Victorian Royal Commission into Water Supply. It was a sophisticated, on-ground…
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Taxpayer money needs to be properly spent
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull is planning to have the Commonwealth Government compensate children who have been abused while in institutional care.As we know, child abuse…
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Citizen Joyce adds to The Nationals’ turmoil
WELL, Andrew Broad’s Nationals are in a mess and so is the Federal Government, thanks to them.Mr Broad’s leader, Barnaby Joyce (now citizen Joyce) has,…
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Euthanasia law splits Spring Street apart
THE misnamed Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017, which seeks to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia, passed the Legislative Assembly by 47 votes to 37, after…
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Heartfelt thanks after a divisive by-election
I’m writing to thank everyone who supported, encouraged and entrusted their vote with me during the recent bi- election.Although the campaign was short and hard…
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Broken Hill pipeline a weighty water issue
ON average 18 per cent of South Australia’s water comes from the Darling.If it’s disconnected from the Murray then there are not only great fish…
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