Letters
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Funding boost for veterans social club
A grant of $10,026 will go to the Mildura Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex Servicemen and Womens’ (TPI) Social Club.The funding is set to help…
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Careers advice under the microscope
A VICTORIAN Parliamentary inquiry is asking young people and teachers for suggestions on how to improve career advice at schools.The Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills…
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Assisted dying Bill lacks key details
AFTER careful consideration of all perspectives on the issue and many conversations with members of the community, including the health community, I have decided I…
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Heart health factors still misunderstood
MANY Australians don’t know about the risk factors for developing heart disease.A study, based on a survey of 8000 adults, found three-quarters of participants didn’t…
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Share bikes aren’t all they are seen to be
Share bikes. An idea, in theory, so brilliant and promising:Inexpensive, exercise-promoting, exhaust smoke-free … the results, in practice, so disgusting:Junk everywhere, maintenance neglected, pedestrians fractured…
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Renewable energy target a win for Victoria
The Victorian Parliament voted in favour of a renewable energy powered future, passing a Bill to enact the Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET).In a week…
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Airports lack proper screening controls
NEW measures for ground-handling staff at airports will not go far enough in strengthening security.The Federal Government fails to address high turnover rates and deliberate…
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Compassion is a hard sentiment to find
While leaving the showgrounds on Saturday night after the fireworks my daughter stumbled and fell, scraping her arms, legs and hands. She was able to…
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Intelligence isn’t the only quality of a leader
OUR Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is obviously an extremely intelligent, personable, pleasant and super-efficient investment banker.Why then is he regarded as a weak and ineffectual…
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Council backflips on special grape rate
WE were rather concerned after reading in the press that Mildura Rural City Council was proposing to impose special rates on grape growers based on…
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Mildura Show just a memory for some
I am very disappointed at the show society for what’s become of the Mildura Show – it’s nothing but a shadow of what it once…
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Industry views on animal welfare missed
Daniel Andrews has snubbed the views of Victorian farmers by failing to consult with Victoria’s livestock and intensive industries before establishing Animal Welfare Victoria.Animal Welfare…
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