Letters
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Broad should back Sunraysia renewables
Member for Mallee Andrew Broad said winding down the renewable energy subsidies over the next five years was a result of the solar and wind…
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Report backs irrigation changes
KEN Matthews has presented his interim report into allegations arising from the Four Corners program Pumped.He refers repeatedly to the urgency for “a systemic fix”…
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Basin issues loom large in by-election
IN Sunraysia Daily (September 12), Member for Mallee Andrew Broad said the Federal Government was committed to the review of the Murray-Darling Basin and it…
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Submarines won’t protect Australia
I had to laugh at the cartoon in Sunraysia Daily on August 30, depicting Tony Abbott as the Australian defence shield against the North Korean…
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People must take part in vote for it to matter
Now that the non-compulsory postal vote on same sex marriage is to proceed there is an important question to be answered.Given that there are 16…
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Music festival needs some new ideas
What is happening to the Mildura Country Music Festival?Time for some new blood.Whose brilliant idea was it to put shows on at the Mildura Airport…
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The council makes a bad call on trees
What a stupid decision by the council to cut down all those sugar gum trees between Ninth and Tenth streets on Deakin Avenue and to…
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Marriage equality is an issue for us all
Marriage equality is not a political issue, it is a human rights issue.The NTEU, like any progressive organisation, fully supports marriage equality. About 11 per cent…
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I am putting my hand up for the Murray seat
THE electorate of Murray will soon have a by-election. Here is your chance to make a difference. I will be contesting as an independent but will…
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Lets sort out our dates and places Mayor
MAYOR Glenn Milne, I think you are getting your meetings mixed up. The 80,000 figure was quoted by you in the paper. That’s where I read…
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We need to consider where we are heading
THINGS are moving fast.First, we have the same-sex marriage debate and now there’s two euthanasia bills before the Senate. From “marriage equality” to “dying with dignity”. How…
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Society is calling out for harsher sentences
NOT only must justice be done but it must be seen to be done.As far back as biblical times retributive justice was expressed as “an…