Letters
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Take children to a safe place to ride
A BIT of tension locally about a group of teenagers on motorcycles.Riding around without proper riding gear, harassing neighbours with the noise, riding on golf…
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Pedestrians gumming up roundabout traffic
Is it time to get the traffic flowing in the Mildura city centre by reversing the current rule of cars giving way to pedestrians at…
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Christians can learn a lot from bad news
THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation seems to be phasing religion out of its airwaves.The ABC’s executive producer of religion Jane Jeffes has been told she is…
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Politicians must say no to brothels
We are appalled that upper house MPs with families would vote in favour of legal brothels.Since politicians would be horrified if their 18-year-old daughter was…
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Australia’s population growing out of control
Australia’s annual population growth rate of 1.6 per cent is alarmingly high. Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the year ending December,…
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Leaders silent while our history is left to rot
ONCE again everyone who should be saving one of our better assets are sitting silent while the Avoca once again sits and rots in the…
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The courts hold power over our politicians
THE recent case of three members of Parliament being threatened by the Australian judiciary with contempt of court for comments critical of our judiciary is…
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Australia must take care of its elderly
THE recent media exposure of the treatment of retirement village residents made me sick in the stomach.These people are often as vulnerable as children.Their exploitation…
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PaTH program is a ploy to drive down wages
The Liberal Government PaTH program is a sham.Announcements made this week that major retailers will offer 10,000 exploitative PaTH internships is another demonstration of how…
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Movies about anorexia can be very risky
I AM writing on behalf of headspace to issue a warning for parents, teachers and young people ahead of the Australian release of the new…
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Time for fat cats to work on our health
Well the public health system continues to amaze people with its lack of efficiency. My 78 year old mother was conveyed to Mildura Base Hospital on…
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Hit the dusty trail to help our regions
We all should have the right to live at “no fixed address”, to reject consumerism and to move from place to place and work as…
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