Letters
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Don’t treat voters like we are idiots
An important decision is facing Murray Valley voters. Do I support the political party which I and my parents have supported for generations? The conservative…
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Residents’ fury at state of local road
Residents of Ash Avenue are disgusted with the road condition after recent rain. We have seen choking dust and now we have a mudslide. Council…
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Maternity and peri-natal focus needed
RECENT discussions about a nother new local hospital got my attention. You want to build a new hospital? How about a maternity and peri-natal facility…
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Stop politicising the LGBTQIA+ community
I am writing again regarding the comments made by West Wimmera Shire Mayor Bruce Meyer after his council voted against flying the rainbow flag for…
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Real investment into rural health needed
NSW councils have called on their state and federal counterparts to move swiftly to fix a broken health system in rural and regional NSW, after…
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Extend fuel excise cut
THE Coalition Government and Labor Opposition to commit to a six-month extension of the fuel excise cut legislated in the Federal Budget. With inflation surging…
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Treatment of refugees has been a disgrace
Scott Morrison maintained one of the most brutal lies of Australian politics – that people had to be locked up to save lives at sea.…
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Budget wins for region
This year’s State Budget has delivered more than $53 million worth of projects specifically for our region. At long last, we secured funding for a…
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No time left for climate politics
I would like to take this opportunity to bring some poignant facts to the table. The world meteorological organisation has recently declared that limiting a…
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Agriculture cuts abandon farmers
AN $86 million budget cut to the agriculture spend at a time when dozens of Victorian families are exiting the industry due to difficult market…
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‘Voters are not gullible’
The leader of the Federal Coalition, Scott Morrison, aka Slo-Mo, as he is called by the Queensland and New South Wales people who have suffered the…
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Have a cuppa and for Cancer Council
GROUPS across the state are encouraged to make a cuppa for a cause and register for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea during May or June to support…
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