Letters
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Call to halt water buy-backs
SINCE the dawn of civilisation, humanity has constructed water-diverting and storage facilities to ensure survival during droughts, maintain food security, and protect against floods. Australia…
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The state of the river
REPLYING to David Landini’s letter (Sunraysia Daily, Saturday, March 29, Page 22, Riverina state sought): It is not politics. It is mathematics that is stopping…
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Lights show an economic boost
I WAS fortunate to attend the opening of Mildura’s Trail of Lights on Lock Island, which includes a breathtaking display featuring more than 12,500 firefly…
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More not less
INSTEAD of threatening to reduce, sorry downsize, the public service, Peter Dutton should try to contact Centrelink, for example. Wait time to talk to a…
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Collaboration apparition
I CAN’T recall a single moment since the Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster) was elected in 2019 where she has shown a semblance of…
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A kick in the guts
LAST week’s column by Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster (Sunraysia Daily, Saturday, March 29, Page 22, What are you budgeting for?) feels like a…
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Too much tax?
COST-of-living continues to bite with Victorians forced to pay more for groceries, household bills and struggle under the pressure of Labor’s 60 new or increased…
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Manage risk together
AS summer fades and autumn begins, we take a moment to reflect on the challenges of extreme heat, bushfires and storms over the past months…
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Sub par deal
Finally someone (Adam Bandt) has the nerve to say what a lot of clear thinking members of the public are thinking. AUKUS is not a…
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Reward for effort
I WOULD like to congratulate the Mildura RSL on being awarded RSL Victoria Sub-Branch of the Year. What a fantastic achievement! This recognition is a…
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Not convinced
THERE was more compost at the Merbein Football Club community meeting about the proposed drug rehabilitation clinic than used out at the mushroom farm. The…
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Trail fail?
I’M all for fresh tourism ideas and the arts but concentric circles of Queensland fireflies around Lock Island. Three-million dollars tipped in by Department of…