Letters
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Make your vote count
Conservative voters who value the environment, and feel strongly that more action should be taken to counter climate change, will have much to think about…
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Labour markets needs long-term reform
Farmers are continuing to deal with an avoidable loss of produce and farm income more than three months after NSW Farmers called for wide deployment…
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Cutting back drinking in our ‘new normal’
The latest survey data showed 25 per cent of Aussies are drinking more now than before the pandemic started. Australians have been usi-ng drugs and…
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Australia Day is not some new tradition
I TAKE issue with Councillor Helen Healy’s statement this week that “the January 26 date has only been around for 28 years”. As early as…
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CFA left to source their own RAT kits
Hard-working Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers are being hamstrung by the State Government’s failure to provide sufficient access to Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits. Despite…
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Minister must announce full duck season
Victorian Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas needs to announce a duck season in full this year. The pandemic, shorter seasons and reduced bag limits has been…
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Wait time at checkouts frustrating
I WOULD like to express my opinion about the wait time we all endure at the supermarket checkouts. It’s seems to me that the supermarkets…
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Victoria extends past Melbourne outskirts
There has been significant statewide commentary over the last fortnight in response to the Victorian Government’s plan to cut speed limits across our country road…
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Fix country roads to save lives
RECENTLY Victorian MPs Tim Bull, Cindy McLeish, Tim McCurdy, Steph Ryan and Bev McArthur and former Police Association boss Phil Edge have told media across…
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Outrageous prices for RAT test kits
Being an age pensioner, I find it outrageous that I got charged $55 on January 18 at a pharmacy for a RAT test kit. When…
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Retail supply chains struggling
The possibility of bare barbecues on Australia Day should be an alarm bell to all sides of politics, with the major retailer supply chains continuing…
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Regional change for city folk
Many people are choosing to make the move to country Victoria for a better life and lifestyle for themselves and their family. But shortages in…
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