Letters
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High praise for exemplary service
I TAKE pleasure in drawing attention to two examples of outstanding service recently shown to me. First with enormous appreciation to Diane Whitelaw, who is…
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Nature strip dilemma continues
MILDURA Rural City Council is quick to fine you, but what if you have someone driving (or parking) on your nature strip and you make…
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River battle still has long way to go
Firstly, congratulations to Southern Riverina Irrigators and their chairman Chris Brooks for the way they are prepared to fight for our region’s future. It must…
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Speed humps are an ongoing problem
WHAT public consultation did the council do before the put the three speed humps in San Mateo Avenue? After crossing them, I will be slowing…
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No offence meant to childbirth unit
THE article ‘Push is on for local birth centre’, in which I was quoted, was not intended to insult our Mildura Base Public Hospital Birthing…
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Mildura no longer a tidy town
I HAVE moved back to Mildura after being away for some 50 years. I am aware how things change, however one that stood out was…
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Nature strips a council problem
MILDURA Council, it’s your land and you set rules for its use for nature strips, but you don’t maintain them. How is that fair to…
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With train, recovery would be on track
GLENN James states in Sunraysia Daily on April 14: “Tourists are not coming to Mildura without … access to public transport to get here.” He…
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Murray Basin plan flawed and set to fail
Nine billion dollars of taxpayer’s money has been spent on the Murray Darling Basin Plan and yet we are seeing the plan implode and collapse…
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Pesticide use on farms safer than ever
It is unfortunate that The University of Sydney chose to publicise the release of an otherwise interesting model with unscientific, inflammatory and misleading language surrounding…
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Strong support for Webster
The Mildura Branch of the ALP wish to express our strong support for Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster’s actions at the Federal National Party…
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Pitch perfect
How lucky are we to have a bugler the calibre of Donald Mayne. He played the Last Post at the Anzac ceremony perfectly – not…