Opinion

Raff Ciccone Labor Senator for Victoria LAST month’s Victorian bushfires tore through communities with terrifying speed, leaving families without homes, disrupting businesses, and devastating farms…

THE Nationals and Liberals have secured a parliamentary inquiry that will get to the bottom of Labor’s 2026 summer bushfire preparedness and response. Volunteers, firefighters,…

TO Balranald Shire Mayor Louie Zaffina. It is good that the township of Euston has such a strong community representative and a bowling club with…

AFTER nearly four decades studying Californian water management, a return visit in January 2026 left me with a confronting realisation. California has had its water…

AS Australian children return to school, hundreds will not. Their desks sit empty as they fight blood cancer – the single biggest disease threatening the…

AS a new school year approaches, I would like to wish our teachers, students, staff and families a great year ahead. Whether you are just…

I WRITE to sincerely thank the staff at council who were working yesterday (Friday). By going above and beyond their duty, they connected me with…

AFTER nearly four decades studying Californian water management, a return visit in January 2026 left me with a confronting realisation. California has had its water…

REGIONAL New South Wales is currently undergoing one of the fastest periods of industrialisation in its history, yet the people who feel all of the…

THE CFA board issued a clear, written statement this week correcting false claims about funding cuts and firefighter preparedness. It should have ended the debate.…

I WOULD like to acknowledge and sincerely thank the Forest Fire Management Victoria and Fire Rescue Victoria staff, along with the Country Fire Authority volunteers,…

MANY of us make a promise or two at this time of year to do more for our health. But there’s one subject many skip…