Opinion
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Don’t risk our future, protect against FMD
A FARMING friend from Woomelang once said to me that “no other job puts $150,000 on black or red then has to wait six months…
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Disease threat is real, and Labor should step up action
VIRAL fragments of foot and mouth disease have been being detected in Melbourne and now Adelaide, inflaming concern in the agriculture industry. These revelations should…
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Young parliamentarians on the right track
MILDURA’S 2022 Youth Parliament Team did us proud. Tahiba Mirzaee, Trey Peirce, Turishaa Suresh, Aimee Ablett and Rory Peterson went to Spring Street last month,…
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This is no time to cut health services for regional people
OPINION – ANNE WEBSTER ONE of the silver linings of the pandemic has been the expansion of telehealth services, especially for those of us living…
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Be bold, be brave and get your arts into gear
THE ‘Sunny Daily’ has recorded many readers’ comments about Mildura missing out on a prize at the recent Victorian tourism awards. The main gig went to…
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Young leaders are our future voices
By Liam Wood Welcome to the first of my regular updates for Sunraysia Daily readers. I want this column to serve a few purposes. It will provide…
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Worker supply remains the key to business needs
IN every town across Mallee it’s the same story. Not enough unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers. In fact, this story is being heard throughout the…
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High pay awaits pickers
IT is citrus harvest time and many growers in Sunraysia are on their knees. This year’s yield has been astounding. The export market is looking…
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A new hospital is what matters
OPINION – ALI CUPPER I’M aiming for a trifecta that’s never (so far as I know) been done in a single term: returning a privatised…
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Why Bandt’s flag stance is racist
WHILE Adam Bandt believes he is combating racism by shunning the Australian flag, I would argue he is in fact promoting it, and he ought…
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Mildura’s rail gap must be closed
MILDURA has been badly neglected by successive governments and both big parties in relation to rail. It is a heartbreaking story of dereliction of duty…
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Cut the partisan brawling, it’s time for new rail deal
I TALK a lot about RateGate. Now let’s talk about FreightGate. Just as the big parties have been failing us on rates for decades, they’ve…
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