Letters
-
LETTER: Regional MPs need to start delivering results
The loss by the conservatives will hurt regions and weaken their voice for what can grow regions. Let’s hope regional MPs get very vocal in…
-
LETTER: Truth needed on rates and council’s roles
I THANK Cr Clemence (Sunraysia Daily, November 23, 2018) for his letter and invitation to have input into council strategy going forward. I also take…
-
LETTER: Australians together to help farmers at Christmas
Approaching the festive season, let’s remember that many Australian farmers have had a tough year because of the drought. Many say it’s the worst in…
-
LETTER: Government needs to stop favouring cotton
WHILE the guilty plea to water theft charges by a big irrigator is welcomed, the legal over-extraction for cotton irrigation is leading to the demise…
-
LETTER: City people need to know about the regions
There is a sad lack of imagination by many city people who can’t see the regions and the lifestyle beyond crowds, crime and congestion and…
-
LETTER: Liberals need change
THE Liberals have lost badly in Victoria and now need a long, hard look at who they are and who they represent.The result in Victoria…
-
LETTER: Energy policy hurt Guy
The Victorian Liberals’ war on renewable energy and support for coal and gas cost them the election.Matthew Guy’s party went to the polls with no…
-
LETTER: Nationals failing
THE Greens doubling the National Party vote in Victoria spells trouble for rural NSW.Perhaps the starkest result was seeing The Nationals’ primary vote at about…
-
LETTER: Violence
The text “Safety first” text (Sunraysia Daily, November 23) conveniently overlooks the fact that this country was invaded by a European colonial power that waged…
-
LETTER: The changing face of tourism in Sunraysia
WITH the latest figures out, Mildura Rural City Council has to start acknowledging the amount of tourism business that north west Victoria, and especially Mildura,…
-
LETTER: Tragedy could have wiped out humans
THE reported killing of John Allen Chau, a proselytising American Christian, by natives in the isolated Andaman island of North Sentinel last week, is already…
-
LETTER: Rates need perspective among some criticism
Phil Douglass (SD 21/11) complains that certain councillors have stated that our rates are “among the lowest in the state.” The article then denigrates them…