Opinion

OPINION – ALI CUPPER IT’S been a long time coming, but Victoria looks set to finally introduce a container deposit scheme (CDS). A Bill was…

OPINION – ALI CUPPER VICTORIA’S rates need a rethink. Right now, a family farmer in the Buloke Shire with a $5 million property is paying…

THIS week, a Fair Work Commission decision ruled that farmers will no longer be able to pay piecework provisions for workers, but instead must pay…

TWO members of my family are anti-vaxxers. It’s strange to put a label on them, I’d never done that before this year, so let me…

THE latest series of attacks on local businesses by disgruntled patrons is reprehensible. And it blows my mind that, of all things to be upset…

ONE of the first things a parent teaches a child is that honesty is the best policy. And that you’re always better off owning your…

UNDERSTANDING the new COVID-19 restrictions on businesses is an impossible task. This week hospitality and beauty businesses were thrown into a tailspin when the requirement…

UNTIL Thursday, the Victorian Government’s website stated that the deadline for second vaccination doses for workers was November 26, with first doses required by October…

THIS week has been one of the most challenging for our community since the start of the pandemic. The rise in cases in Mildura has…

PARENTS must provide proof of their child’s immunisation status just to get in the front door of a childcare centre. It’s an accepted mandate that…

VICTORIA’S public health messaging is shifting. One big change that came into play this week is that the vast majority of tier 2 exposure sites…

VACCINES for COVID-19 are our safest and more important pathway out of lockdowns. They are our most effective defence against the coronavirus. They help reduce…