Opinion

AUGUST 22 was a monumental day for Australian agriculture. It was a great day for broad-acre farmers, for dairy farmers, and for growers of fresh…

THESE are testing times. I think I can speak for much of the community when I say it feels like we’re in a holding pattern.…

THERE is a sense of apprehension setting in for farmers facing the harvest season ahead. The lack of workers in the country is again causing…

THE Olympics may be over, but herculean efforts are continuing. And they’re happening right on our doorstep. We are the last line of defence against…

NEW data shows that the national vaccine roll-out is ramping up significantly. It is now taking just six days to deliver one million doses, and…

I’D never thought we’d be counting lockdowns in half-dozens, but here we are. Lockdown 6.0 has arrived and we all know the drill. Until midnight…

HERE we go again. Once more we share the feeling of dread that accompanies a lockdown. This is Victoria’s sixth lockdown since the beginning of…

THE Victorian Government celebrated “donut day” only to predictably eat humble pie the next. After Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton again forgot his real role…

I THINK it is time we had a conversation. The pandemic has exposed a driving force in society and governments, and it is about risk.…

WE’VE all become a bit too well acquainted with the number 14 over the past year and a half. Our hotel quarantine and home isolation…

WE welcome the recent government announcement to compensate clubs for irrecoverable costs greater than $2000 associated with the cancellation or postponement of sporting events. I…

Opinion By Paul Matheson, SFNL President We welcome the government announcement to compensate clubs for irrecoverable costs greater than $2000 associated with the cancellation or…