Opinion
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RateGate equity petition set for Victorian Parliament soon
WE are entering the home stretch of our RateGate campaign petition, so there’s a fair chance you will be hearing and seeing a lot of…
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Basin water buybacks end as policy turns to efficiencies
FARMERS across Mallee have been hurt by water buybacks. Victoria’s highly regulated system positioned Mallee farmers as easy targets for water buybacks. Since I hit…
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Reports put vulnerable in focus
THE need for improved health and wellbeing services in Victorian regional areas like Mildura were highlighted twice this week. This week the final report from…
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Facebook news ban fails in face of government’s stand
THIS week we have seen the end of an unregulated and unfair media market that exploited quality news reporting through the introduction of the News…
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Victoria’s COVID-19 rules are necessary, but need proportion
VICTORIA’S state of emergency (SOE) has caused a great deal of confusion and anger in Victoria since the COVID-19 pandemic started. State Parliament faces another…
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Government leaves Sea Lake-Manangatang gauge unfixed
WORK recently started on the Sea Lake line in the Murray Basin Rail Project. While this is welcome news, there is a fly in the…
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Harvest bonus is positive for Sunraysia growers
THE Victorian Government’s latest program to try and attract seasonal workers to help growers complete their harvest is a positive move. A seasonal harvest sign-on…
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Daniel Andrews wrecks Sunraysia’s plans with lockdown
DANIEL Andrews has done it again. He has taken Mildura’s number of coronavirus cases from zero to zero. He has done the same for Orbost…
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Andrews lockdown slams the regions again
AS of 11.59pm last night, Victoria entered a five-day hard lockdown under stage 4 restrictions. Once again, Premier Dan Andrews has included areas of Victoria…
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Getting Mildura Kittyhawk museum effort off the ground
THE best way to commemorate our place in Australia’s World War II efforts would be through the WWII Aviation Training and Kittyhawk Museum at Mildura…
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Water greed in the north is killing communities
By Sophie Baldwin Southern Connected Basin Communities (SCBC) spent four days touring the Lower Darling region and I would love to say we all came…
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Toxic culture must change
THE story of Kim O’Reilly should shock and anger us all – and it must be the catalyst for us to demand action to change…













