Opinion

  • Meeting health-care challenges

    Meeting health-care challenges

    Opinion By Terry Welch Mildura Base Public Hospital CEO HOSPITALS are the lifeblood of any community. They are where many of us begin and end…

  • Meta’s claims about news on Facebook is fake news

    Meta’s claims about news on Facebook is fake news

    IN the first half of 2024, one-third of Australians accessed Facebook for news, a new study has revealed. The finding contradicts Meta’s long-standing assertion that…

  • Who steps up in finals?

    Who steps up in finals?

    FINALS footy is finally here and to pick a favourite right now is no easy task. So let’s take a look at each side and…

  • Power to the people

    Power to the people

    Anne Webster – Member for Mallee WHEN the Dutton-Littleproud Liberal-National Coalition team released our energy policy, Labor MPs gravitated to the nuclear energy component and…

  • Local leaders take strong message to capital

    Local leaders take strong message to capital

    OPINION MAYOR Liam Wood, Deputy Mayor Mark Eckel and I recently attended the largest annual gathering of local government representatives in the country – the…

  • Wentworth Shire: bringing the heat!

    Wentworth Shire: bringing the heat!

    By Cr Daniel Linklater Mayor, Wentworth Shire Council WHILE Sunraysia has recently experienced our usual beautiful wintery cold snap, the local events calendar is just…

  • Crime an issue says local MP

    Crime an issue says local MP

    By Jade Benham Member for Mildura WHAT a week to have a chance lunch meeting with the Minister for Corrections and Youth Justice, on the…

  • Games on for visitor economy – opinion

    Games on for visitor economy – opinion

    By Cr Liam Wood, – Mayor, Mildura Rural City Council SPORTS tourism is big business and Mildura is increasingly cashing in. We were a full…

  • The name of the game

    The name of the game

    EACH generation has a group of players coming through that are instantly recognisable by their connection with the generation before them. The father-son or father-daughter…

  • Opinion Piece: Federal Labor is back flipping

    Opinion Piece: Federal Labor is back flipping

    By Anne Webster Federal Member for Mallee THE Paris Olympics are just over a month away and if Team Albanese keep practising their backflips, I…

  • Interleague revival is all about pride and sacrifice

    Interleague revival is all about pride and sacrifice

    WHAT is a destination club? Quite simply it is a club where players want to play and not leave, a club where players approach the…

  • Budgets offer little respite

    Budgets offer little respite

    THE May 7 Victorian Labor State Budget and the May 14 Albanese Labor Federal Budgets depict a debt and deficit nightmare, particularly in Victoria and…

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