Opinion
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…