Analysis & Comment

ALONG with everyone else, I am eagerly awaiting the State Government’s decision about ongoing business support for regional Victoria. We were told to expect a…

THE new book Sold Down The River exposes the issues of water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin. In a series of interviews with farmers, irrigators,…

TOMORROW is Father’s Day, but not as we know it. It’s another day of celebration disrupted by lockdown, for the second year running. The impact…

SEXUAL harassment is unacceptable, whether in the workplace or elsewhere. Everyone has the right to feel safe at work. That is why I’m pleased the…

NEVER before have local businesses needed so much the support of the Mildura community. Snap lockdowns because of the pandemic have cost traders in this…

IN 70 days, north-west Victoria could have 80 per cent of its population aged over 16 fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s close to 100,000 people,…

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…