Analysis & Comment
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Regional rates equity fight off to good start
THE final sitting week of the Victorian Parliament year was an extremely productive one. After formalising my alliance with Reason’s Fiona Patten last Friday, the…
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Our food exports are the key
AUSTRALIA produces three times the amount of food it needs domestically. This fact alone demonstrates how important our export markets are. There is now a…
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Coalition move will serve regional needs
OPINION – ALI CUPPER CHANGING the game is more than just a catchphrase. When I was given the privilege of serving our community as the…
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Victoria reneges on Murray Basin rail standradisation
OPINION Member for Mallee Anne Webster OVER the past 18 months I’ve been working closely with industry stakeholders, farmers, and community members who have an…
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Funding game is changing for Mildura and north-west
WHEN it comes to government funding, there has long been a perception in the north-west that Victoria ends at Bendigo. For so long our region…
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Revive the great Aussie road trip – with no borders
RECENTLY I took a personal trip down memory lane, thinking about my childhood Christmas holidays. Inevitably these involved a family road trip. Visiting the “rellies”,…
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Budget benefits already in $40 million for housing
OPINION – ALI CUPPER THE Victorian Government will hand down the 2020-21 State Budget on Tuesday, but the Mildura electorate has already had two significant…
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Premiers deliver a deja vu of closed borders
IT feels as though we are living through a recurring nightmare. A sense of deja vu is pervading cross-border communities, who are fed up with…
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Government keeps watch on table grape exports to China
IT’S been a difficult 12 months for the table grape industry. At the end of last year, the price of water on the temporary market…
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Shopping focus should be on supporting local business
OPINION – ALI CUPPER, STATE MEMBER FOR MILDURA WITH COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions easing significantly, there has never been a more important time to shop…
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Scammers are on the prowl
OUR officers have varied reasons for joining Victoria Police, but there is one common thread that binds them together – the desire to help people.…
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Firearms amnesty aims for safer community
CODE 1 By SERGEANT ANDREW KILROY SUNRAYSIA police are holding a firearms amnesty. This is a genuine initiative to get illegal, unwanted and unregistered guns…
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