Analysis & Comment

  • Dan’s V/Line fantasy and its uncomfortable truth

    Dan’s V/Line fantasy and its uncomfortable truth

    SURELY he’s taking us for a ride. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews this week posted about a radio duo “starting the longest V/Line trip that there…

  • Player buy-in revives representative footy at right time of year

    Player buy-in revives representative footy at right time of year

    AND everybody thought rep footy and netball were dead in the water. The Dreamtime at the P football and netball weekend could not have been…

  • Spectators left dreaming of covered seating

    Spectators left dreaming of covered seating

    COMMENT – MATT TAYLOR THE Dreamtime at the P concept has proven a resounding success. Hats off to the three main organisers, Michael “Boozer” Robertson,…

  • Benham’s cheap flights claim is hot air

    Benham’s cheap flights claim is hot air

    ANALYSIS: AN election commitment for capped-price flights between Mildura and Melbourne has been delivered “in a round-about way”, according to the Member for Mildura. Jade…

  • Why won’t cashed-up league honour pledge?

    Why won’t cashed-up league honour pledge?

    ARE hidden club agendas standing in the way of football and netball’s best interests in Sunraysia? Revelations this week that the SFNL board had decided…

  • MP’s point scoring misses the mark

    MP’s point scoring misses the mark

    GOVERNMENT intervening in markets is terrible – except all the times it isn’t. Is that right, Anne Webster? The Member for Mallee, in a column…

  • Blowing the whistle on sport report

    Blowing the whistle on sport report

    WHAT is the most popular sport in the Mildura municipality? If you believe the Mildura Recreation Strategy 2021-31, it’s hockey. Yes, I almost choked on…

  • Saturday Serve: Sports await Easter rebirth

    Saturday Serve: Sports await Easter rebirth

    FLOODING over summer has put a dampener on tourism at a time when accommodation is usually fully booked and retail and hospitality operators are usually…

  • Our sporting tips for the new year

    Our sporting tips for the new year

    THE Sunraysia Daily sports team has gazed into the crystal ball and is ready to make some bold predictions for 2023. SFNL senior football MITCH…

  • Webster: Merry Christmas to all in Mallee

    Webster: Merry Christmas to all in Mallee

    Anne Webster, Member for Mallee I WANT to wish each one of you a very Merry Christmas. Christmas has come around so quickly this year,…

  • There is no win in spin

    There is no win in spin

    AT 10.32pm on election night, Ali Cupper went live on Facebook. “We smashed the primary vote,” the incumbent Mildura MP told viewers, before revealing the…

  • Nuclear option is practical

    Nuclear option is practical

    WITH Australia’s energy grid rapidly transitioning to renewables, sensible and practical solutions are needed to keep our power cost-effective and reliable. Any grid dominated by…

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