Analysis & Comment

Australia can make use of its strengths in solar and wind resources, as well as critical minerals, to create new industries

RIGHT now, there’s a global race underway. The goal: bring back manufacturing and energy jobs as the energy transition speeds up. In 2022, America launched its mammoth Inflation Reduction Act...

22 Apr 2024

Letters

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13 Feb 2020

Analysis & Comment

MP’s comments crossed the line

ANALYSIS: Pressuring election officials isn’t the kind of thing you’d expect from an Australian politician.

04 Nov 2023

Analysis & Comment

Alan Joyce, this is your Mildura legacy

ANALYSIS; More expensive flights, less reliable service and substantially more cancellations. These were Alan Joyce’s gifts to Mildura

09 Sep 2023

Analysis & Comment

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.

01 Mar 2023

Football

AFL legends line up for Dreamtime debut

OPINION: BEN RIDLEY - It has been a massive couple of weeks behind the scenes for the upcoming Dreamtime at the P.

10 Feb 2023

Prevent violence with us

Opinion: The Walk Against Family Violence should be an opportunity to recognise the impact on all victims and survivors of domestic and family violence – especially children and young people.

19 Nov 2022

Analysis & Comment

Everyone wins - now eyes back on the finals

THE last two weeks have been huge with regards to the decisions the SFNL board have had to make. Thankfully, common sense has prevailed.

22 Aug 2022

News

Grass is literally greener at the MSP

COMMENT: Jason Shields - Let me get this right: The Sunraysia Football Netball League board has chosen the dilapidated City Oval precinct over Mildura’s new sporting precinct to host this year’s Grand Final?

17 Jun 2022

News

Lib leader sees Mildura as a key hub city

THE man who wants to be the next premier of Victoria says he wants it to be “a state of cities, not a city state”, and that the city of Mildura should be an important part of that.

15 Apr 2022

Analysis & Comment

NSW must enforce water meter rule

The NSW Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting released its findings this week, and the realities are hard to ignore. Floodplain harvesting causes significant economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts on downstream communities, like...

17 Dec 2021

Opinion

Andrews seeks greater authoritarian control

OPINION - ANNE WEBSTER - DISTURBING images have emerged from the protests in Melbourne this week. It is disappointing that the behaviour of the minority taint the behaviour of the vast majority who have peacefully protested. This behaviour is...

21 Nov 2021

Analysis & Comment

Is Dan still the right man?

OPINION - JASON SHIELDS - IS Dan still the man to be Premier of Victoria?It’s a question the Labor Party may need to address as it looks to lead Victoria out of the pandemic, for it’s hard to remember a time when this state has been more...

19 Nov 2021

Health

Mildura Base Public Hospital steps up during COVID test

WORKING in health care has never been more challenging.

01 Aug 2021

Daily Matters

Home burden mounts on women

THE pandemic has exacerbated the inequality gap at a time in history when it is supposed to be closing. And not in a small way. It’s taking a tremendous toll. Women’s experiences at home, their health, their own careers and economic wellbeing have all...

29 Jul 2021