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Urgent call for regional medics

Reallocation of medical staff into rural areas is urgently needed to stay ahead of the increased demand expected due to the COVID-19 crisis. Experts are saying the medical workforce is going to be a key issue over the next few months and more needs...

Where do we get news from now?

WHAT about us? Tomorrow Sunraysia Daily will cease to publish its paper along with three other regional papers – including Kerang – as a result of the Covid-19 virus and the subsequent decline in income. In the meantime, Sky News Across...

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Following a train of thought

MARIA Riedl (Txt The Editor, March 26) has once again attacked my stand on seeking the completion of the Murray Basin Rail Project, an essential service to this community. Ms Riedl rambles on about passenger trains, mayors and “open minded...

Link with paper goes back long way

I WAS shocked to learn of your imminent shutdown, and hope fervently that you will be back in due course. Mildura is my family background: my grandfather established a furniture and toy shop in Langtree Avenue in the pioneer 1880s; my father Bert...

Lest we forget country media

I UNDERSTAND Sunraysia Daily is ceasing its print edition this weekend. As a cadet journalist from 1959, I thank the management and staff, past and present, for that wonderful training opportunity. As I reflect on my rather swift 79 years (where...

Come back soon, Sunny Daily

RE Sunny Daily’s closure, “temporary” I hope. Everybody in Sunraysia will be the poorer for the cessation of printing by the “Sunny Daily” and I wish everyone well in these difficult times. I went to school with Bill Lanyon and worked for...

Rail buck stops with State Government

Ali Cupper needs to actually read the VAGO report into the Murray Basin Rail Upgrade before she makes any public comment. Cupper has stated: “The major political parties failed growers, transport providers and the economy by not completing the...

Positive angle needed in trying situation

Why report stories that are ridiculous? Vehicles with interstate number plates in supermarket car parks. Really? Filling their vehicles with the likes of toilet paper and pasta. Are we to man the barricades to stop people from down the highway...

Social distancing rule not taken seriously

On Sunday morning, driving past a coffee shop in Mildura there would have been at least 20 people sitting out under the trees enjoying their coffees – and not one single person was adhering to the social distancing guidelines. Most of them were...

Visitors full of praise for standard of care

On March 13, as a family we travelled to Mildura to participate in the Walking Off The War Within in memory of our son Nathan Shanahan. However, due to circumstances beyond our control the Walk had to be postponed so we stayed with family to enjoy...

Time for the doctor to speak up

THERE is no way that Sunraysia can ignore the fact that coronavirus has now impacted on our community. I applaud our state member Ali Cupper and Mayor Simon Clemence on their moves to address the coronavirus situation within the electorate. I do not...

Interest rate loans need consideration

MANY Sunraysia residents have bank loans and it’s a time of great economic uncertainty. Amid the COVID-19 news cycle, government and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) are talking up low interest rates and cash injections into the economy; basically...

Rex applauds prompt government response

Regional Express (Rex) applauds the announcement from Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on relief measures to assist airlines in the dire operating environment of the COVID-19 outbreak. In an open letter dated 16 March 2020, Rex warned the...

Air links a necessity for regional NSW

Urgent action is needed to help ensure Australia’s regional airlines survive the coronavirus pandemic. Regional air services are vital for farming and rural communities, particularly for accessing health services in larger centres and cities. Air...

Cross-border buy-ups leave locals short

I wish to condemn the behaviour of those Victorians who have been travelling to Wentworth to raid the shelves of our local supermarket. On Tuesday, Ritchies’ carpark and the road outside held predominantly Victorian-registered vehicles and the...

No need to fear food shortages

Calm your farm! There is no need for consumers to fear food shortages in Australia as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Farmers across the country are busy doing what they do best – producing local food and fibre. The hens are...