Letters

Even a little more shade can make a world of difference

LOCAL residents are lucky to have access to many great parks, playgrounds, and outdoor spaces. But without ample shade, these places not only become hotspots but also high UV exposure zones. More than 95 per cent of skin cancers in Australia are due...

28 Apr 2025

Letters

Growing issue of ‘ghost camping’

CARAVAN & Residential Parks Victoria is again calling on the Victorian Government to urgently address problems with its free camping policy and expand the initiative to include regulated parks to reduce the growing issue of “ghost camping”. The...

28 Apr 2025

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13 Feb 2020

Opinion

Remember the dead, but protect the living

EACH Anzac Day, Australians rise early in the cold dawn, light a candle, and bow their heads in solemn remembrance. We honour courage, mateship, and sacrifice. We say “Lest We Forget”. But too often, we do forget – especially those who came home...

26 Apr 2025

Opinion

Nats leader says scrap the tax

THE emergency services tax is the Allan Labor Government’s latest sneaky cash grab and The Nationals will continue to fight it. What better way of joining us in the fight than sending a message directly to the Treasurer, Jaclyn Symes?You can do...

21 Apr 2025

Letters

Nuclear support melting down?

RE-ALLIANCE has been working with rural and regional communities navigating energy projects for more than a decade. We recently released polling across several proposed nuclear communities, which found support for nuclear reactors in those...

21 Apr 2025

Letters

Have a happy Easter

AS Easter approaches, I would like to extend my warmest wishes to everyone across our community. This time of year offers a valuable opportunity to pause, reflect, and spend meaningful time with family, friends, and loved ones. Easter is a time for...

18 Apr 2025

Letters

More to consider for sustainable future

THE discussion around decarbonising the economy is gaining momentum, with the LNP exploring nuclear power stations and Labor focusing on offshore wind and green hydrogen. However, there is a noticeable gap in these discussions that needs to be...

13 Apr 2025

Letters

Nats against tax

REGIONAL Victorians are under siege as the Allan Labor Government continues to gouge those who live outside Melbourne with more new taxes, making regional Victorians pay the price for Labor’s failure to manage money. As a Bendigo based MP, Premier...

12 Apr 2025

Letters

So... apparently there’s an election going on?

IT’S probably a fair bet that, as Federal Election voters, at a minimum we’re taken for granted, or at worst we just don’t count. While other places in Australia have seen millions of dollars showered upon them in specific and targeted pre-election...

12 Apr 2025

Letters

‘Damage’ for Australia’s agriculture

WHAT will it take for our city based, ideologically driven politicians to wake up and understand the damage they are inflicting on Australian agriculture?One would think if a leading Australian agriculture investor wants ‘out’ from the industry...

12 Apr 2025

Letters

Destruction of heritage

AT the moment the Robinvale Hotel is a problem, one that only money will fix. The outcome and the cost are perhaps up for debate. If the owner, and Swan Hill Rural City Council have all their ducks in a row for a planned partial demolition, the...

12 Apr 2025

Letters

More not less

INSTEAD of threatening to reduce, sorry downsize, the public service, Peter Dutton should try to contact Centrelink, for example. Wait time to talk to a person, 50 to 75 minutes. Seems like we need more, not less, public servants.

06 Apr 2025

Letters

Australias rural collapse: the brutal cost of ignoring the bush

FARMERS across the Murray-Darling Basin - the lifeblood of Australia’s food and fibre production - are under increasing pressure. Government changes have reallocated 3200 gigalitres of irrigation water to environmental flows, much of it unmetered...

09 Apr 2025

Letters

Local women urged to check breasts

I RECENTLY received BreastScreen Victoria statistics indicating that in the period 2022-2024 nearly half of Victorian women aged 50 to 74 did not have a breast screen when they were due. In Mildura, only 48.9 per cent participated, compared to the...

09 Apr 2025

Letters

Light show praised

I EXPERIENCED the Trail of Lights on Lock Island on Saturday - it was a fascinating and mesmerising experience! Congratulations to all involved especially Mildura Rural City Council and Bruce Munro! The choice of venue, Lock Island is such a unique...

08 Apr 2025

Letters

Call to halt water buy-backs

SINCE the dawn of civilisation, humanity has constructed water-diverting and storage facilities to ensure survival during droughts, maintain food security, and protect against floods. Australia is a country of droughts and flooding rains. Time and...

08 Apr 2025