Thursday, May 28, 2020

Letters
Letters

Basin webinar missed the point

I AM so lucky to still have a working laptop. As I watched the webinars this week featuring our new Minister for Water Keith Pitt trying to answer questions about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, I felt like throwing a brick at it. Fortunately, I...

27 May 2020
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Time to disband the MDBA

Some of us who were fortunate to have a rain-forced break last Thursday took the opportunity to participate in two webinars – one featuring Minister for Water Keith Pitt and the other featuring basin plan Inspector-General Mick Keelty. I felt...

27 May 2020
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13 Feb 2020
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Lower Lakes review will cost Sunraysia

Review finds Lower Lakes historically fresh ... really? Essentially the review of Lower Lakes (Albert and Alexandrina) found they were generally more often fresh than saline over the period of historical record keeping. However this finding, which...

23 May 2020
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Call for vote of no confidence in mayor

I COMMEND to councillors a vote of no confidence in the Mayor Simon Clemence, due to his acceptance of the role as CEO of the Mildura International Flying School. It is clear that this role conflicts with his role of mayor. The mayor may well have...

23 May 2020
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Nats should focus on farmers already here

Federal MP Anne Webster compares her arrival in Mildura 42 years ago with her vision to see people leaving cities to work in a remote area such as ours. I don’t think we can compare Mildura six months ago with today. Her examples of people working...

23 May 2020
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Govt can’t go back to ‘business as usual’

Governments both state and federal have worked well together to guide Australia through this pandemic – so far quite successfully and we are largely grateful. Locally we have had few cases of COVID-19 and now enjoy some freedom so we can support...

20 May 2020
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Help out ratepayers Mayor Clemence

I REFER to Mayor Simon Clemence’s comments in the article ‘No rate cuts on the cards’ (Sunraysia Daily, May 16): With the buffer built into the capital expenditure budget (as the ratepayers continue to point out), Mildura Council should be...

20 May 2020
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Expand subsidies beyond September

MEDICARE subsidies which allow patients to access telehealth consults with healthcare professionals including doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists without incurring out-of-pocket expenses must be expanded beyond September. The Federal Government...

20 May 2020
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Thanking volunteers

THE theme of National Volunteer Week (18 – 24 May) this year is ‘Changing communities. Changing Lives’ and it has never been more relevant than today when we are all facing great change due to the impact of COVID-19. I would like to thank the...

16 May 2020
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Payroll tax relief will save local jobs

THE Victorian Government must immediately implement temporary payroll tax relief to help locals get back to work and back in business. With Victoria losing more jobs than any other state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, urgent action is needed...

16 May 2020
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First class care from Mildura Hospital staff

I WAS transported by ambulance to the emergency deparment at Mildura Base Hospital with a blood infection. Apparently I had a temperature and was an immediate suspect for coranavirus, was put in isolation immediately, which frightened the hell out...

16 May 2020
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Solo recreation bans must be wound back

VICTORIA’S blanket bans on solo recreational activities have never made sense. While we can get out for a socially distant walk along the river with a friend, solo pursuits like fishing, hunting, golf, prospecting and horse riding are off the...

09 May 2020
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No confidence in hospital transition

If Ali Cupper thought coronavirus was going to overwhelm the Mildura Base hospital with five cases and all elective surgeries suspended during the crisis what does she think will happen when the Victorian Government takes it over in five months...

09 May 2020
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Solutions needed over flying school noise

My wife Bronwyn and I have lived in Etiwanda Avenue, adjacent the Mildura airport, for 20 years. We were fully aware that an airport was nearby, but being an ‘ex’ pilot myself, I had no concerns with aircraft noise because of the minimal...

02 May 2020
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Aviation training has worked before

In 1974, I was a trainee pilot under instruction by the Aviation Training School operated by the chief flying instructor and owner Jack Funnell. During those years Captain Funnell operated four aircraft and employed one instructor full time and one...

02 May 2020
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Racial abuse has no place in Sunraysia

Re: Racial abuse of Chinese trainee pilots (Sunraysia Daily, April 25): Our first government school, the Wentworth National School opened in 1860. Its students largely came from families newly arrived in Australia. Captain John Egge, a Chinese...

02 May 2020