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Zane Willams

Rise of mental ill-health

Daniel Andrews confirmed that Victoria’s chief psychiatrist was again not involved in the Victorian Government’s decision to keep Victorians in at least three more weeks of hard lockdown, despite the growing evidence that the mental health of...

03 Sep 2021

Letters

Farmers hit hard

Victorian farmers’ hopes of a record-breaking harvest are at risk while COVID restrictions continue to wreak havoc with availability of farm labourers. Worker shortages across the industry, including horticulture, grains, wool production and meat...

03 Sep 2021

Letters

‘Farmy Army’ – farmers helping farmers

FARMERS and the local community in the wider Shepparton region have been hit hard by the impacts of COVID-19. We’ve put the call out to all willing and able farmers and their communities throughout Victoria to form the ‘Farmy Army’ to help...

01 Sep 2021

Letters

Keep the food supply chain moving

Victorians have come to rely on a steady stream of food delivery and online shopping to get through another lockdown. We need our supply chain more than ever to access essential items and to keep Victoria moving – from the freight drivers...

01 Sep 2021

Letters

Open up community regions slowly

I realise that I will be in the minority if I say I am against opening up Australia when the number of vaccinated people is 70/80 per cent. I dislike the lockdowns and certainly did not expect to spend my latter years locked in my home. Has anyone...

01 Sep 2021

Letters

NSW must explain harvesting approval

A NSW Government decision to approve water to be taken from the basin for the purpose of floodplain harvesting has robbed the parched rivers of an important first flush and failed to maximise the opportunity for floodwaters to reach the lower...

14 Feb 2020