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Stefano de Pieri

Only united action can fix truck chaos

CAST your eyes over the low kerb at the bottom of Deakin Avenue, opposite the fountain, and you will notice the skid marks made by trucks turning right into Seventh Street. I always thought it was hard for normal trucks to turn at the intersection...

24 Feb 2024

Opinion

Why can’t the private and public hospitals operate as one?

STEFANO DE PIERI: With funding for a new hospital unlikely in the foreseeable future, we need to start thinking outside the square about how we can solve the bed shortage at the Mildura Base Public Hospital.

27 May 2023

Opinion

Be bold, be brave and get your arts into gear

OPINION: Mildura councillor Stefano de Pieri says there’s a good reason why Mildura was recently beaten to a state tourism award by Bendigo. It’s because Bendigo has its act together.

11 Jul 2022

Opinion

Debate on the site of a new Mildura hospital is premature

OPINION - STEFANO DI PIERI: The speculation on the site of a new Mildura hospital is a waste of time. There’s no plan yet and, when a plan is revealed, that will be the time to discuss it.

02 Apr 2022

Opinion

Let’s treasure and protect Mildura’s CBD

OPINION - Stefano de Pieri: I want to clear the air on something. Had I been in the council chambers when the vote was taken on the mobility plan, I certainly would have voted in favour.

19 Mar 2022

Opinion

Big basin water market profits sell farmers down the river

THE new book Sold Down The River exposes the issues of water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin.

04 Sep 2021

Opinion

Keep spending in Mildura and reclaim those millions

NEVER before have local businesses needed so much the support of the Mildura community.

28 Aug 2021

Opinion

Time for Mildura Council to get into water market

THERE is not the amount of water in the Murray-Darling Basin the authorities claim there is.

05 Sep 2020

Opinion

de Pieri: Business leaders build strength

SATURDAY’S Sunraysia Daily presents another profile of a successful business identity in this district with GTS Freight Group managing director Damian Matthews.

01 Aug 2020

Opinion

de Pieri: Lamattinas’ biggest kick comes from family business

ON Sunday, Sunraysia’s young star Dylan Stephens will make his senior AFL debut with the Sydney Swans, another talented person from this region.

11 Jul 2020

Opinion

de Pieri: Siobhan Stagg’s magic is just part of Sunraysia’s story

I TURN on the radio in the morning and ABC AM is conducted by Sabra Lane, originally from Mildura.

04 Jul 2020

Comment

de Pieri: Sunraysia offers more than most regions

A COUPLE of weeks ago in Sunraysia Daily, I wrote a column suggesting that it would be helpful in assisting our politicians in their quest to obtain what we need as a community, if we were to develop a more accurate perception of this district in the places where decisions are made -- Spring Street and Canberra.

27 Jun 2020