Tag: Opinion
Amendment wrong approach
I AM writing in response to the ‘Mail’ article (“Intense ‘free range’ heat”, 2 June, page 5).
Currently in the Shire of Yarra Ranges you...
‘Op’ shops tops
WHAT a great article on the Adcare Opportunity Shop, telling of sharing their 'profits’ between several Yarra Valley schools.
I thought it was a terrific...
Walkway a wonderful result
I KNOW Archdeacon Gail Pinchbeck (Anglican and Uniting Church minister), who fell and was injured badly on the Warburton Brisbane Bridge in 2013.
In complaining...
Spokesman surprise
I WAS surprised to see in the ‘Mail’, Geoff Biggs of Toolangi presented as a spokesman for the community.
In the 1990s, Geoff was a...
Fracking exposure salutary
I WOULD like to thank Jeanette McRae for warning us of the possibility of mineral exploration within our area. I am absolutely appalled by...
Road needs attention
I READ the recent article in your paper and would like to add my comments.
As a regular user of the road between Healesville and...
Drugs-free graduates grateful
IN response to the the article on Get off Drugs Naturally, (‘The Mail’, 19 May) something is being missed in all this.
I have heard...
Budget is about efficiencies
IT’S budget time of the year again, and your Yarra Ranges councillors have been working hard for the past few months to set a...
Bridge thank you
A BIG ‘thank you’ is extended to the Yarra Ranges Council for the impressive redevelopment of the Brisbane Bridge in Warburton.
After being closed for...
Mates on board
In a submission to the Victorian Parliament, the United Firefighters Union Australia (UFUA) has demanded the removal of volunteer fire-fighter representatives from the CFA...
Let democracy take its course
I urge all councillors to defer any further action re: Planning Scheme Amendment C 146 - Intensive Animal Husbandry until they face the ratepayers...
Exercise in hypocrisy
IT IS with an increasing sense of frustration that the Save Healesville Hospital Action Group (SHHAG) has made the decision to withdraw our representative...
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Increased risk of measles in greater Melbourne
There is an increased risk of measles in the greater Melbourne area, with travellers returning from overseas or interstate.
These recent measles cases have been...
