Opinion
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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 the…
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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…
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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…
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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 budget…
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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…
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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 board.…
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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 at…
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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 from…