Tag: Opinion
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...
Free range intent missing
WITH reference to the article Issue Is Intense (Mail, 26 May 2015).
This article misses the true intent of Planning Scheme Amendment C146 that is...
Mining disaster looms
WE NOTE a public notice in recent editions of the Mail, notifying of an application for an exploration licence to look for ‘economic gold...
Small businesses engineer growth
SMALL business is the engine room of Australia’s economy, employing more than four million people across our nation.
Combined, they produce over $330 billion of...
Dangerous sneaking through road blocks
IT’S unthinkable that any appointment could be so pressing that one could put another’s life in serious danger.
Yet, this is what occurred last week...
Coldstream on a roll
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Valley netball clubs Worawa and Coldstream are enjoying the winter season at the new Pinks Reserve netball complex.
Worawa has...
Lenscape
‘Mail’ reader Richard Reeve took this amazing image entitled ‘Morning light over Healesville’ during a hot air balloon ride. The picture features three of...
Mining – what a coincidence
DID you know that an application for mineral exploration which may affect your property has been made? The public notice in our local Mail...
Thanks for horse sense
ON Sunday 17 May, at 4.30pm, my son’s much-loved 33-year-old mare was found to be in a very nasty predicament.
She had slipped on some...
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Saving the natural world – one life at a time
The stats are in from one of Australia’s biggest native wildlife hospitals with Healesville Sanctuary treating 2091 patients in past financial year and experiencing...
