Tag: Opinion
Staying true to our values
By JESSE GRAHAM
EARLIER today, we received an email from a company with a story pitch.
This isn't uncommon - our inboxes are often flooded with...
Extra attention for outside pets
Animal Aid Column, By Debra Boland
THIS winter has been incredibly cold for the animals in our shelters, particularly the dogs which have experienced many...
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LOYAL ‘Mail’ reader Michelle White recently snapped this heart-warming picture at a property in Dixons Creek, which she said best illustrates country living in...
Due place for top apprentices, trainees
By Tony Smith
IN 2009, I initiated the Casey Apprentice/Trainee of the Year Awards to recognise, reward and encourage careers in local trades and small...
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IT’S not every day you come across a sunset quite like this one. Rod Thom captured this incredible photograph of a sunset from Toolebewong...
Remember the walking wounded
WITH the fanfare of the Anzac Centenary now done and dusted, it can be easily forgotten that our recently returned soldiers continue to fight...
Timber Release Plan
'MAIL’ readers may have seen an unattributed ad last week which made reference to VicForests’ Timber Release Plan (Mail, 7 July, page 2).
In response...
Wake up, road users
I DON'T want to pick fights and, in my preamble, I concur that Healesville drivers are exceptionally polite, so it is relaxing to drive...
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‘MAIL’ reader Kennith Woodworth captured this beautiful image of yet another inspiring sunset at Millgrove recently. Despite the cooler months now setting in, there...
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...
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CARTOON: Illegal tobacco war
The Victorian Government announced the Tobacco Amendment (Tobacco Retailer and Wholesaler Licensing Scheme) Bill 2024 to ramp up the regulation of the illicit tobacco...
