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November 15, 2024

Thank God we're not America - reflections on the US elections - Column

I have been horrified at the US presidential candidates’ personal attacks on the mental characteristics or intellectual acumen, the shallow publicity appearances and outlandish claims.

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November 15, 2024

Labor sucking us dry with estimated $3 billion 450GL water buybacks - Column (Swan Hill Guardian)

Water is our lifeblood in this district, but Labor is sucking us dry to buy supposed ‘greenie’ votes in the inner cities

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November 7, 2024

Farmers learn their fate under VNI West transmission line corridor - Column

Farmers and communities along the proposed VNI West corridor learned their fate in October as the route for the 240 kilometres of VNI West transmission corridor through Mallee was finalised to a 70-metre-wide easement

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November 5, 2024

Victoria's divisive Mount Arapiles Rock Climbing Ban - Column

The Mount Arapiles decision should remind all Australians that under Federal and Victorian Labor, state-sponsored division and activism is carving up community and private land alike for the profit of a select few.

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November 1, 2024

Federal Inquiry slams Victorian Labor handling of pandemic, lockdowns, border and school closures - Column

The Inquiry was scathing in its criticism of the then Andrews Labor Government. Victorian Labor made unilateral decisions about lockdowns, curfews and vaccine mandates without transparency or accountability.

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October 25, 2024

Robinvale Centenary 23-27 October 2024 - Column

Robinvale began as the business centre for the local wheat farming district and while the crops have shifted to grapes, olives, carrots and almonds – to name a few – farming remains at the core of Robinvale’s identity.

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October 25, 2024

Families struggle with Childcare, Housing availability - Wimmera

While some childcare services are opening soon in the region, there are a huge number of gaps in coverage that – left unaddressed – threaten the future viability of towns.

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October 25, 2024

Small Businesses, Home Buyers and Renters under pressure - Column - Swan Hill

I share the frustration felt by Swan Hill families and businesses with government inaction on the cost of living and doing business. Labor have also failed on housing, where the pressures are acute in Swan Hill.

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October 18, 2024

Royal Visit Rebuffed by Premiers - Column - Swan Hill

Regrettably but understandably with a tight schedule, Their Majesties the King and Queen are unable to visit Swan Hill, as Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth the Second did on the 7th of April 1970.

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