Tag: Opinion
Impatience just disrespectful
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...
Red Cross help needed
A GROWING number of our neighbours will face a lonely winter this year with as many as 7 per cent, or 1.5 million Australians,...
What’s in a name?
SHOULD schizophrenia be renamed to help reduce the stigma that surrounds people with the illness? The suggestion continues to spark debate.
There is no question...
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Country music show
The Upwey Country Music Club is presenting a Walk Up - Open Mic concert, on Sunday 7 June from 1-5pm at the...
Anzac thankyou
THE president and committee of the Dandenong Ranges RSL sub-branch in Sassafras would like to thank the local community for attending our 2015 Anzac...
Home delivered
I WOULD like to thank the very kind person who found my wallet near the Mount Dandenong shops on Saturday morning and delivered it...
Special thanks
I AM writing on behalf of the members of the Mount Evelyn RSL in response to Noel Buchanan’s offensive statement regarding the Mail ‘profiteering’...
Lenscape
DESPITE some regular downpours over the past few weeks, there have also been patches of relatively mild weather. As such, it’s still been possible...
Consider the motives
WITHIN these pages, over about a month, there has been statement and counter-claim about the closure of the CFA’s prime training facility, Fiskville.
But there...
Crossings the priority
IN RESPONSE to Casey MP Tony Smith’s letter to the editor (‘Mail’, 28 May): Sorry, Tony, but the people condemned were the people of...
Race not so great
THE 34th Great Train Race turned into disappointment. Long queues at the intersection of Monbulk-Emerald and Cockatoo-Emerald roads in Emerald had formed.
Traffic attendants were...
Give me a sign
THE stretch of Mount Dandenong Tourist Road between Sherbrooke and Clarkmont roads should be absolutely signposted as ‘Anzac Avenue’.
As a child living there in...
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Celebrating carers during Foster Care Week
With this year’s Foster Care Week being celebrated from September 8 to 14, agencies are encouraging the community to think about becoming foster carers.
According...
