Letters to the Editor
30 Aug 10 | WE recently attended the Wodonga Catholic College’s production of The Wizard of Oz.
The production was very professional and the students and staff are to be congratulated for their enthus
30 Aug 10 | AS a reader and fan of The Border Mail for many years, I must confess I’ve been disappointed at the paper’s coverage of the recent federal election.
I’m not the only one who&rsq
30 Aug 10 | DID you know that for every first preference vote cast for a major party, that party gets a donation from the taxpayer of more than $2.30?
At present counting for the House of Representatives alo
30 Aug 10 | GIFT of Granya House “is life” (The Border Mail, August 25).
This is a wonderful institution and fully deserves all the fund-raising that goes towards it.
As these delightful, s
30 Aug 10 | PITY we couldn’t elect the prime minister direct — that would solve a lot of problems.
— DEREK ROBINSON,
Yackandandah
30 Aug 10 | LIKE the short duration of the Melbourne to Albury XPT service, my mind too works like lightning.
A couple of brilliant flashes and it’s gone but I still recall the old Victorian Railways s
27 Aug 10 | I READ your article “Road anomalies drive confusion” (The Border Mail, August 16) with interest.
When my son first passed his learner driver test 11 months ago, we specifically asked
27 Aug 10 | I CANNOT help but notice when I turn my tap on for a nice cool drink of water, I am cheated yet again.
I get a muddy tasting awful cup of undrinkable water.
What is up with this? It has bee
27 Aug 10 | SINGLE-desk marketing of wheat is not dead.
Of the three independents holding the balance of power in the Federal Parliament, two Messrs Windsor and Katter have strong records of defence of order
27 Aug 10 | WITH the expansion of mining and the demise of manufacturing generally, it’s not to be wondered that mining has such a major influence on Australia’s politicians.
Kevin Rudd’s
27 Aug 10 | JULIA Gillard’s extension of unfair funding to private schools cost Labor the support of 180,000 Australian public school teachers and their families.
In return, Catholic and Anglican scho
27 Aug 10 | NOW that the old rail line through Wodonga has been decommissioned, can someone tell us how long we have to put up with these suspension-breaking rail crossings before they are ripped up?
There a
26 Aug 10 | IN reference to Sussan Ley’s denial of a high number of protest informal votes in Farrer.
I for one voted informally, deliberately, last weekend, as a protest.
I understand how to vote
26 Aug 10 | I FIND it ironical that the headline on Pulse on Saturday, August 21, was “A Little respect.”
While I believe it is fair game to include a small cartoon of derision aimed at our polli
26 Aug 10 | I AM writing to express my concern about Country Energy upgrading in the Culcairn area.
On Friday, August 13, we experienced another blackout, but not because of the weather or storms.
It al
26 Aug 10 | REGARDING your article on page 11 of The Border Mail (August 17), “Doubt cast on helmets” concerning mandatory bicycle helmet laws.
Helmets should not be discarded.
I was a cycl
26 Aug 10 | I WOULD like Sophie Mirabella to put our region first and become an independent.
She could use the balance of power to end the hospital blame game that has seen Albury not get 1400 operations an
26 Aug 10 | IT’S kind of ironic that the Australian people did not ask for Julia Gillard in the first place, she just popped up and took over.
Now we have had an election and still have not fully aske
26 Aug 10 | IS there someone in either Vic-Roads or Wodonga council who may care to explain the reason for the shoddy attempt to “un-black spot” the Melbourne Road between Morrison Street and Melrose
26 Aug 10 | AFGHANISTAN didn’t figure much in the election campaign but opinion on the war may be changing.
Another Australian soldier was killed this week in a firefight with the Taliban.
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