Unlike the current and previous councils they appear to be smart enough to realise the economic potential of promoting our most valuable asset in the Murray River (“Rolling on the River”, The Border Mail, August 11).

Let’s hope the venture is as successful as it deserves to be and like other major centres along the river the tourists will come and support local business.

I write this letter, absolutely disgusted with the way our CFA volunteers, the heroes of our community, have been treated.

The EBA that has been rammed through by the Labor State government makes me feel sick to my stomach.

We live in a community that relies on each other, supports each other and that offers a hand when others are most in need.

Our CFA members put themselves on the line to defend our homes, our farms and our families when fires hit our community.

I simply cannot fathom that Premier Daniel Andrews would turn his back on the volunteers that make our regions safer.

Our 60,000 CFA volunteers cannot be wrong.

They know this is the beginning of the end of the CFA as we know it. I am ashamed of the Premier of this state and that he would abandon our own community members.

The fight is not over yet. Daniel Andrews must be made accountable for this and the CFA will rise up to face this challenge.

I know the Ovens Valley community and communities right around Victoria feel the same.

I ask each and every one of you to support me as we take this fight to the next level to restore the CFA.

To Mick McGlone, (“At times, age is more than just a number”, The Border Mail, August 6) another good article, we loved it. We turn 80 next year and are very proud of it. 

Special attention to the last part of your article: “You can never have too many birthdays.” Please keep up the good work.

“You should not regret growing old.”

Thank you again for the article.

I agree with Donna Johnstone, of Albury (The Border Mail, August 16), about revisiting the idea of the three-bin system.

I live in Wodonga and despite some initial misgivings and inconveniences with the three bins, we are used to it now.

Our green bin rarely goes out but our red bin never has much in it either. With the amount of recylcable material these days, our household would find it more convenient if the yellow bin was picked up every week.

I understand that there are a lot of people who still don’t like the three-bin system, and if they don’t like it by now then it’s fair to say they never will. But that’s just the way it goes. Surely we are so far into the system now that it would just be a big step backwards to throw the idea out.

Interestingly after Albury’s Darren Cameron raised the issue last week, Wodonga Council says that in the first year of the three bins in our city, there has been a 44 per cent cut in waste going to landfill. That is a lot of rubbish to be kept out of landfill.

It really wouldn’t make a lot of sense to do a backflip on the issue now, would it?

I am sure there are a lot of people who still think the system doesn’t work, costs more, was forced on them, etc. But councils are never going to please everyone.

It would make far more sense to accept we have the three-bin system now and move on.

I would agree, though, with Cr Cameron’s idea to bring back hard rubbish collection.