Letters to the editor

Lauren Jackson has Albury's basketball stadium named in her honour. 

Henry Lawson's cottage in Leeton is a draw card for tourism. Yet, here in South Albury's Ebden Street, the world's most successful grand slam tennis player lived in a house that is going to be demolished. 

Yes, Margaret Court – who won a record 62 grand slam titles including 11 open individual titles – reacted with disappointment to the news. 

“I think it wouild have made a good museum if they moved it somewhere or other,” she said. So do I. 

Of course we have to remember the tourist attractions we’ve already lost in Albury. 

The Water Wheel, the water fountain in QEII Square, Heidi’s Ettamogah animal sanctuary, Frog Hollow (Olive Street), the fairy lights in Dean Street and of course those stage coaches.

I’m sure there’s one more? The Cumberoona. 

IT would appear all the pundits are raving about the recent day-night test. Yes, it was interesting to see the ball swing after 40 overs. 

However I have concern which it appears no one has raised. What affect will this have on the pyjama game?

I would probably prefer that game because you get an end result every time. 

You can do whatever work in the morning then in the afternoon when it gets hotter, you can put your feet up knowing you are going to get a result. 

Day-night tests are OK, but not at the cost of the pyjama game. 

IF A candidate for the seat of Indi is a member of a political party, is bankrolled by that party and subsequently becomes the successful party candidate, who, or what, then is that person beholden to?

Their political party or the voters in the electorate. If on the other hand a candidate for the seat of Indi is not aligned to any party, declares themselves to be an ‘independent’, and whose campaign is funded by voters in the electorate, who then would they be beholden to?

Our choice will be then, do we want a person whose first allegiance is to a political party or to the voters in the electorate?

Although this is very relevant for the seat of Indi at the next federal election, it is something voters in all electorates across Australia should seriously consider.

Of course the political parties will pour scorn on the idea of a parliament primarily made up of independent representatives, but given the two main contenders past and current performance I think such a change of government would be a great thing for Australians, people like you and me.

DEREK Robinson has written plenty of spiteful  letters against Sophie Mirabella and the Liberal Party over time.

The campaign of rumour and hate against Sophie Mirabella is disgusting. We would be ashamed to see behaviour like this from children.  

Cathy McGowan's comments in The Border Mail (November 16) about Sophie Mirabella are ill-informed. I always saw Sophie Mirabella out and about, she was in the paper every month about an issue she was working on.  

The only real action other than self-promotion and constant fluff that we've seen from Cathy McGowan is nearly half a million dollars of taxpayer money poured into her office refurbishment.