I successfully operated a chartered accountancy practice out of Walwa for many years and I would suggest that we would have relied on the internet service a great deal more than an electrician.

I now operate a farm in the Walwa area and we have been using the NBN satellite service almost since its inception. It is an extremely good and reliable service which is totally unaffected by fog, as stated by the NBN local manager.

The NBN satellite service is also quite competitively priced compared to the wireless service I previously had to rely upon, and data allowances have improved.

I would suggest that Mr Cameron could put in some old-fashioned leg work, community involvement and make use of local advertising to get himself known. All the locals I have spoken to have never heard of Mr Cameron. We have a local newsletter (Walwa World) which allows full paid adverts for $45 per edition and is successfully distributed to the community via email.

I would have thought this would have been a good use of the NEIS incentive of $1100 per fortnight.

Walwa area is a terrific spot to live and work and if the journalist cared to interview many of the successful local businesses I am sure they would support this and confirm the internet is not a limiting factor given we are an isolated rural area.

Brian Markson ('The game isn't that bad', The Border Mail, July 23) is spot on. AFL is a great game. 

And I think the AFL has got to realise that the more they tinker with the game, the more they undermine their product.

Rugby league administrators can only envy the kinds of crowds that AFL matches regularly draw. 

Mind you, if drunken idiots keep ruining things for everyone else by brawling at the football, like was the case in Geelong at the weekend, the AFL might end up losing some fans as well.

Clearly, families with children will not want to attend the football if this is the kind of disgraceful behaviour and violence they will see.

Disturbingly it is obvious from the video that some involved had been served far more alcohol than they should have been. Perhaps the AFL needs to ensure that the responsible service of alcohol guidelines are adhered to before we start talking about segregation of fans.

My grandmother, Catherine (Kate) O’Keefe was born in Albury in 1869. She was the second daughter of Richard O’Keefe and Catherine (Kate) Halley. Her siblings, Johanna (born 1868), Richard (871), Mary (1873) and Patrick (878) were all born in Albury.

Some members of the family may have moved to Sydney as her father died in Darlinghurst in 1897.

I would like to make contact with any local family members.

I live in New Zealand and will be visiting Albury in mid-October. My name is Anne Cooney and my email is accenton@mac.com. Thank you.