Tag: Opinion
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...
Time to crunch the numbers
WITH sleeves rolled up, Treasurer Joe Hockey posed for cameras last week as he pretended to pore over pages of the national budget.
Surrounded by...
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Seniors meeting
THE next meeting of the Knox Branch of National Seniors will be held at the Knox Club on 27 May. Doors open at...
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Long road to help out
A well-known Boronia resident, Dr Prabodh Malhotra has recently completed his third consecutive walk in support of the McGrath Foundation, demonstrating his unwavering commitment...
