Letters to the Editor

WITH the federal election approaching on May 3rd I have been asked by many locals who I would support in the electorate of Monash. I have known the Liberal candidate Mary Aldred for over a decade and know that she is a passionate Gippslander who is...

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YOU might recall that we asked you to a meeting in Wonthaggi about two years ago. Several serious interested people wanted to establish mountain bike trails in the Bass Coast. The meeting you attended was also attended by senior representatives of...

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REGARDING your April 8 report on illegal abalone and shellfish gathering on Phillip Island. The same activity happens on most Sundays at Harmers Haven. This has been reported numerous times by local residents. I have personally been threatened by...

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I AM a member of Voices for Monash and like hundreds of other people in the Monash electorate I am volunteering my free time to campaign for Deb Leonard. As a supporter of Deb, I feel I know her policies and understand how community led politics...

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AS A permanent resident in Outlook Drive Cowes, I received a disturbing letter from Bass Coast Council regarding proposed changes to the road surface. Our sealed road will be ripped up, and replaced with crushed rock, a significant downgrade of...

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I LIVE in the Monash Electorate and have been dismayed at what seems to be deliberate breaches of law by the Teals – Deb Leonard campaign for the Federal seat of Monash. People in my area are angry that signs have been plastered all over our are...

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I AM really disappointed to have had the ‘Teal Independents Vote with the Greens’ leaflet authorised by S. Smith, Liberal, L12, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne, delivered to my letterbox on Monday, April 7. The Liberal Party used to stand for...

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I AM surprised so many environmentalists seem opposed to nuclear power when it is the only environmentally friendly way to achieve net zero before 2050. That is why it has been adopted as policy by the Greens Party in Finland. There is no evidence...

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I HAVE just recently moved to Korumburra so I don’t know hours that many businesses and services operate. I went to Leongatha shire office – closed – only open two days a week. Restricted hours also on these days. I was told to get the...

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THE ALP candidate for Monash, Tully Fletcher, owes our community an apology. His announcement (SGST 31/03/2025) claiming responsibility – “doing my part” – for $2.4M to make local roads safer is misleading and an affront to the community and...

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I HAVE five children and five grandchildren and I love them all. That’s why I’ll be voting Labor on May 3. To vote otherwise would be condemning my future family to a climate hell-on-earth. If you believe real scientists (like the CSIRO...

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IN A bygone age people formed and joined political parties as a means to an end. Parties proposed policies that their members believed would fix problems. Attracting new party members and growing your public support was the foundation for success...

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Sentinel Times April 1 Page 23 (Leonard pledges support strategy to support farmers and agriculture) I THOUGHT I was reading an April fool’s joke when I came across an article (SGST pg 23 April 1) where the teal party candidate for Monash pledged...

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WHEN the State and National media is analysing what the government will look like they speculate on the possible gains and losses of the two parties and then look at the role the current independents will play in a likely minority Government. But...

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I RECEIVED a letter in my mailbox on Monday which was in a plain envelope and seemed to be coming from the Electoral Office, it was marked important election material. Inside, the mail was in fact from the Liberal party and included a postal vote...

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