Letters

Gregory Clark, Woodend The World Health Organisation (WHO, 2006, p. 9) defines child abuse as all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility,…

Megan Davison, executive director, Minerals Council of Australia, Victoria While the Australian minerals industry recognises the concerns about historic mines, it is important that discussions about the number of abandoned mines in Australia – including in central Victoria – occur in an accurate context (‘Mine bid withdrawn’, Midland Express, October 23). The Australian minerals industry…

Francis Randall, year eight, Sacred Heart College Kyneton The White Ribbon Foundation claims one in three women have experienced domestic violence on some level. Children and men can also be victims. It’s an issue that runs deep, as it not only affects the person getting hurt but those witnessing the violence and experiencing the suffering…

Tony Harvey, Castlemaine As a serial loser of everything from a Melbourne Cup sweep to Tattslotto, I was thrilled to have a winning ticket in Castlemaine IGA Maxi’s terrific campaign to give our farmers a hand. It’s appropriate that the hamper was a selection of craft beers from wonderful Victorian brewers, as I propose a…

Ian Braybrook, Castlemaine In reference to the letter of former Councillor Tony Bell (‘The real reason’, Opinions, October 9). Undoubtedly Tony Bell knows what he is talking about, having been on the council at the time of the notorious and expensive ‘Landfill Debacle’. I have done a rough calculation based on the figures he quoted…

David Cunningham, Castlemaine Catastrophists’ gravy train is threatened by the US Paris exit and they’re panicking at losing control of the narrative as the evidence continues to pile up against their doomsday sales pitch. Doomsday-religion global headquarters, the secretive IPCC, uses politically driven hidden processes to massage the work of a number of cherry-picked scientists…

Dr Ray Brindle, Malmsbury I dips me lid to M. Francis Kennedy (‘Apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelly’, October 9) and Peter Ryan (‘Fabricated truth!’, October 16) whose contributions both deserve the ‘Letter of the Year’ award. Sometimes you have to laugh. Those who took the trouble to search for the source cited by our own…

Joyce Sanders, Castlemaine Congratulations on the well-crafted letter by Peter Ryan demanding “equal media time and space” for the Flat Earth Society (‘Fabricated truth!’, Opinions, October 16). Recently a top climate scientist was asked if he would be willing to go on stage yet again in a debate with a climate change sceptic. He gave…

Alma Vebergang, Kyneton Another Daffodil Festival has come and gone, yet after so many years, a huge success judging from the huge attendance at the parade – many from far away places! The committee are to be commended in their year’s work in organising the event. Apart from the committee, so many have given their…

Jill Loorham, Castlemaine I write as an almost-70 years voter who has never voted for either of the two major political parties in this country. That may change if either Labor or Liberal adopt some new state management plans as follows: 1. Remove state stamp duty on the purchase of a house, when that house…

Julie Samson, Spring Hill Thank you Shane for your letter raising the topic of the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council’s draft proposal to make the Wombat State Forest a National or Regional Park (‘Pre-determined outcome?’, Opinions, October 2). There hasn’t been enough community information, discussion and feedback sought about this proposal. I live very close to…

Terre Planus, convenor, Central Victorian Chapter of the Flat Earth Collective (Actually, Peter Ryan, Castlemaine) I write to express my deep concern that people who share my belief that the Earth is Flat are not afforded equal time and space in today’s biased media, including your esteemed paper. I know that scientists all over the…