Letters

I read with interest the letters published last week outlining the increase in car thefts and break-ins that have taken place in Daylesford and the response from local MP Mary-Anne Thomas. I have to say that I find Ms....

An Open Letter to Mary-Anne Thomas: As a citizen of Daylesford I would like to bring to your attention the need for a 24-hour police presence in Daylesford. In the last 3 months or so the residents of Stanley Street, Stanbridge...

Dear Editor, Were you as surprised as I was while visiting the Sustainability Day at Victoria Park last weekend, by the already faded rainbow sculpture. That prize we won from three other ‘lucky’ towns, generously...

Dear Editor, I have been thinking of the failure of the Voice Referendum. Coincidently I was reading a New York Times article by Thomas B. Edsall titled “The Liberal Agenda of the 1960s has Reached a Fork in the Road”. It posed...

Dear Editor, Thank you for your article published on November 3, 2023 regarding the proposed childcare centre at 30 Hospital St, Daylesford. (PLN23/0027). Your readers may be interested to know that the application has drawn...

 Heather Mutimer It appears The Wombat Post has relied heavily on The Age (10th Sept) article ‘The Block abandons Daylesford location after planning dispute’ for the information in its article ‘The Block – A Win or a...

Dear Editor, The Salvation Army is one of the biggest providers of social services in Australia. We are a pragmatic movement, not really into empty gestures or performative virtue signalling. I don’t think in our 140-year...

Dear Editor, Thank you for your recent article on planning applications that are at advertising. It was most interesting. You may not be aware that there are many applications lodged and fees paid and still have not had a...

Dear Editor, I was disappointed in the article entitled Opposition to Transmission Lines Puts Renewables at Risk in which quoted an emeritus professor stating that “There is certainly some community opposition to transmission. I...

Dear Editor, I have recently raised a number of issues with Hepburn Shire Council in regard to the leasing of the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve to the Daylesford Field and Game Club (DFGC). My understanding is that the Glenlyon...

Dear Editor, I would like to encourage people interested in the mineral springs of the Central Highlands to take the opportunity to have some input into a major review of the Mineral Springs Masterplan being presented by DEECA....

Dear Editor, I am a recently retired General Practitioner with 32 years experience at Springs Medical, Daylesford and as a Visiting Medical Officer at Daylesford Hospital. My sub speciality in general practice is Drug and...