Letters

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...

Dear Editor, That the State’s top planning appeal is a maze of complexity seems well beyond doubt. Just one local case shows what may confront those who aim to try to find some protection, whether it be from fire or apparently...

Dear Editor, Recently, over the Christmas/New Year holiday period I had to formally contact the Short Stay accommodation property management organisation regarding several immediate and ongoing issues I have with a neighbouring...

Letter to the Editor Last week the Wombat Post published an article on the release of the Local Inspectorate Report which we also are anxious to see. However, our own research shows substantial areas of Council practice needs an...