Opinion

Opinion

People power wins the war for justice

ECHUCA Specialist School, local business, the community and this paper refused to go quietly into the night when the Victorian government abandoned the most vulnerable students in Echuca-Moama.

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Green bins quizzed

RESIDENTS of Moama and Mathoura have been notified of the MRC Green Bins distribution, costings and delivery time frame.

Riverine Herald
Opinion

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’ On February 14, 2018 with only seven of the 76 senators present in the House, the government, with no opposition from Labor or the Greens, passed the APRA Crisis Resolution Bill. Late at night...

Reader Contributed
Opinion

Admission of my predictions require an explanation

WELL, well, well — I have some explaining to do.

Riverine Herald
Opinion

School conditions enough to make a grown man weep

School conditions enough to make a grown man weep Praise for Riverine Herald journalist Tyla Harrington for her passionate, hard hitting report card to Education Minister, James Merlino (Wednesday, June 6). My 22-year-old son, Zane, attended Echuc...

Reader Contributed
Opinion

She came, she saw and she finished

TWO and a half years ago I was a broken woman.

Sophie Baldwin
Opinion

‘Freedom’ is being taken away

‘Freedom’ is being taken away First they came for the plastic bags, and I did not speak out because I wasn’t a plastic bag. Then they came for the plastic straws, and I did not speak out because I wasn’t a plastic straw. Then they came for...

Reader Contributed
Opinion

Time to re-visit Ellis’ warnings

Time to re-visit Ellis’ warnings

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Football is more than a game

I HAD the privilege of playing in the One and All Inclusion game on Sunday. This was truly a wonderful experience to be a part of. Being in this industry, I spend most of my time thinking about, talking about, or writing about football. People will...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

A lower speed would make driving easier THE traffic chaos we are confronting throughout Echuca with the works on Warren St is just about to become far worse with this week’s ill-timed roadworks on Ogilvie Ave. As a resident of the area who...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

‘Fools multiply when the wise are silent’ IN THE 2015/2016 shire annual report, under Highlights, it states: ‘Review of Port operating model completed’ In the 2016/17 shire annual report under the heading Challenges appears...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

Thanks ERH RECENTLY I had reason to present at ERH (Echuca Regional Health) emergency on two different occasions and found the staff and facility to be of excellent standard. I wish to extend my thanks to the doctors, nurses, admin staff and...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

An ‘inconvenient truth’ I READ with total disbelief the article in Wednesday’s Riverine Herald the Shire of Campaspe will slash $2 million from wages. So I read the proposed budget draft on just how that would be. The inconvenient...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

Help redistribute food to those in need FROM today Echuca-Moama residents can help wage a war against hunger this winter by joining local efforts in raising funds to deliver meals to people in need. With as many as one in eight Australians living...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Letters to the editor

Red Cross thanks volunteers THIS week, the second half of National Volunteer Week, which runs until May 27, the Red Cross is saying a huge thank you to the people who take action and make our country a happier place. Volunteering happens in all...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

Mama causing mayhem

THERE have been a few rumours circulating that I may have caused a woman to collapse during the performance of Phantom last Sunday. I can say with 95 per cent certainty that they were probably true. The poor woman became unconscious after my solo...

Riverine Herald
Opinion

James Merlino Report Card

James Merlino Victorian Minister for Education Parliament House Spring St MELBOURNE VIC 3000 DEAR Mr Merlino, you have failed Echuca. Worse, you have deliberately failed the Echuca Specialist School – you have failed our students, you have...

Tyla Harrington
Opinion

It happens to the best of us: I just want my mummy

IT DOESN’T matter how old you are. Sometimes you just need your parents. Like now. My life at the moment consists of work, Phantom and sleep. Repeat. So housework, cooking and cleaning have taken a backseat. You can imagine then how my house...

Riverine Herald

Trending stories

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Arrests outside Big W

POLICE arrested two people and seized some drugs after swooping on a car outside Echuca Big W this morning. Members from the Bendigo Central Victorian Response Unit handcuffed an Echuca woman and man in the carpark about 8.45am following an...

Riverine Herald
News

Police pursuit ends in Tallygaroopna

A dramatic police chase came to a screeching halt in Tallygaroopna this afternoon, leaving locals stunned and grateful no-one was injured. The hour long chase reportedly reached speeds of nearly 200 kph as seven police pursuit vehicles attempted to...

Myles Peterson
Breaking News

House fire Elizabeth St

A house is on fire in Elizabeth St Echuca with several fire crews on scene. Emergency services were called to the house at 8.35pm. The blaze is not yet under control. More to come

Riverine Herald
Breaking News

House fire Elizabeth St

A house is on fire in Elizabeth St Echuca with several fire crews on scene. Emergency services were called to the house at 8.35pm. The blaze is not yet under control. More to come

Riverine Herald