Maiden: NAPLAN fail spells big trouble for Aussie boys
If you teach kids that literacy doesn’t matter, you get results like these, writes Samantha Maiden.
Opinion
161,200 reasons I can’t stand private health care
Does the funding of private health weaken the public system? Of course it does, writes Peter Goers.
How Kamala’s media silent treatment could blow up
In the three weeks since Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate, she has not held a proper press conference. Tom Minear argues it’s weird – and it could backfire.
Penbo: UK riots expose the nuts ASIO warned us about
In this era of fake news and alternate facts, a factually-based account of a news event will be seen by the angry nuts as a big con job, writes David Penberthy.
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Farmland price boom is gathering steam
Move over regional houses, Victoria’s farmland market has been bubbling over — and now it’s white hot, writes Ed Gannon.
Poll: Are rural property prices too high?
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How mental health needs to be addressed in rural Australia
The recommendations of the Mental Health Services Royal commission is a step in the right direction, writes Dr Alison Kennedy.
Free to do as they like
Victoria’s crown land water frontages will become unregulated caravan and camping sites, with no one on the ground for day-to-day management, says Mitta Valley farmer Judy Cardwell
What do Trump’s wall and regional Victoria have in common?
The same issue behind Trump’s wall is at play across many farms across Victoria — and beyond, writes Ed Gannon.
Why wasted water in the Riverina needs fixing
Policy developed to protect the environment is in fact destroying it, argues Laurie Beer.
Bring illegal farm workers out of the shadows
Agriculture’s workforce issues can’t be dealt with until one very uncomfortable truth is dealt with, writes Natalie Kotsios.
Poll: Are dairy farmers getting paid a fair price?
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Dairy processors must pay up or risk peril ahead
Dairy processors must lift their prices or risk forcing farmers to walk off the land – and their stakeholders won’t thank them for that, writes MP Roma Britnell.
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