Opinion

Opinion

Maintaining our readers’ trust

What is the traditional media’s role in politics?

Myles Peterson
Opinion

Letter to the editor

Creating a welcoming place for everyone

Shepparton News
Opinion

Focus on the improvement

Experiencing crime first-hand makes it easy to imagine the worst of our society.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Escaping everyday landscape

If you feel like stepping off the world for a while — find a mountain.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Letter to the editor

Questions over Labor backing

Shepparton News
Opinion

Taking on cultural challenge

Last week, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to ensure all primary schools in the country would teach the Maori language by 2025.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Strawberry wake-up call

Few regions in the country are more economically vulnerable to the current fruit contamination scare than Shepparton.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Letter to the editor

The Midland Hwy between Mooroopna and west of Stanhope is a road I have been travelling at least three times a week since 1967.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Making an informed choice

The deaths of two people at a music festival in NSW at the weekend has once again thrust the pill-testing debate back on the agenda.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Migrants help shape city

The case of a Shepparton migrant worker facing deportation is noteworthy on two levels.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Raise any rates concerns

Concerns about rates notices local councils handed out to residents are anything but unique.

Shepparton News
Opinion

We can help reduce rate

This week, quarterly crime statistics will be released for Victoria and if trends continue, they will show another improvement in local crime rates.

Shepparton News
Opinion

All aboard with big heart

The purchase of a new mini bus for Mercy Place Shepparton’s residents demonstrates the generosity of the community. The $64th000 needed for the bus was raised in under 12 months after efforts ramped up in November last year following a tragic...

Shepparton News
Opinion

Police lacking conscience

Police lacking conscience

Shepparton News
Opinion

All up for grabs in election

Two months out from the November state election and Labor is yet to pre-select a candidate to run in the district of Shepparton.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Spotlight on our anthem

Should a nine-year-old receive a detention for refusing to sing the national anthem? It is a question that has vexed the nation.

Shepparton News
Opinion

No easy road for council

At a Greater Shepparton City Council meeting soon, likely in the next couple of months, councillors are going to be tasked with a difficult decision.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Have a say about schools

It was very sad to hear of the accident outside Kialla West Primary School and I wish all those who were injured a speedy recovery. We see many schools built alongside of busy roads. It would make a lot of sense if new schools were built in areas...

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Kialla siege ends after man surrenders

A man surrendered just before 7pm, ending the siege situation.

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Man dies in industrial incident in Shepparton

A man has died following an industrial incident at Provincial Cr premises according to Victoria Police. Emergency services responded to a call at 12:40pm today following reports a man had become trapped in machinery. CFA, paramedics and police...

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Chaos at school crossing: children injured in collision

Emergency services are on scene of a collision on the Goulburn Valley Hwy in Kialla West. Traffic is blocked in both directions. Vehicles travelling north bound are being diverted through a service road, while traffic travelling south bound is being...

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Father killed in bike accident

POLICE are investigating the death of a man killed in a motorbike accident at a Bunnaloo property on Sunday.

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