Letters | Bendigo Advertiser

Planned childcare fee rise is exorbitant

May 25, 2013 As a parent who has a child attending one of the City of Greater Bendigo childcare facilities, I am extremely disappointed by the actions of our local council in relation to the planned fee increase.

Sports facilities should come at a cost to users

May 25, 2013 When sports facilities are built they are constructed from rates collected by councils.

Crematorium committed to educating public

May 25, 2013 I refer to the recent article “Bendigo cremations yield recyclable metals” (Bendigo Advertiser, May 21) concerning the orthometals program, which involves the recycling of metals arising from the cremation process, and seek to clarify a number of queries this article has generated within the community.

Liberal has a big swing margin to make up

May 24, 2013 There has been conjecture as to whether the Bendigo federal Liberal candidate, Greg Bickley, could gain a swing of almost 10 per cent to gain the seat.

Gender selection no reason to end a life

May 24, 2013 It is characteristically offensive, and ignorantly paternalistic of Ron McMillan to suggest in his Letter to the Editor (May 21), that all pregnant women should not be told the sex of their unborn children until 30 weeks’ gestation......

Health cuts lengthen hospital waiting times

May 24, 2013 The recently released Victorian Health Services Performance Data for the March 2013 quarter showed that 1151 patients were now waiting for surgery at Bendigo hospital, and the state wide elective surgery waiting list is now at a record 50,565.