PREMIUM Opinion Letter to the editor | Ward system: a voice for all By Letter to the Editor Nov 18, 2024 Letter to the editor. Photo by Megan Fisher Keren Fletcher, Congupna Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content I must be a nobody because I was one who asked for a ward system. I’m sure there must have been someone else too, or it wouldn’t have happened. Ethnic and gender diversity is not the role of the council. It is to represent the people who live in it. Wards are like the US electoral college system. They ensure that areas with large populations do not outvote smaller communities. It has given a voice to those who live outside the city boundaries. I’m sure those men elected are intelligent enough to vote on matters before them just as impartially as a woman would. Best wishes to all our democratically elected councillors. By Letter to the Editor Letter to the Editor
Opinion Spend quiet time with Jesus“ ‘Quiet! Be still!’. The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, ‘Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?’ They were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey him?’.” (Mark 4:39-41). By Contributed
Opinion Let the Lord help you in dark times“Jesus got into a boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. By Contributed
Opinion Renew the focus on transparency, communicationThe interim chief executive officer of Edward River Council, Gary Arnold, starts his role at a difficult time and will confront many challenges. By Deniliquin Pastoral Times