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Signage to encourage recycling

SWAN Hill Rural City Council has partnered with Sustainability Victoria to launch the Small Acts, Big Impact campaign, aimed at improving recycling habits across the region. Deputy Mayor Cr Les McPhee said as part of this initiative, residents will...

2 hours ago

Community

What’s on

Find out what’s on in and around Swan Hill. The Sweet Caroline Tour - A Tribute to Neil Diamond. Step back into the glory days of music and musicianship with this beautiful tribute concert.

03 Apr 2025

politics

Walsh laments Commonwealth Games loss

PREMIER Jacinta Allan should put Elton John on her playlist, says Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. It comes as Mr Walsh spoke in Parliament on Wednesday about the money the Victorian State Government paid not to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games...

2 hours ago

Business

New chapter for Java Spice

AFTER 20 years of serving the community, establishing owners Pete and Trish Morrison are hanging up their aprons. The pair’s iconic Java Spice restaurant in Swan Hill has been sold to new owners, Upinder Kalra and Munish Virdi. Known for its unique...

18 hours ago

News

Market makes return

THE Swan Hill Market returns this Sunday, and 11 new stallholders will be on hand to showcase their wares. Market coordinator Karen Mott said the market committee were always looking to introduce new vendors to the market’s regular lineup. “We’re...

21 hours ago

Farming and Environment

Producers, pollies weigh in on saleyards

SWAN Hill Rural City Council’s decision to review the future of the town’s saleyards has drawn interest from the industry, producers and politicians. Swan Hill Livestock Exchange has been running since 1938, but its owner/operator SHRCC claims...

06 Apr 2025

Video

Videos

Blue Ribbon Day: Honoring Our Heroes and Building a Safer Tomorrow

Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never...

28 Sep 2023

Farming and Environment

Swan Hill Sale yards today.

The livestock awaiting transportation to their new owners at the Swan Hill Sale Yards this morning They were sold in the livestock sale which started at 7.30am this morning

27 Jul 2023

Farming and Environment

Abattoir a business boost for emu farm

JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the facility has had a knock-on effect on this year’s production schedule, which is...

12 Feb 2023

Vending machine to support female students

COUNTRY Universities Centre Mallee has joined headspace in installing a dignity vending machine, which dispenses free packs of period products to students. CUC Mallee engagement coordinator Stacy Selleck said the campus got on board with the Share...

06 Apr 2025

News

Council cash to support town levee

FOUR Murray River councillors have voted against the reallocation of $50,000 from capital to operational expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year for the purpose of town levee activities. Project management office acting manager Matthew Sherman told...

06 Apr 2025

Business

Bank to close branch

A CUSTOMER-owned financial institution will withdraw face-to-face services in Moulamein from the end of June. BankWAW last week announced the “difficult” decision, citing declining transactions and increased online banking as reasons for the closure...

05 Apr 2025

News

Budget a farrago of fantasy, says Walsh

VULNERABLE families and children in rural and regional communities have little to celebrate in this year’s Federal Budget, according to Mallee Family Care. Meanwhile, Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the Budget was a “fa...

05 Apr 2025

Sport

Football

Eagle McGregor returns to nest

ROUND 1 is often reserved for showing off a club’s newest recruits, ones who come with imposing reputations and high expectations that they’re the missing link to turn their club’s fortunes around. For the Mallee Eagles, tomorrow will be less...

04 Apr 2025

Horse Racing

Coffey sneaks through gap on Musgrave

A SIX horse race, an odds-on favourite, and Harry Coffey saddled up on 12/1 shot Musgrave over the classic mile at Ballarat on Wednesday. What could go wrong?Well, if you were the favourite, apparently just about everything. Because despite having the...

04 Apr 2025

Sport

We’re back!

After 196 days, the Central Murray Football Netball League returns to the field tomorrow afternoon, for one of the most highly anticipated opening rounds in recent memory. Can NNW United go back-to-back? Or is it time for another club to...

04 Apr 2025

Netball

New look Bulldogs, Raiders

WITH two almost completely unrecognisable teams, it’s hard to know what to expect from Tyntynder and Koondrook-Barham when the two clubs take to the Alan Garden Reserve courts tomorrow afternoon. With both the Bulldogs and River Raiders changing...

04 Apr 2025

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Opinion

politics

Dutton is better at securing deal

AUSTRALIAN farmers are coming to terms with the Trump Administration’s Wednesday, April 2, tariffs on Australian goods, following a 25 per cent tariff on Aussie steel and aluminium entering the US. As the US applies global tariffs on goods...

05 Apr 2025

Opinion

Bringing strong rural voice to talks

Deputy Mayor Cr Les McPhee - I AM honoured to prepare this Mayoral Column on behalf of Mayor, Cr Stuart King to share with the community the news that I have recently been elected to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Board. As the Deputy...

04 Apr 2025

Moulamein Notes

From rain to random strangers

Rain at lastWE had a bit of a political storm in Moulamein. Plenty of promises, plenty of noise, plenty of wind with bugger all result. I measured about 13mls. There were higher falls in town but I think they just have long legged dogs. Anywhere...

28 Mar 2025

politics

Labor’s handouts wafer thin

THE Albanese Government’s carefree approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra this week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week. Swan Hill mortgage-holders who are $50,000 a year ($136 a day) worse off are expected to be...

28 Mar 2025

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