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2017

  • Bike track focus now on funding

    Bike track focus now on funding

    There is still an urgent need for a bike track between Lake Boga and Swan Hill, according to Lake Boga Inc. The group plans to…

  • Inspired by a nightmare

    Inspired by a nightmare

    For Swan Hill mental health social worker and author Liz McDonald her debut novel The Lesser Evil started with a nightmare but turned into a dream. Ms…

  • Strong turnout for art show

    Strong turnout for art show

    Over 50 people headed to the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery last Friday for two new exhibitions. Earth Connections by Mallee Artists Swan Hill (MASH) and…

  • Bridging the gap

    Bridging the gap

    Mallee MP Andrew Broad says both sides of the Murray River need to “build a bridge”, describing the drawn out issue as anything but “rocket…

  • Diary of a filmmaker

    Diary of a filmmaker

    It took former Swan Hill resident Holly Hargreaves less than a day to make her Tropfest nominated short film, Diary of a YouTuber. The actor…

  • Sentence that changed a nation

    Sentence that changed a nation

    The last person to be legally executed in Australia 50 years ago today spent most of his teenage years in Balranald. But while life had…

  • Back to where it began

    Back to where it began

    After a 34 year journey, former Swan Hill resident Darry Fraser finally launched her novel Daughter of the Murray in the place that inspired it.…

  • Police still looking into death

    Police still looking into death

    VICTORIA Police are still investigating how a 23-year-old Tongan man died in Nyah West at the weekend. The unidentified man was struck by a car…

  • Karl Jacka farewelled

    Karl Jacka farewelled

    IT’S only fitting that Balranald’s Karl Jacka will be farewelled at Lavington Oval today. After all, a personality that big needs plenty of room. That,…

  • Futsal Swan Hill heading south

    Futsal Swan Hill heading south

    A GROUP of resident Futsal players will put their skill to the test when they take on the 2017 Ballarat Cup from tomorrow. Swan Hill…

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