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The Guardian

Climbers rocked by ban

Anne Webster columnDURING a frenetic end to the Parliamentary sitting year in Canberra, residents of Natimuk, the Wimmera and Mallee – and Australia’s rock-climbers – wrote to me lamenting the Allan Labor Government shutting down about half...

15 hours ago

Moulamein Notes

Manang, the yabbies are coming

Moulamein NotesWE had a very difficult situation in our bowls last Saturday. We were supposed to head to Manangatang for our Division 2-3 bowls. We had a church service that morning for one of our bowling mates that we lost. Manangatang volunteered...

29 Nov 2024

letters

Potholes put in focus

YOU might remember the Men For All Seasons calendars that took the AFL world by storm?As shadow minister for roads and road safety, I have been working on a 2025 calendar far less glamourous. We are calling it Potholes For All...

29 Nov 2024

News

Expect more heat and rain

IT was a wild weekend of weather for many across the state with numerous warnings in place. From Saturday, temperatures across the Mallee climbed into the mid-thirties with a max of 38 degrees recorded at Swan Hill. The temperatures sparked a heatwave...

26 Nov 2024

Basketball

Swan Hill Basketball Association round 6 results

SWAN HILL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION RESULTS - ROUND 6 SENIOR MEN 1 Flyers U18 53 d Flyers U16 16Tigers 78 (Torben McFarlane/Jayson Brown 17) d Trotters 70 (Kyle Foster 44) Junderstruck 53 (Tobias Thoolen 18) d Untouchables 45 (Henry Thompson...

26 Nov 2024

Arts and Entertainment

Out of the shadow

EMMA had everything... until she didn’t. Emma was successful, smart, savvy, sensible, secure, practical, confident, and happy... until she wasn’t. What would make an intelligent...

24 Nov 2024

letters

Debt bill rockets up

REGIONAL Victorians will now have no choice but to pay $25 million a day to pay the interest bill on Labor’s debt that is set to rocket to $200 billion in the next two years. That’s correct, $200 billion of debt. Labor has no...

23 Nov 2024

letters

Support in difficult times

WE have heard time and time again people tell their children, “Never walk past The Salvos without giving a donation, because they helped us (or your grandparents) during the war.” It is a sentiment that has been around for generations and still...

23 Nov 2024

Opinion

Scam action shouldn’t protect banks

I AM furious that vulnerable Mallee constituents are being scammed. In Canberra representing you during this fortnight, I shared Mallee horror scam stories – including my own – as I spoke on Labor’s new Scam...

22 Nov 2024

Moulamein Notes

Game on for young and old

WE were a bit short of numbers last Saturday in our pennant bowls, so we had to do a lot of ringing around to try and get a couple of extra players. After about 22 phone calls to make sure of the rules and to find a couple of players, we managed to...

22 Nov 2024

News

Power lost in high winds

POWER outages plagued Murray Downs over the weekend as strong winds cut power to the region. Following a blistering hot Saturday where temperatures reached 39 degrees a cold front swept across the state causing temperatures to plunge overnight. The...

22 Nov 2024

Opinion

Christmas donations

Anglican THE monthly boot sale was a great success last Saturday. Thank you to all who support it; who donate items in good condition, conduct private stalls, enjoy scones or the sausage sizzle. It is an enjoyable morning for all, even the workers...

22 Nov 2024