2017
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Mallyon smacks down the Topaz
LOCAL connections celebrated after the main race on Friday, with Smackdown leading the field home in the Pooles Accountants Golden Topaz. The six-year-old gelding was…
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Record crowds at 150th Cup Day
THOUSANDS gathered trackside at the Swan Hill Racecourse yesterday for a monumental milestone — the 150th running of the Swan Hill Cup. Minnie Downs was…
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Bold and beautiful wins fashions stakes
THE 2015 Murray Downs Gold and Country Club Swan Hill June Racing Carnival Fashions on the Field event of was a riot of colour and…
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First female premier a ‘great supporter’ of rural women
THE FIRST ever female premier of Victoria was “a wonderful woman”, according to a former Swan Hill councillor who was close to her. Joan Kirner,…
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Locals overusing antibiotics, says GP
A LOCAL doctor has warned that antibiotic overuse locally has led to the growth in bacterial resilience in Swan Hill on the back of the…
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Bumper crowd expected
THE sesquicentenary of the Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill June Racing Carnival is expected to draw a bumper crowd over the next…
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Mine could create 750 jobs
DEVELOPMENT of a mineral sands mine north-west of Balranald that could create more than 750 jobs has advanced to the next stage, with an environmental…
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Locals well represented at Swan Hill races
SWAN Hill’s racing industry will be well-represented at its marquee event this weekend. The Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill June Races is…
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Spike in shoppers – but at a cost
A LOCAL small business owner has defended a controversial marketing stunt directed at Swan Hill’s new hardware mega-competitor Bunnings. Mitre 10-branded Swan Hill Hardware last…
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Uncovering the history of the ‘howling wilderness’
TODAY is the last day of National Reconciliation Week, a time for Australians — both Indigenous and non-Indigenous — to learn about their shared histories,…
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