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Record year for agriculture
AUSTRALIAN agriculture is set to reach a record $101.4 billion in gross production value in 2025-26 before easing in 2026-27, with both prices and output…
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Warm welcome for CWA Victoria president in Swan Hill
TEA, community spirit, and female empowerment were on the agenda at last week’s Country Women’s Association meeting when the organisation’s state president paid a visit…
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Police search for missing males
POLICE are appealing for public assistance in locating two missing males. Fourteen-year-old Byron was last seen in Swan Hill on 24 February. He is known…
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Town Hall fire drill
A PLANNED fire drill will take place at Swan Hill Town Hall tonight, Swan Hill Rural City Council, in partnership with the Country Fire Authority,…
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Dairy industry reunites
VICTORIA’S dairy farmers will again be represented by a single body, following a reunification agreement announced on Wednesday. The Victorian Farmers Federation confirmed that United…
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Grapes wither on the vine as rain risks harvest
HARVESTING of Australia’s billion-dollar table grape crop ground to a halt in Sunraysia this week as fruit growers hit by record rainfall braced for heavy…
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Workshop to shape drought resilience funding for Mallee communities
COMMUNITY groups in the Mallee are being invited to help shape how up to $900,000 in funding is spent to strengthen local drought resilience. The…
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House prices still on the rise
HOUSE prices in north west Victoria are continuing to outstrip other regional centres in annual growth. According to the latest PropTrack home price index data,…
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Mallee spared as state’s bushfire risk climbs
INCREASED bushfire risk is forecast across all of Victoria except for East Gippsland and the Mallee in autumn. The AFAC bushfire outlook for autumn 2026…
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Books better than expected
CASH is flowing at Swan Hill Rural City Council and the books are looking better than anyone expected. Corporate services director Stephen Fernando at this…
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