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Curtain up on fundraising
The Fight Cancer Foundation’s Swan Hill branch has combined with Showbiz Cinemas to present the 2023 film festival. Active for 30 years, and known to…
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Hot tips for edible gardens
EDIBLE gardens will be on the menu at a community day next month. Food for All is hosting the event on Wednesday, October 18 at…
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Help inform arts, cultural strategy
MURRAY River Council is inviting the community to share its views on the new arts and culture strategy, via a series of pop-up sessions. Acting…
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Buybacks ‘kill land’
HISTORICAL water buybacks created a “patchwork quilt” of dead land adjacent to prosperous farms, according to Member for Mallee Anne Webster. The Nationals Party MP…
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Fire season fuel-load fears
BALRANALD Shire residents will require fire permits when the bushfire danger period begins in the Lower Western region next month. With hotter, drier and windier…
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Tax targets housing crisis
VICTORIA has committed to building 800,000 homes in the next decade while holiday-makers will be slugged with a short-stay accommodation levy to address the state’s…
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Island levees under review
THE North Central Catchment Management Authority is seeking the input of Pental Island landholders into the future of the island’s levee system. The levees are…
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Tech school’s originals return
STUDENTS from the Swan Hill Technical School’s inaugural year will gather next month to share memories of classrooms without walls and being allowed to bring…
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Bollard back after close shave
AFTER a mysterious case of mis-gendering, Nyah Boat Ramp’s statue of Captain Pearl has been restored to more accurately represent her likeness. Since its restoration…
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Family’s Chevy shines again
It’s been in the family since 1949 and Annette Hepburn is just the seventh owner of this 1927 Chevrolet truck. At almost a century old…
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