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Free vehicle registration for apprentices
SWAN Hill apprentices will be eligible for free vehicle registration from July 1. The $10 million initiative will provide free registration to apprentices, such as…
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Bridge works delay traffic
MOTORISTS should allow an extra 20 minutes travel time while repair works are carried out on the Barham-Koondrook bridge. Lighting and the walkway will be…
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Council backs housing support plan
SWAN Hill Rural City Council will contribute $15,000 towards the employment of a housing support officer to help address the housing crisis if nine other…
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Motels are not answer for homelessness
A MOTEL owner has called on government and community organisations to stop resorting to motels as a way of fixing the region’s accommodation crisis. Melissa…
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Cheap rentals shrink
THE number of rental properties under $400 a week in Victoria’s north west has fallen almost 24 per cent over the last three years. Nationally,…
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Caveat on roads cash
THE Victorian Government is “experiencing what many rural councils have been grappling with for years” – cost pressures facing road and other infrastructure maintenance, Rural…
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$90k to support women
WOMEN’S Health Loddon Mallee has distributed $90,000 in quick response flood recovery grants to help support local women. The lead agency for women’s health and…
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Boardwalk work begins
CONSTRUCTION of a new viewing platform and boardwalk overlooking the Little Murray River will finally begin this week. Announced in December 2021, the project is…
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Flood map funds flow
THE Victorian Government has announced a flow of funds to fast-track more flood studies so communities can prepare for future disasters. The government said $22.2…
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Pokies sign ban not enough – Dalton
EXTERNAL gambling-related signs will be scrapped in New South Wales later this year, in what Member for Murray Helen Dalton describes as only “a very,…
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