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Farmers rally to offer support
A FREE online wellbeing and suicide prevention tool designed by and for farmers has been launched. Taking Stock hosts multiple resources including films, interviews and…
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Pulling a big crowd
ALL eyes will be on Quambatook on Easter Saturday when the town plays host to the 45th Australian Tractor Pull Championships. Expect plenty of high-octane…
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Aim for more women on council
INSPIRING, equipping and sustaining women to become successful local representatives is the aim of a new Victorian Government fellowship program being offered in Swan Hill.…
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Back regional print, report tells governments
PRINT media is not dead for many regional and rural communities, according to a new university report. The report, Media Innovation and the Civic Future…
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Pleading for culverts
MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is calling for box culverts to be installed on the Murray Valley Highway near Reedy Lake to ensure connectively…
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Stubble quail season shortened
VICTORIA’S “recreational” native stubble quail shooting season has been cut short by two months following campaigning by Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting and the…
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Indigenous suicide rate demands new approach, says MDAS
THE rate of suicides of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria makes for “sobering” reading, says the chief of Mallee District Aboriginal Services.…
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Flood probe will visit regions
VICTORIA’S response to last year’s floods is the focus of a wide-ranging parliamentary inquiry that will visit regional areas to meet those most affected. But…
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Local link is stronger
ELLIOTT Newspaper Group managing director Ross Lanyon says regional and rural newspapers “are not thriving” after the coronavirus pandemic, but his mastheads were more closely…
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Check alarm with clock
RESIDENTS are advised to check their smoke alarms when winding their clocks back this weekend. CFA said daylight saving time was a great reminder to…
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