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Top cop’s focus on safer homes, roads
BUILDING better connections with community and combating the high level of regional road trauma and domestic violence, are among priority areas for the Western Region’s…
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Firefighter Jess Burge is a step above
WHILE many of us avoid taking the stairs if there is another option, Woorinen South firefighter Jess Burge couldn’t wait to climb all 28 floors…
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Hopeful Hildas soared across Outback
NAVIGATING a plane through thin hot air, low cloud bases and the remoteness of the Australian Outback was just part of the Outback Air Race…
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Candidates for Buloke Shire by-election
A FORMER one-time councillor is one of six candidates announced for the by-election in Buloke Shire next month. Residents in the Mallee Ward, which takes…
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Take the plunge and become a lifeguard
FREE training to become a pool lifeguard is being offered by the Buloke Council. It comes after a state-wide shortage of qualified lifeguards last season…
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New park name represents area
MURRAY Downs Riverside Park will now be known as Yellymong Park, despite it not being the top choice by local residents in a survey. There…
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They’re safe as houses
SWAN Hill Neighbourhood House manager Kate Bishop said there was “a collective sigh of relief” across the Mallee after the Victorian Government confirmed it will…
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Target for 11 million rural residents
A BOLD target has been set to have 11 million people living “prosperously” outside the capital cities within the next decade. The Regional Australia Institute…
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Youth awards open now
THE 2022 YACVic Rural Youth Awards will celebrate the incredible work, stories and achievements of young people, youth workers and community groups in rural and…
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CFA veteran honoured for service
YOU won’t see CFA veteran Noel Harvey on the back of a fire truck these days, but his work is still as critical for the…
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