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Anger over firefighting assets ‘sleight-of-hand’
A “CYNICAL, financial sleight-of-hand” is how Murray River Council Mayor Chris Bilkey has described the determination by the NSW Government that local Rural Fire Service…
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Words from the acting mayor
Swan Hill Town Hall PACC – colour scheme COUNCIL has received funding to repair cracks and repaint the exterior of the Swan Hill Town Hall…
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Buzz in the air as spring looms
SPRING is almost here, and the buzz of families and friends getting together is happening everywhere. After two long years in and out of isolation,…
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Finish MDBA water reform
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) mid-year report card on the roll-out of the Basin Plan shines a light on the unfinished business of the country’s…
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Finals fever back
AFTER 18 rounds – and two COVID-affected seasons – finals return to the Central Murray Football Netball League tomorrow, with all roads leading to Woorinen…
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And the worst sealed street is …
BUTTERWORTH Street has been voted Swan Hill’s worst road in the latest community satisfaction survey. The phone survey of 400 people in the Swan Hill…
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Wet and warm weeks ahead
IT was a wet end to winter, with more than 13mm falling across Swan Hill this week. With a week to go before spring arrives,…
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Kerang Turf Club salutes a volunteer champion
KERANG Turf Club president Colleen Shay doesn’t know if she can be brave enough to watch racing.com’s coverage of the weekend’s Country Racing Victoria awards.…
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Murrumbidgee adds to flood picture
AS a Darling River flood peak moves through Menindee, another flood is on its way to the Murray, via the Murrumbidgee. The lower Murrumbidgee River…
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Reporter on a winner
COUNTRY newspaper stalwart and The Guardian reporter Andrew Mole has received the prestigious Jack Styring Country Racing Victoria Media Award for his coverage of local…










