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Mask rules to ease
VICTORIAN mask rules will ease from Sunday and workers can return to offices next week. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the changes on Thursday as Victoria…
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Mental health and rehab needs double state’s average
SWAN Hill has double the Victorian average of registered mental health clients and people receiving drug and alcohol treatment, according to a report highlighting the region’s…
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Border softened, permit launched
POLITICIANS on both sides of the Victoria/New South Wales border want to see a national approach towards border closures. “We’ll (Australians) all be glad to…
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NSW towns ‘decimated’
MURRAY River Council (MRC) mayor Chris Bilkey is urging Victorian border bubble residents to visit the Murray River and its NSW communities after mass holiday…
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Businesses breach COVID safety
FIVE businesses in Swan Hill have not complied with providing a COVIDSafe environment for their workers and customers. A Department of Justice and Community Safety…
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The bite that lingers for Swan Hill resident
THE symptoms were so acute, Wendy Hayes still remembers the pain she went through four years after she was bitten by a mosquito. “I could…
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Call to fast-track photo ID
MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has written to emergency services minister Lisa Neville asking her to send a mobile photo ID machine to the…
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Labour shortage is a ‘dire situation’
HOSTEL beds lie empty, fruit is beginning to rot, but a potential solution to Sunraysia’s seasonal worker crisis remains stuck on the tarmac. A Vanuatu…
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New firearms unit formed
A NEW illicit firearms unit (IFU) within Victoria Police has been set up to prevent firearms getting into the wrong hands and protect communities from…
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Chamber anomaly flagged by deputy mayor
AN anomaly inside the Swan Hill Rural City Council chamber has been flagged and gained unanimous support. Deputy mayor Jade Benham moved a motion at…







