News
-
Health service on right track chief
MALLEE Track Health and Community Service (MTHCS) has launched follow-on initiatives across the health service in response to an independent review into its culture and…
-
Webster part of homeless investigation
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has been elected to a House of Representatives standing committee to investigate factors that contribute to people becoming homeless and…
-
Need for access
THE “critical need” for housing for people struggling with their mental health and their carers was put under the spotlight last week. The issue was…
-
Adversity to success
HEAVY diesel mechanical apprentice Maddison Price, 24, has been named a semi-finalist in this year’s Seven News Young Achiever Awards. Maddy was nominated for the…
-
Freight rail win
NORTH-west Victoria will be the big winner from a proposed intermodal freight hub terminal at Ballarat only when the Murray Basin Rail Project is complete,…
-
Push for progress
PIONEER Settlement volunteer and Swan Hill local Don Brown says if “we don’t embrace change, we could still be in the pioneer era”. The 81-year-old…
-
Dalton takes aim
RAIN will not end drought conditions across southern NSW if the state government allows special interests to secretly siphon off water before it reaches the…
-
Future tourist in mind
SWAN Hill Rural City Council mayor Bill Moar says the proposed Our Place building is designed with the “demands of the future tourist” in mind.…
-
Community hopes in treaty
FOR one First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria member, treaty is about including all tribes, including those in the Swan Hill region not formally recognised. The…
-
TOP CHOPS
RECORDS almost fell amid a busy fortnightly prime sheep sale in Swan Hill last Thursday, with a yarding of around 10,000. The best lambs to…









