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Care concerns
AHEAD of an expected surge in aged care services demand from the baby boomer generation, health workers in Swan Hill have expressed concern the region…
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Experts: concern over racism reports
RECENT studies suggest racism is pervasive across Victoria, impacting on the opportunities and mental health of indigenous and ethnic communities.A survey of Aboriginal Victorians in…
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E-tag error
AN e-TAG glitch has resulted in a two-year headache for a Lake Boga resident who was hit with $15,000 worth of fines following a toll…
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Waiting game
WILL Wong is one of 1537 Australians waiting for a lifesaving organ donation and he has one message for the community: “Get your tests done.”Like the…
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Council wins legal battle
A ROBINVALE ‘materials recycling’ business has lost a long-running legal battle against Swan Hill Rural City Council and been ordered to construct improvements.The legal stoush lasting…
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That’s the plan, Stan
AFTER more than five years and hundreds of community consultation meetings, the Murray Darling Basin Plan has become law.Water Minister Tony Burke announced this afternoon he had signed off…
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Burning desire to serve
FLOODS, fires and helicopter rescues are all part of the job for Country Fire Authority operations manager Bill Johnstone.Long nights, strange hours and “strange things”…
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Inquiry sets sights on Yanga
LOCAL submissions to a NSW parliamentary inquiry regarding the management of Yanga National Park have called for more funding to bring the park’s visitation figures…
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G-MW updates farmers on irrigation modernisation project
GOULBURN Murray Water’s (G-MW) plans to modernise irrigation infrastructure have progressed but some irrigators remain cautious about purported benefits.G-MW project director George Warne and managing…
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Donors doing a ‘fantastic job’
CLOSE to a thousand donations to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service were made in the Swan Hill region this year — a “fantastic job”…
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