Opinion
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Words from the acting mayor
Advocacy efforts in Canberra LAST week, I joined our chief executive, Scott Barber, and members of the Murray River Group of Councils at Parliament House…
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A sense of gratitude for our priviledge
WE are the lucky country. There is nowhere else I would rather live than Australia. These past two weeks have brought a focus on our…
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Church Notes
Grain Shed LAST Friday afternoon it was so lovely to have the Swan Hill Garden Club here to celebrate their 40th anniversary with an amazing…
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Councillors comment was ‘abhorrent’, says female colleague
THE comments made by a Gannawarra Shire councillor on social media were “abhorrent” according to his colleague, Cr Jane Ogden. The only woman on council…
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MP reflects on monarch service
I REMEMBER as a child, standing in the old quadrangle of my primary school every Monday morning, rain, hail or shine and singing God Save…
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Church notes
Anglican AS Anglicans in Australia, we are “in communion with the Church of England”, of which Queen Elizabeth was the Supreme Governor. As such, we…
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Rural GP Crisis
FINDING an appointment with a GP in Mallee is incredibly difficult. Those who have no existing GP are facing desperate circumstances finding that most clinics…
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Around the Churches
Anglican MOE Anglican Church activities are gradually returning to normal. The parquetry floor looks magnificent and the hall is able to be used by regulars,…
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Gadget Guy is place to get tech help
DO you have a broken smartphone or tablet screen? Are looking to transfer files onto a new phone? If you are in need of help,…
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There’s a lot to be said for multifaceted humanity
AROUND the old Whacker family property, I can report most things still seem to be White Anglo Saxon (sort of) Protestant (assuming they are allowed…










