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The Guardian

Extra Tooleybuc preschool hours soon

A NEW classroom at Tooleybuc Preschool is nearly complete, which will extend program hours for three-year-olds from 10 to 15 hours per week. Currently the preschool only offers 15 hours per week for four-year-olds. The new building ensures both age...

08 Apr 2025

Football

Demons off to winning start

AFTER unfurling their 2024 premiership flag in front of their home crowd, Nyah-Nyah West United wasted no time reminding everyone why they are the reigning champs, producing a dominant performance against Swan Hill in a match that...

07 Apr 2025

Opinion

Bringing strong rural voice to talks

Deputy Mayor Cr Les McPhee - I AM honoured to prepare this Mayoral Column on behalf of Mayor, Cr Stuart King to share with the community the news that I have recently been elected to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Board. As the Deputy...

04 Apr 2025

Feature Publications

2025 Football Netball Preview

04 Apr 2025

Community

What’s on

Find out what’s on in and around Swan Hill. The Sweet Caroline Tour - A Tribute to Neil Diamond. Step back into the glory days of music and musicianship with this beautiful tribute concert.

03 Apr 2025

politics

Labor’s handouts wafer thin

THE Albanese Government’s carefree approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra this week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week. Swan Hill mortgage-holders who are $50,000 a year ($136 a day) worse off are expected to be...

28 Mar 2025

Moulamein Notes

From rain to random strangers

Rain at lastWE had a bit of a political storm in Moulamein. Plenty of promises, plenty of noise, plenty of wind with bugger all result. I measured about 13mls. There were higher falls in town but I think they just have long legged dogs. Anywhere...

28 Mar 2025

Community

What’s on

Find out what’s on in and around the Swan Hill region.

27 Mar 2025

letters

Next stop is anarchy as the innocent fight back

To the Editor, VICTORIA is on a fast track to anarchy because the justice system is so badly broken. In Echuca this week, a business owner armed himself with a baseball bat to chase a shoplifter. Within an hour of him posting a video on a community...

22 Mar 2025

Moulamein Notes

You’d think we’re in different countries

Rice Harvest Starts Our local rice harvest officially started this week with a few of the early birds firing their headers up. With the weather the way it is, the harvest will get very busy very quickly, I think. Shane Warne Health Machine Our...

21 Mar 2025

News

A hard road to 444 success

BEN Welch rode a wave of emotion to his Victoria Park Echuca finish line buoyed by the cheers of thousands of people at 4.44pm on Friday, March 7 after 380 kilometres travelled and almost $550,000 raised. Ben set off on his run up the...

18 Mar 2025

letters

Nationals leader slams rising energy costs

READERS may remember the cries of “Down, Down, Down”.I’m not talking about a well-known advertisement for a supermarket giant, but spruiking from the Allan Labor Government on energy prices. It turns out “Up, Up, Up” would...

15 Mar 2025