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Out of the shadow

EMMA had everything... until she didn’t. Emma was successful, smart, savvy, sensible, secure, practical, confident, and happy... until she wasn’t. What would make an intelligent...

24 Nov 2024

letters

Debt bill rockets up

REGIONAL Victorians will now have no choice but to pay $25 million a day to pay the interest bill on Labor’s debt that is set to rocket to $200 billion in the next two years. That’s correct, $200 billion of debt. Labor has no...

23 Nov 2024

letters

Support in difficult times

WE have heard time and time again people tell their children, “Never walk past The Salvos without giving a donation, because they helped us (or your grandparents) during the war.” It is a sentiment that has been around for generations and still...

23 Nov 2024

Opinion

Scam action shouldn’t protect banks

I AM furious that vulnerable Mallee constituents are being scammed. In Canberra representing you during this fortnight, I shared Mallee horror scam stories – including my own – as I spoke on Labor’s new Scam...

22 Nov 2024

Moulamein Notes

Game on for young and old

WE were a bit short of numbers last Saturday in our pennant bowls, so we had to do a lot of ringing around to try and get a couple of extra players. After about 22 phone calls to make sure of the rules and to find a couple of players, we managed to...

22 Nov 2024

News

Power lost in high winds

POWER outages plagued Murray Downs over the weekend as strong winds cut power to the region. Following a blistering hot Saturday where temperatures reached 39 degrees a cold front swept across the state causing temperatures to plunge overnight. The...

22 Nov 2024

Opinion

Christmas donations

Anglican THE monthly boot sale was a great success last Saturday. Thank you to all who support it; who donate items in good condition, conduct private stalls, enjoy scones or the sausage sizzle. It is an enjoyable morning for all, even the workers...

22 Nov 2024

News

Temps to sizzle this weekend

THE relatively milder weather experienced in Swan Hill early this week has given way to soaring heat. After days of temperatures in the mid-20s and clear skies, temperatures had hit 35 degrees by 2.30pm on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology warned...

22 Nov 2024

Golf

Putt-ing young talent on par

STUDENTS across the Swan Hill and Mallee regions were hit with NSW Open fever after attending the school and junior activation zone at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Groups of students from St Mary’s Primary School, Lake Bog...

19 Nov 2024

November 2024

Putt-ing young talent on par

COHEN MORTIMER STUDENTS across the Swan Hill and Mallee regions were hit with NSW Open fever after attending the school and junior activation zone at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Groups of students from St Mary’s Primary School, Lake Bog...

19 Nov 2024

News

All the action from fairway to green

The NSW Open offered a high quality of golf from some of the best players both nationally and internationally. The Guardian photographers Cohen Mortimer and Meagan McGregor teamed up with Golf NSW to capture some amazing shots of all the action on...

19 Nov 2024

Opinion

Coalition has better plan for water use

WATER is our lifeblood in this district, but Labor is sucking us dry to buy supposed “Greenie” votes in the inner cities. The Albanese Labor Government’s 450 gigalitre (GL) Murray-Darling Basin water buyback program at an estimated cost over...

16 Nov 2024