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French window: council reviews sister-city visit

NEW information has prompted Swan Hill Rural City Council to urgently reconsider its sister-city travel plans. Last month, councillors voted to allow Mayor Stuart King to accept an invitation to visit Swan Hill’s sister city, Yamagata, Japan in April, but refuse an invitation to visit Robinvale’s French sister city, Villers-Bretonneux, in the same month. Cr […]

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