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Teach driving at schools, MP says
MEMBER for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell wants a driver-education program in all Victorian secondary schools to help curb the horror road toll. Mrs Tyrrell said…
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Fit to serve more food
LOCAL charity A Good Kitchen has been the recipient of a very generous donation of more than $9000 as a result of Toby Gilmore and…
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Open lakes to seawater, says Dalton
INDEPENDENT Member for Murray Helen Dalton believes South Australia Lower Lakes should be opened up to sea water, following her six-day “fact-finding trip” to the…
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Walkway move blocked
A SWAN Hill councillor’s request for a walkway adjacent to a school to be reinstated has been knocked back by the council. Cr Jacquie Kelly…
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Rates kept on hold
THE Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on ice in a widely expected move that will be welcomed by financially-strained borrowers. Board members…
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Needed upgrade for road
DRAINAGE works will soon start on a Swan Hill residential street repeatedly voted as the worst local road. The road upgrades and drainage improvements in…
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Victoria stays on the outer
THE Victorian Government remains firm in its opposition to the renegotiated Murray-Darling Basin Plan, with its main concern being the impact of water buybacks on…
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Here’s to clear water
IT has been a long time coming, but the township of Ultima has joined the town drinking water supply network. A pipeline was completed late…
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State cans floodplain plan, friends rejoice
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have rejoiced at the news that a proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan water-saving project has been rejected, but irrigators are concerned about the impact the…
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At home with dingoes
COMMUNITY members were able to get close to a dingo on Monday morning at Lake Boga Community Garden, thanks to local couple Dennis and Anne…
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