News
-
Vale Jill Pattenden
Jill Pattenden May 21, 1936 – July 28, 2021 IT would be hard to find someone in the Swan Hill region who hasn’t been impacted…
-
Local submission for commission into war vet suicides
IN a year’s time, war veterans in the Swan Hill region will learn the outcome of a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. The…
-
Neighbourly support for regional communities
NEIGHBOURHOOD Houses are celebrating some of their good work during this pandemic, hosting a mini-conference for the public in the space of housing, sustainability, and…
-
Healthy Rivers Program pours funding into Basin communities
BASIN communities and farmers are big winners under the first round of the Federal government’s $20 million Murray-Darling Healthy Rivers Program. Seventy-three grants are being…
-
Commonwealth Bank hours to change in Robinvale
BANNERTON resident Jade Benham says the miscount of Robinvale’s population in the 2016 Census is causing the shutdown of businesses in the town. This comes…
-
Permits mandatory for cross-border residents
SWAN Hill and District residents will now need to obtain a permit to cross between Victoria and NSW from 6pm on Friday. In extending the…
-
Regional Australians’ mobile cap concerns heard
MINISTER for Communications Paul Fletcher this week announced that different limits on mobile network operators will be implemented across metropolitan, regional and remote locations after…
-
Peak farm body sets out five-year strategic plan
VICTORIA’S peak farming body has revealed its five-year strategic plan, with a key measure of at least half of policy council’s objectives achieved each year.…
-
Vic Chamber lobbies for border bubble extension
THE Victorian Chamber is lobbying for the NSW/Victorian border to temporarily be extended 10km into Victoria. The border bubble extending into Victoria for NSW for…
-
Further price reductions for electronic cattle ear tags
THE retail price for the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) cattle ear tags for Victorian producers has fallen again when purchased online. The retail price…










