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Festive freedoms as Victoria moves to COVID-normal summer
HOUSEHOLDS can now have up to 30 visitors over the course of a day. The welcomed indoor gathering increase was announced by Premier Daniel Andrews…
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Quacking start to much-needed new year
A SEA of rubber yellow ducks will again race down the Murray River for the 30th SES duck race on New Year’s Day. The annual…
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In the black after run of hostel losses
BALRANALD council has managed to turnaround the books at the town’s retirement hostel after years of massive, “avoidable” deficits and community unrest. Council explained in…
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New year, new era at Balranald’s New Year’s Eve party
A COUPLE from Balranald are running the town’s upcoming New Year’s Eve event to ensure their children aren’t “missing out”. Balranald-born Dimity Blake and Daniel…
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Impacts on Loddon Mallee health workers to be put under microscope
A STUDY of health workers across the Loddon Mallee region will look at the mental health and wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study…
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Must ensure we get gay conversion ban bill right, says Peter Walsh
MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says no-one should be subjected to harmful LGBTIQA+ conversion practices. New laws criminalising the practice were introduced to State…
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Meeting the benchmarks at Swan Hill’s emergency department
SWAN Hill District Health (SHDH) chief executive officer Peter Abraham says the health service is meeting the benchmarks in treating all patients presenting at the…
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Deceased man’s motorbike stolen from Nyah business
A MOTORBIKE belonging to a deceased man has allegedly been stolen from a business in Nyah West. Swan Hill Crime Investigation Unit Senior Constable Sarah…
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Financial relief for parents as state governments moves to free kindergarten
PARENTS with children heading into kindergarten programs across the Swan Hill region next year will save thousands of dollars. The state government recently announced, as…
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Bushfires can’t be ‘ruled out’, despite wetter summer predicted
AUSTRALIA can expect a wetter than normal summer, but bush and grass fires cannot be ruled out completely, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM)…
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