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Opening Book Week magic
BALRANALD Central School was full of colour and creativity last week as students and staff came together to celebrate Book Week. The festivities included a…
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Farmer jailed for animal cruelty
A CHINKAPOOK farmer has been jailed for six months after his neglect caused the death of close to 1800 sheep. Steven Ralston pleaded guilty to…
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Booking their adventures
STUDENTS embraced their creativity to dress up as their favourite literary characters at Swan Hill Christian School for Book Week. The only occasion that Bindi…
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Machete plan a ‘PR stunt’
PLANS to put a machete collection bin outside Swan Hill’s police station is a “worthless PR stunt”, according to Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh.…
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Funds secured for former landfill site
MURRAY River Council has secured close to $400,000 in funding from the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority for two projects, including rehabilitation works at…
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Hefty fine for grape exporter
A EUSTON-based grape export company has been fined more than $1 million for deliberately trying to bypass controls to export table grapes to New Zealand.…
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Animal transporting ‘baa none’
ALINA Hawkins plans to keep on trucking – for as long as she can. And she has been doing it for much of her life.…
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Hospital wait times decrease
AVERAGE wait times at the Swan Hill Hospital have seen a modest decrease in the second quarter following a jump earlier this year, with the…
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Melbourne Cup on the Murray
THE community is encouraged to bring the energy as local champion jockey Harry Coffey gives the Melbourne Cup a tour around his hometown from 8am…
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Period poverty problem unaddressed
MEMBER for Mildura Jade Benham says women in her electorate are being ignored after the Victorian Government failed to deliver free sanitary product vending machines…
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