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E-tag error
AN e-TAG glitch has resulted in a two-year headache for a Lake Boga resident who was hit with $15,000 worth of fines following a toll…
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Waiting game
WILL Wong is one of 1537 Australians waiting for a lifesaving organ donation and he has one message for the community: “Get your tests done.”Like the…
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Council wins legal battle
A ROBINVALE ‘materials recycling’ business has lost a long-running legal battle against Swan Hill Rural City Council and been ordered to construct improvements.The legal stoush lasting…
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That’s the plan, Stan
AFTER more than five years and hundreds of community consultation meetings, the Murray Darling Basin Plan has become law.Water Minister Tony Burke announced this afternoon he had signed off…
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Burning desire to serve
FLOODS, fires and helicopter rescues are all part of the job for Country Fire Authority operations manager Bill Johnstone.Long nights, strange hours and “strange things”…
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Inquiry sets sights on Yanga
LOCAL submissions to a NSW parliamentary inquiry regarding the management of Yanga National Park have called for more funding to bring the park’s visitation figures…
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G-MW updates farmers on irrigation modernisation project
GOULBURN Murray Water’s (G-MW) plans to modernise irrigation infrastructure have progressed but some irrigators remain cautious about purported benefits.G-MW project director George Warne and managing…
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Donors doing a ‘fantastic job’
CLOSE to a thousand donations to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service were made in the Swan Hill region this year — a “fantastic job”…
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Man faces court following siege
THE 24-year-old man involved in a five-hour siege in Swan Hill will have his matter transferred to the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court in January, despite wanting…
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Youth council forges ahead
IN THE wake of criticism of the direction taken by the Swan Hill’s Novo Youth Council, its members have decided to narrow their focus to…
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