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Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Fireys rattle tins for the kids

VOLUNTEER firefighters will join thousands rattling tins across Victoria to raise funds for the Good Friday Appeal. Nyah Nyah West Fire Brigade Captain Phillip Maher said its members will team with Koraleigh Rural Fire Service to collect donations...

9 hours ago
Community

What’s On

Looking for something to do over the Easter long weekend? Markets, music, races and much more - find out What’s On in and around Swan Hill!

10 hours ago
politics

Balranald backs local focus

BALRANALD Shire Council has thrown its support towards a national Federal Election campaign that will support every council to play a bigger role delivering local solutions to national priorities. Mayor Cr Louie Zaffina moved at the March ordinary...

10 hours ago
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Council to provide accommodation

BALRANALD Shire Council will lodge an application to construct, or otherwise acquire, accommodation for aged care staff. The council at its March ordinary meeting authorised interim general manager Peter Bascomb to lodge an application for 100 per...

14 hours ago
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Youth can have say

MISSION Australia is urging young people aged 14 to 19 to share their views in their 24th national Youth Survey. Last year, more than 4600 young Victorians completed the survey, naming cost of living (56 per cent), climate change and the environment...

20 hours ago
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Regions miss out on energy rebates, says Walsh

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says constituents want to access the government’s heating and cooling rebates but can’t “because they live in regional Victoria”.“ The most recent complaint I received is consistent with all the...

20 hours ago
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Crash highlights road neglect, says Zaffina

BALRANALD Shire Mayor Louie Zaffina is calling for overtaking lanes and a divided road on the Sturt Highway after a fatal truck accident at Euston last Wednesday. Mayor Zaffina said the major parties have failed regions in safe seats as they focus...

15 Apr 2025
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Council against emergency services fund

SWAN Hill Rural City Council has joined a growing chorus against the proposed emergency services and volunteers fund, saying “piling on a new tax is not just unfair, it’s acruel and reckless burden”.Mayor Cr Stuart King warned that the proposed...

15 Apr 2025
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Farmers frustrated over mining license

FARMERS are disappointed in the Victorian State Government’s decision to grant VHM a 20-year mining licence for the Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project on Friday. Mine Free Mallee Farms (MFMF) secretary Craige Kennedy said the...

15 Apr 2025
politics

Candidate seeks to shake up the status quo

A FARMER, arborist and part-time Santa has put his hand up for the seat of Mallee, nominating as a Libertarian candidate at next month’s Federal Election. Jeff Barry, 59, became increasingly interested in politics in 2015 when then...

15 Apr 2025
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Plans afoot for idle hotel

PLANS are afoot to return the heritage-listed Robinvale Hotel – which has been lying idle since fire gutted the inside of the building a decade ago – to its former glory. Swan Hill Rural City Council has received a planning permit application...

15 Apr 2025
politics

Seventeen on the ballot across Mallee and Farrer

EIGHT candidates will be contesting the seat of Mallee at this year’s Federal Election, and the ballot order has been determined. Drawing the top of the ticket is Greens candidate Nicole Rowan, ahead of incumbent Nationals MP Anne Webster in second...

14 Apr 2025
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Debate over driving age

THE Victorian Government has put the brakes on a push to reduce the probationary licence age in Victoria to 17 in line with every other states and territories despite parliamentary lobbying.“I have been contacted by people across the state keen to...

14 Apr 2025
Health

Learn more, feel better with HARP

DO you or anyone you know have a chronic disease?These may include: diabetes, lung conditions (e.g. COPD/Asthma/emphysema), heart conditions (e.g. chronic heart disease), complex health care needs. You may be eligible for our no cost Hospital...

14 Apr 2025
Arts and Entertainment

Let’s rock Riverside Park sound shell

THE Swan Hill sound shell is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a reunion concert to rock Riverside Park. Featuring a line-up of bands that have graced its stage over the years, Rock in the Park will be held on Saturday, May 3, from noon to...

13 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Concern over wind turbines

MURRAY River Council is concerned about wind farm development on prime, productive agricultural land in the shire, particularity cropping land reliant on chemical spraying. Councillors also highlighted concerns about insurance issues, and the visual...

13 Apr 2025
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Water fines, cautions jump

LATEST water law compliance data for spring and summer shows the number of fines issued is up almost 70 per cent. The number of fines issued by the NSW Natural Resources Access Regulator between September and February increased from 26 to 44 for the...

13 Apr 2025