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Peter Bannan

MP driving age change

A PETITION calling on the Victorian Government to reduce the minimum probationary drivers licence age has been launched and sponsored by Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad. Reducing the age from 18 to 17 would make Victoria in line with every...

11 hours ago

Health

Split health district, says Dalton

MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton has called for the splitting of the Murrumbidgee Local Health District “to provide proper local health care”.Mrs Dalton said she would move a motion to divide the MLHD into two districts, and create a new district...

15 hours ago

Police and Courts

Safety push to counter motorcyclist fatalities

VICTORIA Police says its focusing on motorcycle safety this month after a “concerning” number of rider deaths so far in 2025. Motorcyclists make up more than a quarter of this year’s fatalities, with 12 riders killed on Victorian roads to date...

19 hours ago

News

Government strategy for levees

THE Victorian Government has responded to the final report of the inquiry into the October 2022 floods, with confirmation of a review of the Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy which will examine issues around rural levee management. The...

20 hours ago

Travel

On the buses for track upgrades

RAIL passengers will have to travel by bus for two weeks from tomorrow due to maintenance works on the Swan Hill train line. Buses will replace Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill line trains for the entire journey from tomorrow until Wednesday, March 5...

20 hours ago

Community

Expo to empower seniors

PEOPLE are encouraged to attend the upcoming Ageing Persons Information Expo at Barham next month. It’s a one-stop event designed to provide older community members, their families, and carers with valuable information on the many support services...

20 hours ago

News

VNI West pop-up sessions in Kerang and Boort

WEEKLY pop-up sessions will be held in Kerang and Boort as part of ongoing consultation on the VNI West transmission project. Transmission Company Victoria spokesperson Claire Cass said the sessions were introduced last year.“In response to requests...

20 hours ago

Arts and Entertainment

The Dish to screen at Silo Cinema

THE Mallee night sky is the perfect backdrop for the next screening at Quambatook Silo Cinema on Saturday night. The silos will feature the top-grossing Australian film in 2000, The Dish. The Dish is an Australian historical comedy-drama that tells...

20 Feb 2025

News

United push for more funding

MURRAY River Council will collaborate with other regional councils to advocate for increased local government funding, calling for a minimum allocation of 1 per cent of Commonwealth taxation revenue. The council resolved at last week’s ordinary...

20 Feb 2025

News

Land reclassification gets green light

MORE than 20 parcels of land in the Murray River Council area will be reclassified from community to operational to ease the financial burden to the council. The council resolved at last week’s ordinary meeting to reclassify the 21 parcels of...

20 Feb 2025

Police and Courts

Paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale dies

AUSTRALIA’S worst paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale has died. The 90-year-old died on Tuesday in the medical unit of Port Phillip Prison, according to media reports. Ridsdale abused more than 70 children over three decades as a parish priest in...

19 Feb 2025

Community

Share letter, picture with French friend through library

SWAN Hill Regional Library is collaborating with Robinvale’s sister city library in France to connect people through letters and drawings. Swan Hill Regional Libraries manager Camille Cullinan said the library team had been meeting online with the...

19 Feb 2025