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The Guardian

Next stop is anarchy as the innocent fight back

To the Editor, VICTORIA is on a fast track to anarchy because the justice system is so badly broken. In Echuca this week, a business owner armed himself with a baseball bat to chase a shoplifter. Within an hour of him posting a video on a community...

22 Mar 2025

Moulamein Notes

You’d think we’re in different countries

Rice Harvest Starts Our local rice harvest officially started this week with a few of the early birds firing their headers up. With the weather the way it is, the harvest will get very busy very quickly, I think. Shane Warne Health Machine Our...

21 Mar 2025

News

A hard road to 444 success

BEN Welch rode a wave of emotion to his Victoria Park Echuca finish line buoyed by the cheers of thousands of people at 4.44pm on Friday, March 7 after 380 kilometres travelled and almost $550,000 raised. Ben set off on his run up the...

18 Mar 2025

letters

Nationals leader slams rising energy costs

READERS may remember the cries of “Down, Down, Down”.I’m not talking about a well-known advertisement for a supermarket giant, but spruiking from the Allan Labor Government on energy prices. It turns out “Up, Up, Up” would...

15 Mar 2025

politics

Labor’s whoppers exposed

IMAGINE my surprise to read this week that the Swan Hill Emergency Department has opened, again, because the Allan Labor Government finally turned up for an “official opening”.The fabrications of State and Federal Labor are astonishing; let me...

14 Mar 2025

Moulamein Notes

Fishing for tall tales

THE footy-netball club Abercrombie Wind Farm Fishing Competition has been run and won. There were more than 200 seniors and about 70 juniors entered. The rise in the Edward arrived just in time to get the fish biting, and bite they did. Out of the...

14 Mar 2025

letters

Celebrating a fantastic weekend in Swan Hill

To the Editor,I WOULD like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Swan Hill community for a truly outstanding long weekend of events. The energy and excitement across the region was just incredible. It was fantastic to see so many people out...

14 Mar 2025

Community

What’s on

FRIDAY 6pm: Mick Harrington music The Backtracks Tour Australian songbook at the Tooleybuc Country Club Hotel. 8pm: Hindley Street Country Club - Just Gets Better Tour. Touring with an amazing 11 piece band of premium musicians, spectacular enhanced...

13 Mar 2025

politics

Reckless spending niggling at your pay packet

IF you’re struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, you might not have realised the federal rabbit nibbling away at your pay packet. Under the Albanese Labor Government, income tax has surged. Australian taxpayers are paying a whopping 26.8 per...

08 Mar 2025

Moulamein Notes

Footy-Netball Club fishing comp

OUR fishing comp is happening this weekend with some of the best conditions we have seen for years. This great event caught me by surprise a bit and this is the first time I have mentioned it. It will not be stinking hot like it has been in the...

07 Mar 2025

Motorsport

Boom double header at Sonic Speedway

THE Sonic Speedway roars to life this Saturday and Sunday with the running of the Standard Sedans state title, the Jordy Davis hot rod memorial and the return of the popular V8 trucks. Fifty-three Standard Sedans will contest the...

07 Mar 2025

Community

Swan Hill - What’s on

Twilight Cruise, Food & Wine Festival Cruise along with Murray River soaking up its beauty aboard the paddlesteamer Pyap, while enjoying tunes from Elias Lanyon, award-winning Andrew Peace wines and a variety of tempting finger...

06 Mar 2025