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Girgarre Open Garden Festival

Campaspe Shire Council and Rushworth and District Community Bank will be running an open garden festival in Girgarre, where guests can view five spectacular gardens. The Sunday, October 27 event is part of a major fundraiser for the Girgarre...

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Dairy body slammed for basin comments

A claim by a leading dairy lobby group that drought is responsible for high irrigation prices has created consternation anger and surprise among Victorian dairy farmers. Australian Dairy Farmers president Terry Richardson made the claim last week in...

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Proudly in pink for cancer support

Laurence Humphries from Strathmerton, participated in the dog competition at the Shepparton Show on Saturday, October 12. He hoped to win with his whippets Mazie and Kerry. Laurence wears a bright pink shirt to support those with breast cancer. His...

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Truck ownership fact sheet released

To own or not to own a truck? That is the question that grain growers often contemplate.

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Pelican problem at Lake Mulwala

A pelican predicament has arisen after increased reports of the birds getting too close to people at Lake Mulwala in Yarrawonga. Moira Shire Mayor Libro Mustica said pelicans were much-loved by visitors and residents alike but warned the birds...

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Traveller deported for importing pork

A Vietnamese woman has been deported for failing to declare more than 4.5 kilograms of pork, as authorities desperately try to protect our borders from African swine fever. Biosecurity officers deported the 45-year-old from Sydney on Saturday after...

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Drier spring forecast

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s latest drought update shows the current conditions across the basin remain dominated by the drought and dropping water storage levels in both the north and southern basin. MDBA chief executive Phillip Glyde...

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Police hunt for wedge-tailed eagle killer

A government department has confirmed the mysterious deaths of scores of wedge-tailed eagles in the Violet Town district have been caused by pesticide poisoning.

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Shepp East company fined $10k for water theft

A Shepparton East company has been ordered to pay more than $10 000 in compensation, costs and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond. The company was found guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court for taking 85 megalitres without authority in the...

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Ryan wants more support for northern Victorian irrigators

Victorian Shadow Water Minister Steph Ryan has criticised the Victorian Government for “ignoring the enormous stress” fixed water charges are placing on irrigators within the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District.

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Farmers seek further water relief

Goulburn-Murray Water has been urged to continue its cost cutting to drive prices down further and introduce more pricing reforms, following last week’s announcement of a drop in future charges. The water corporation has cut about $19 million from...

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Tungamah silo art addition

Artist Sobrane has returned to add to her work on the Tungamah silo.

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Earthmoving business feels the bite of basin plan

At its peak, Gleeson Excavations in Barham had 10 employees with bums in seats of excavators, compactors, graders, scrapers, water trucks and tip trucks.

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Drum’s EU delegation

Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum says the Goulburn Valley will be impacted by a potential free trade agreement with the European Union.

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squirrel gliders field day

A field day will be held for squirrel glider conservation on October 19 in Locksley.

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Helping community in practical way

Dookie father of four John Geddes says building a new cubby house at Dookie Children’s Centre has opened his eyes to the need of the community.

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Coles launches national drought appeal

Coles will donate $1 million to drought-affected farmers in a national fundraising campaign at more than 1500 supermarkets and Liquorland stores. The money from Coles Nurture Fund and customer donations will be provided to the Country Women’s Association, which will distribute grants to farming families across Australia for household expenses.

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Mandatory rollover protection for quad bikes

All new quad bikes sold in Australia will have mandatory roll bars within two years under new safety rules.

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SPC ropes in more jobs

SPC’s new owners have decided to convert some outsourced jobs into internal ones, creating up to 40 new positions at the fruit processor.

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Eagle death numbers rise

Poisoning is believed to be the cause of death of more than 150 protected native birds, including a large number of wedge-tailed eagles found at Violet Town in August, with more dead birds found in new search areas including Shepparton. Authorities...

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Nestlé to shut Vic factory

CHEAPER DAIRY imports have been blamed for the shock announcement of Nestlé Tongala’s closure in northern Victoria. The announcement the factory would wind down operations by late next year to mid-2021 took the town, once known as the centre for...

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Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance calls for basin plan changes

The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, a grassroots advocacy group representing the nation’s taxpayers, has called for revision of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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