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Peter Bannan

Have your say on VNI West effects

LOCAL communities are being encouraged to provide feedback on the Department of Transport and Planning’s draft scoping requirements for the VNI West Environment Effects Statement. An EES is Victoria’s most rigorous and transparent environmental...

6 hours ago

News

Carols are coming to town

THE Cohuna and Kerang communities will lift the Christmas spirit and sing in harmony when the towns’ respective combined-church carols take place on December 14. Cohuna’s traditional event will start at 7pm at Gateway to Gannawarra Visitor Centre...

04 Dec 2024

News

Council staff shortages

GANNAWARRA Council has urged residents to be patient with its local laws and planning teams as both departments have staff shortages. The council’s local laws team will prioritise core emergency services, including immediate responses to...

04 Dec 2024

Health

District health takes another financial hit

KERANG and Cohuna hospitals has been whacked with “exploding” WorkCover premiums in the past two years. Kerang District Health’s premiums soared by 65 per cent, from $119,000 in 2022-23 to almost $200,000 in 2023-24. At the same time, Cohuna District...

03 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Elderly volunteer jailed for rape

A SCOUTS and Lions volunteer who raped an unconscious woman at a Cohuna caravan park in 2021 has been jailed. Robert George Goeldner, 74, committed the offence on June 1, 2021, after the victim refused his suggestion that they start a relationship. At...

03 Dec 2024

News

Council opts for Kerang meetings

GANNAWARRA Council could scrap its Christmas party and instead spend the money on holding next year’s scheduled meetings in towns other than Kerang, according to councillor Keith Link. The new council voted at its first ordinary meeting last week to...

03 Dec 2024

Politics

Walsh steps down

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh will remain in Parliament until the next election, despite stepping down as leader of the Victorian Nationals on Monday night after a decade. Gippsland South MP Danny O’Brien was elected unopposed as the new...

03 Dec 2024

News

Lap swimming extended

PEOPLE looking for different ways to keep fit this summer will have additional opportunities available at the Cohuna and Kerang swimming pools. Gannawarra Council, which manages both facilities, has expanded its popular lap swimming program. As part...

03 Dec 2024

News

Koondrook levee design complete

THE design of the first stage of the construction of a flood protection levee at Koondrook has been finalised. Gannawarra Council received $797,559 from the Federal Government’s National Emergency Management Agency earlier this year to support the...

02 Dec 2024

News

Have your say on sale of council properties

RESIDENTS are encouraged to have their say on the future of three council-owned properties at Quambatook and the Kerang saleyards site. These sites include three residential units located at 9-11 Guthrie Street, Quambatook, a vacant block at 2...

30 Nov 2024

Community

Let’s talk about weather program a success

MORE than 120 people attended two free community events over the past two weeks as part of the Let’s Talk About the Weather program. Gannawarra Shire Council, Make a Change Australia and various local partner organisations spent four months working...

28 Nov 2024

Community

Students hit the right notes

KOONDROOK and Murrabit primary school students have showcased life on the land. The two schools received funding from School Focused Youth Service, through Northern District Community Health, to create a song unique for the respective schools...

28 Nov 2024