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Floods a factor in survey result, says council
GANNAWARRA Council believes poor community satisfaction survey results for waste management and sealed local roads can be attributed to last year’s floods. The Local Government…
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Goodbye, Mr Taylor
KERANG Primary School’s long-serving principal Brenton Taylor has said goodbye to the school for the last time. The primary school held a special assembly last…
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Increased network connectivity thanks to mine project
RESIDENTS will benefit from increased network connectivity across the Gannawarra Shire, thanks to the Regional Connectivity Program and Mobile Black Spot Program. As part of…
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Cohuna toddler found in pool
A COHUNA toddler is fighting for life in a Melbourne hospital after a backyard pool incident on Saturday. A Victoria Police spokeswoman told the Gannawarra…
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Non-voter fines on way
NON-voters at last year’s Victorian state election can expect fines from this week. More than 220,000 people who either didn’t respond to the Victorian Electoral…
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Breakfast club funding as demand surges
DEMAND for the Victorian Government’s breakfast club has rapidly grown by 40 per cent in the past 12 months. Foodbank Victoria has supplied 2.4 million…
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Council’s annual report recognised
GANNAWARRA Council’s 2022 annual report has been recognised at the 2023 Australasian Reporting Awards, claiming a silver award. The awards recognised annual reports developed by…
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Art contest finds common ground
WHAT struck Darlene Thomas wasn’t the differences between each artwork, so much as the things they had in common. The chief executive of Mallee District…
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Forest flooding ‘ridiculous’, says floodplain group
GANNAWARRA residents have had the chance to have their concerns heard about the current environmental flooding of the Gunbower Forest. The Central Murray Environmental Floodplains…
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Women reflect on floods
BRINGING a focus to the voices of local women and their experience of the recent flood crisis is part of a Women’s Health Loddon Mallee…
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Rare winged peppercress shrubs found in Gunbower National Forest
ECOLOGISTS have discovered stands of rare winged peppercress shrubs in Gunbower National Forest. Listed on the EPBC list as an endangered plant, winged pepercress shrubs…
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Senior election jobs on offer
PEOPLE keen to work at next year’s local government elections can apply now to join the Victorian Electoral Commission’s pool of senior election officials. Senior…