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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…
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Drop below inflation
GOULBURN-Murray Water has announced its customer bills will rise by less than inflation. The water utility released its 2023-24 price list, with increases between 2…
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More than 600 pharmacies will close – report
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia says a new report shows up to 20,000 jobs will be lost, 665 pharmacies will close and Australia’s most vulnerable…
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Pharmacy ‘hit’ coming, says Kerang chemist
KERANG pharmacy owner Kin Chong says the Federal Government decision to change dispensing from monthly to bimonthly will wipe an average $170,000 from the bottom…
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Local knowledge counts
GANNWARRA Shire says authorities responding to flooding need to appreciate local knowledge. “It is acknowledged that Gannawarra is on an active floodplain and lessons have…
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Levee repair need urgent, says Gannawarra Shire
REPAIRING strategic levee banks and funding for critical flood mitigation infrastructure are priority issues in Gannawarra Shire Council’s submission to the Victorian parliamentary flood inquiry.…
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50,000-home target for Normanville wind farm
NORMANVILLE, 15km south-west of Kerang, has been announced as the proposed site of a new wind farm. About 15 advanced wind turbines are expected to…
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‘Exciting times’
THE proposed wind project is another “great example” of how energy generation and agriculture can co-exist, according to Gannawarra Shire executive manager of economic development…
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Bond sets pace with good score
ANOTHER good roll call with 14 players turning up to win the big prizes. Cheryl Dove won the ladies with a score of 3850, however…
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Strict limits on crayfish
THE Murray crayfish season opened earlier this week, but the freshwater crustacean won’t be allowed to be collected downstream of Tocumwal. NSW Department of Primary…
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