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Stepping up fight against flu
STEPPING up its fight against flu, the state government is now making the influenza vaccination compulsory for front-line staff in hospital wards. The Labor Government…
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Firewood season opens
THE Spring firewood collection season for 2019 starts across Victoria on Sunday and closes on Saturday, November 30. Forest Fire Management Victoria’s Murray Goldfields district…
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Historic election begins
ALMOST 250 years in the making, and an Australian-first, indigenous Victorians are now able to take part and lodge a historic vote towards treaty. Since…
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Students prepare to pound thepavement
LOCAL students are preparing to walk, scoot or cycle to school as part of the upcoming Gannawarra VicHealth Walk to School program. Held across the…
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Farm protection
Parliament has passed tough new laws to better protect farmers and farm businesses against people inciting farm trespass. The new laws mean anyone sharing farmers’…
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Safety upgrade
A DANGEROUS stretch of the Murray Valley Highway between Kangaroo Lake and Lake Boga is set to be fitted with wire rope barriers. The 13.7…
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Urgent care centre inundated
Kerang District Health is being inundated with patients who believe the hospital is equipped with emergency department facilities. Figures reveal more than 220 people seek…
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When prayers are miraculously answered
MARK Bateman, speaking to 50 of us at a men’s breakfast, told us that one day when struggling with the big questions of life he…
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Initiative proves to be a hit
A NEW women’s program has kicked off at the Cohuna Squash Club and it’s already a hit with participants. Hits and Giggles is a six-week…
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Women encouraged to’Ganna Wanna Fix It’
Women across the Gannawarra wanting to learn more about the basics of home and car maintenance are encouraged to register for a new program. Gannawarra…
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The true story of a man and his dog
THE bond humans and pets share will be celebrated this month when the theatre production based on the true story of Pablo Picasso and his…
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Fluoride for Cohuna
COHUNA residents are set to get fluoridated water from as early as November. Coliban Water told customers in a letter sent out last week that…