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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…
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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…