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Peter Bannan

Pine trees removed

A NUMBER of towering Norfolk Island pine trees have been removed from a property in Kerang. The trees were removed from the front of a Nolan Street property, near Burgoyne Street, due to safety concerns about the weight of limbs should they break...

2 hours ago

Community

Dedications of devotion to ag show

LONG before he stood behind a microphone calling poultry lots by the hundred, Kerang’s Geoff Davey was just a kid tagging along to the Melbourne Show, wide-eyed at the sight of ribbons, sheep, and spectacle.“I always went with my parents,“ he...

17 Apr 2025

News

Koondrook Barham Ride Park back with a roar

THE sound of revving engines echoed through the Koondrook Barham Ride Park once again, signaling not just the return of dirt bikes but the revival of a beloved community hub. After being closed for more than four years due to insurance issues and red...

16 Apr 2025

Farming and Environment

Help manage Gunbower Creek

THE North Central Catchment Management Authority is leading the update of two plans in the coming years to help manage the long-term future of Gunbower Creek and guide the delivery of water for the environment at Gunbower Forest. And it wants your...

16 Apr 2025

News

Financial relief for ratepayers

GANNAWARRA Council has adopted revised versions of policies that assist ratepayers experiencing general and financial hardship, specifically around rates and charges raised by the council. The council adopted the revised rate relief and outstanding...

15 Apr 2025

News

All set for Cup

THE $30,000 cluBarham Kerang Cup, the town’s biggest social event of the year, will be off and running on Saturday. It will be the headline act on a huge weekend for the town, with the Kerang Tennis Club also staging its centenary Easter...

15 Apr 2025

News

On the right road

A SMALL section of an unsealed residential road in Koondrook has been added to Gannawarra Council’s road register to formalise it as an unsealedaccess-major road. The council endorsed a recommendation at last month’s ordinary meeting that 360 metres...

14 Apr 2025

News

Council cash to support town levee

FOUR Murray River councillors have voted against the reallocation of $50,000 from capital to operational expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year for the purpose of town levee activities. Project management office acting manager Matthew Sherman told...

13 Apr 2025

Farming and Environment

‘Extinct’ olive perchlet now thriving

A NATIVE fish once thought to be extinct is thriving after being released back into local waterways. The small-bodied olive perchlet was declared extinct in 1988 and apart from one sighting of a single fish in 2022 near Mildura, the species was last...

13 Apr 2025

News

Councillors to push for financial support

MURRAY River Council will attend the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly with one issue firmly on the agenda – getting its fair share. The council, at its ordinary meeting last week, resolved to submit a motion to the...

12 Apr 2025

News

Council aims to better communications

MURRAY River Council has endorsed a strategy that aims to enhance communication and feedback between the council and the community. As part of the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework, the Community Engagement Strategy...

12 Apr 2025

News

Concern over wind turbines

MURRAY River Council is concerned about wind farm development on prime, productive agricultural land in the shire, particularity cropping land reliant on chemical spraying. Councillors also highlighted concerns about insurance issues, and the visual...

11 Apr 2025