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Avenel community raise funds for NSW drought

Nearly $20000 has been raised by the small community of Avenel to assist drought-affected farmers in north-western NSW.

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Innovation awarded

A Loddon Valley farmer has collected a state award for innovation in irrigation.

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State government pledges funding for Dookie College

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is hoping to muster support from the agriculture sector with an $11.2million education, training and workplace safety package.

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Top dog Rosie captures hearts

How did she get her name?

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Infrastructure planned

The Victorian Opposition will invest $30million across four years in telecommunications infrastructure that improves mobile coverage and competition across Victoria if it is elected.

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Silos provide spot to reflect

Locals from the Devenish area gathered around the town’s towering silo on Sunday, November 4, to pay their respects and to honour the commitment of servicemen and women during World War I.

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Project to boost perch population

A once common sight in wetlands across the southern Murray-Darling Basin, southern pygmy perch are facing dwindling numbers, but a new project is focused on boosting their population.

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Candidates under scrutiny

Barnaby Joyce is going through a tougher new vetting process to win Nationals preselection for the federal seat he already holds.

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Haystack and tyres burn

A toxic tyre and haystack blaze in Nanneella on November 4 sent plumes of black smoke into the air that could be seen from as far afield as Tongala.

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Freedom gets $1.7M

Freedom Foods has been funded by the Victorian Government to the tune of $1.7million to assist with the completion of an $8.6million investment in on-site rooftop solar, voltage optimisation and battery storage.

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Joint effort to get outdoors

Promoting the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time enjoying nature is the focus of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Goulburn Valley Health and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority recently.

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Changes planned for Stanhope solar farm

Development of a planned solar farm and storage battery for Stanhope has faced a hurdle after GloBird Energy requested to amend its application.

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Trial to save eagles

High-tech sensors designed to stop endangered wedge-tailed eagles being killed by wind farms will be trialled in remote Tasmania.

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Busy girl doesn’t like sitting still

How long have you had her?

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NDIS is not robbed: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has angrily dismissed claims money meant for the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be redirected to a drought fund.

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Wandering brumbies concern

Drivers on the roads near Barmah National Park have been warned to beware of drought-hit brumbies wandering roads in search of food.

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Push to save native trees

The Goulburn Valley has lost more than 97 per cent of native vegetation that was in the region before pre-European settlement, according to Greater Shepparton City Council.

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Chance to test the candidates

Farmers and community members will have the opportunity to question candidates on how they plan to deliver for agriculture during a VFF forum in Shepparton this week.

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Mooroopna man involved in double fatality

A 37-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy have died after a truck collided with their vehicle on the Murray Valley Highway in Brimin on Friday night at about 9.30pm. The truck driver has been identified as a 31-year-old Mooroopna resident and has...

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Shepparton’s Sharp family recovering from crash at school crossing

The lives of the Sharp family were turned upside-down recently while on a routine trip home from school.

Tara Whitsed
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Echuca hospital deeply saddened by Daniel Christidis’ death

ECHUCA Regional Health staff have been left shocked and saddened by the death of former surgical registrar Daniel Christidis in a shark attack on Monday. Mr Christidis, 33, died in North Queensland after he was attacked while paddleboarding in the...

Charmayne Allison
Riverine Herald

MOAMA MURDERS: POYNTON SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS

JOELENE Joyce saw her partner gunned down on a dark and lonely NSW country road before desperately running for her life, even after she had been seriously wounded by the assailant. Daniel Poynton continued to chase the terrified woman in the...

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