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Exorbitant prices for groceries in outback stores are often the subject of outrage but are rarely dealt with a great deal of logic ... Why should the public purse kick in $50m over four years from 2025-26 to provide remote stores with low-cost access to about 30 food products?

Taralga A.P. & H. Association Inc. I Calendar and Map

Tallangatta Agricultural & Pastoral Society Inc. I Calendar and Map Tallangatta show celebrates its 129th Annual Show with loads of entertainment for everyone. The show jumping...

Wagin Agricultural Society Inc. The countdown is on for the 2025 Wagin Woolorama, with this years theme being ‘Remaining an Icon’. This theme could not...

Koorawatha Show Society

The Arrival https://youtu.be/lwMuaYqnZb0 The Pavilion https://youtu.be/bOyXpig-kX8 Poultry on Parade https://youtu.be/us40umIZB-g

Ian Riley. I was asked recently (on MainFM actually) why we chose to live in Maldon. All the usual reasons, pretty little town, interesting shops, My Tarrengower Hill Climb, etc ... Acting on a tip-off, I went down to Cairn Curran on Sunday morning because I was told the Duck would be there.

Lynda Achren. Behind closed doors on Monday mornings, a team of Athenaeum Library volunteers is busy archiving our historic documents. For the past six months, with input from an experienced archivist, we’ve been meeting to sort, organise and catalogue such things as ...

The phrase ‘learning curve’ suggests a gentle incline, but when Jan Elliott and Lee Mead talk about their journey to becoming Postmistresses, they describe a very steep slope indeed. They have recently been reflecting upon their six years running Maldon Post Office, between 2006 and 2012, in light of the repaint of the Main Street pillar box.

"I focus today on energy policy, because this is a government that 97 times promised before they were elected that they would reduce power bills permanently by $275 per annum. That promise was officially broken on January 1, this year. They hate us talking about it. It was a big promise, it was a bold promise, and it is broken": Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster.

Beulah’s “Wide Open Spaces” Music and Family Festival is coming on March, 8 and 9, 2025. Held on the green grass, under shady trees beside the Yarriambiack Creek, there is plenty of space to relax, dance, and enjoy the music, food and refreshments with friends and family.

Allora locals Steve Hayward and Kelly Smith were highly successful exhibitors at the Clifton Show at the weekend ... K5X Angus Stud was awarded the Matthew J. O’Leary Memorial Trophy for the Supreme Champion British Breeds Bull (K5X Uno U71).

Southern Downs Regional Council is leading the charge towards a more sustainable future with the launch of a $350k waste recovery pilot program designed to manage excess agricultural plastic waste currently landfilled, stockpiled or buried on farms across the region.

Bureaucratic hurdles, red tape, market failures, declining investor confidence, and ineffective policies have all been cited as key factors behind the district’s ongoing housing crisis. In this edition of Hard Talk, The [Naracoorte] News explores the severe housing shortage affecting regional towns like Naracoorte, Penola, and Bordertown.

The State Government has authorised gunmen with high powered rifles to roam 34 back roads and shoot deer during a time frame spanning almost six months. Now under the spotlight of State Parliament, a series of questions have been asked.

The safety of people, pets and livestock are key concerns of farmers affected by the State Government’s authorised ground shooting program. Reluctant to speak publicly, farmers have told The [Naracoorte] News the operation takes place at night, and it is far too close to homes, pets, sheds, yards and livestock.

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says the Essential Services Commission’s decision to grant Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) an electricity transmission licence must not be treated as a license to steamroll landholders in the path of planned renewable energy projects. Amongst a raft of new powers, the licence enables TCV workers to legally enter farms and carry out preparatory works for the VNI West powerline without the need to obtain landholder consent. 

During Parliament ... The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, raised concerns over the Allan Labor Government’s inadequate response to an inquiry into the 2022 floods.

Croydon is one of the state’s classic old agricultural shows. It has had three homes, first in the old Croydon sports ground, then for a while at the Royal Melbourne Showground and lately at the Yarra Glen Pony Club ground. After hearing the forecast for extremely hot weather for the weekend, the Croydon committee discussed how to proceed with the show.

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