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A HEALTHY spring, elevated demand for breeding stock and healthy online competition produced record prices at Hamilton’s annual Spring Store Cattle Sale on Thursday, with weaner heifers selling to 485c/kg.

MORE than 11 million Australians will receive a tax cut under the Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday. Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg said the budget was...

“NO offences have been substantiated in relation to the Kangaroo Harvesting Program in the Dunkeld area.” This was the response Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) received from agriculture minister, Jaclyn Symes, regarding the mistreatment of kangaroos in Dunkeld.

THANKS to great work from regional Victorians living in the south-west, there are now no active COVID-19 cases in the region.

HAMILTON local, Lisa Grayland is taking up the MS Walk, Run and Roll event this October to raise awareness and funds for Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MS) research.

AROUND 20 per cent of recycling waste collected from Port Fairy, Mortlake, Caramut and Koroit’s yellow recycling bins last week was contaminated.

REGIONAL Victoria won’t see restrictions lifted in the next fortnight, chief health officer, Brett Sutton said on Saturday.

FOLLOWING the devastating bushfires of 2019, CFA members and volunteers are becoming concerned about the potential problems posed by COVID-19 and a CFA restructure before the upcoming fire season.

THE State Government is facing pressure to continue to ease restrictions in regional Victoria.

NEW Year’s Eve celebrations will look a little different this year for many Year 12 students, with VTAC confirming the 2020 cohort would receive its ATAR results on December 30.

A GROUP of locals is taking up the challenge of raising much needed funds and awareness for Parkinson’s disease.

FARMERS across the Southern Grampians Shire are campaigning for a “fairer rates system” under the shire’s new council.