Rural

WHO knew about this until we got a bill?

DUCK hunting season will go ahead in Victoria in 2024, but with limitations. Many hunters feared the sport was under threat, with calls for a duck hunting ban leading to an inquiry taking place last year into whether duck hunting should continue, and if so, under what conditions.

IT is astounding how some ideas are so simple and that nobody has done them sooner.

AFTER a high-risk pregnancy and the subsequent medical care needed at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne for their new-born child early last year, shearer Ken Bungard and partner Tara Stephens found themselves very grateful to be offered the option of Ronald McDonald House (RMH) as a place to stay.

BILL Cornelissen never wanted to be anything but a farmer and now he has the chance to inspire young people to follow in his footsteps.

WORKERS in key industries across rural and regional Victoria are set to benefit from a boost in affordable housing and accommodation, with the new $150 million Regional Worker Accommodation Fund now open.

IN August 1995 an advertisement was placed in the Warrnambool Standard calling on local women interested in starting up a group to help women meet, network and socialize.

THERE is no holding Grace and Emily Elsom back.

AGRICULTURE Victoria’s statewide fruit fly co-ordinator Cathy Mansfield is urging Victorian home gardeners to take extra steps this summer to protect their produce from Queensland fruit fly (QFF).

AT least for a weekend, Hamilton will become the home of the International Harvester Club of Australia, as it joins with the Hamilton Pastoral Museum to hold a rally in Hamilton on February 10-11.

FORESTRY Australia (FA) has criticised a recent report released by Australia National University (ANU) and Curtin University (CU) that claimed logging and prescribed burning of forests can make them more flammable.

IN what initially appeared to be good news for farmers, in late 2023 it was announced that a new Land Access Code of Practice will take effect on March 1, 2024.