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Get on top of stripe rust early this season

AGRICULTURE Victoria is encouraging farmers to take decisive action to reduce the 'green bridge' and be proactive in the use of fungicide treatments at...

Aussies want gov action to stop escalating e-cig crisis

NEW data reveals nine in 10 Australians want government action to stop Australia's escalating e-cigarette crisis. A new Cancer Council Victoria report shows growing public...

Gippsland Grammar Scholars receive dairy scholarship

Three Gippsland Grammar Old Scholars recently received a Gardiner Foundation Tertiary Scholarship worth $30,000 over three years to help cover accommodation and study expenses. The...

Protest takes place at Traralgon McDonald’s

Allegations of sexual harassment led to a demonstration outside McDonald's Traralgon Central on Friday. The rally, organised by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union,...

Retiring nurse reflects on 50 years

She wanted to help people, so at the age of 17, Barb Harper became a nurse. Ms Harper retired last Friday, after 50 years of...

Federal funding to support stronger communities applications now open

ROUND 8 of the federal government's Stronger Communities Programme (SCP) is now open, with $22.7 million available to support community organisations and councils to...

Arj Barker brings his best to The Wedge

Stefan Bradley IT was an almost-full house of Arj Barker fans, or soon-to-be-fans, at the John Leslie Theatre in Sale on Friday night (February 10)....

Police renew probe into 40-year-old Morwell sexual assault case

DETECTIVES from the Sexual Crimes Squad are hoping new information will lead to a breakthrough in the investigation into a sexual assault in Morwell...

New appointments to the Australian Rail Track Corporation

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has new leadership. Mr Peter Duncan AM is the new ARTC chair and Dr Collette Burke a non-executive...

Illegal fishers fined, car and boat seized

TWO men and a woman have been fined a combined $24,000 and had their car, boat and trailer forfeited for using a large illegal...

Getting young people back on the right track: Youth Insearch

LAST week was End Youth Suicide Week (Monday, February 13 to Friday, February 17), an initiative supported by peer-led youth intervention organisation Youth Insearch,...

BoM data shows 2022 as being 22nd hottest

LAST year was a warm and wet year for most of Australia, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's official record of Australia's climate and...

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Pendlebury wants Royal Commission

Champion Sale footballer Scott Pendlebury has joined a chorus of sporting stars calling for a Commonwealth Royal Commission following the deadly attack at Bondi...