News

Rochester now a two-ambo town

THERE is a new paramedic in town after Rochester’s ambulance received an upgrade to a dual paramedic crew.

Anna McGuinness
Sport

Bowls Report | February 18

Rochester Barefoot bowls continues on Friday nights and will conclude in late April. A big welcome to new and and old players. The cost is a one off payment of $5 or $10 per family. Bring friends, family or workmates. It starts from 4:30pm but you...

Campaspe News
News

Community clean up days around the district

Are you sick of driving past the roadside waste? Do you want to do something about it? Registrations are now open for Clean Up Australia Day, which will take place around the district next week. Campaspe Shire Council regulatory and community...

Campaspe News
Sport

Rochester’s aim for under 14s premiership

ROCHESTER’S under 14 cricket side is on the brink of capping off a remarkable season. On Thursday, the teamwill take on Echuca White on day one of Goulburn Murray Cricket’s under 14 grand final. Rochy qualified for the grand final by the narrowest...

Brayden May
Sport

Rochester’s aim for under 14s premiership

ROCHESTER’S under 14 cricket side is on the brink of capping off a remarkable season. On Thursday, the teamwill take on Echuca White on day one of Goulburn Murray Cricket’s under 14 grand final. Rochy qualified for the grand final by the narrowest...

Brayden May
News

Pick My Project delivers new toilet and shower block to Greens Lake

VISITORS to Greens Lake are reaping the benefits of a new toilet and shower block, which was officially opened on Friday.

Anna McGuinness
Sport

Rochester prepare for their biggest weekend of the year

ROCHESTER’S cricket season all comes down to this weekend. In two days of action, the reigning premier will have the opportunity to keep its title defence alive. It will all start off with day two of Rochy’s clash against Bamawm-Lockington United...

Brayden May

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Four people dead after two-plane collision near Avenel

Investigations are continuing after four people died following an aircraft collission in Mangalore, near Avenel on Wednesday morning.

Shepparton News
News

Fatal crash at Tatura

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Tatura last night.

Shepparton News
News

Emergency services at the scene of Avenel plane crash

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a plane crash on the Hume Fwy near Avenel. Ten vehicles are currently at the scene. Ambulance Victoria said they received the call at approximately 11.30am. There are currently no details about the...

Shepparton News
News

Using bushfire recovery to beat addiction

Here we are in a small room with a long table seating 15 people, each one eager to tell a story about recovery, renewed life, rebuilding and redemption.

John Lewis
News

Shepparton father to be sentenced after stabbing son with screwdriver

A Shepparton father who stabbed his son three times with a screwdriver last year, leaving him with life-threatening injuries, will be sentenced next week.

Liz Mellino
News

Police investigating Rochester burglary

A Rochester supermarket has had a considerable amount of alcohol and cigarettes stolen.

Campaspe News
News

Rochester now a two-ambo town

THERE is a new paramedic in town after Rochester’s ambulance received an upgrade to a dual paramedic crew.

Anna McGuinness
News

Health workers safe at REDHS despite increasing incidents of occupational violence statewide

ROCHESTER health workers are in the minority when it comes to workplace violence.

Anna McGuinness

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EVENTS

Events

Human Reconnection

What: Join Emily’s For A Mindful You session full of activities to connect with themselves, others in their community and nature around them. When: 10 am to 11.30 am. Where: Chinamans Gardens, Mooroopna. Cost: Free. More...

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Michael von Güttner
Events

Kite-making

What: Bring colour to the sky in a fun, creative kite-making workshop. When: 10 am to 11.30 am. Where: Larsen Reserve, Fowler St, Tallygaroopna. Cost: Free. More information: Phone Active Living on 5832 9431

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Michael von Güttner
Events

SAM’s Collectors Roadshow

What: Often wondered where a piece came from and what it’s value might be? Bring it into SAM to be valued by a professional team from Melbourne-based auction house Leonard Joel. Image credit Shepparton Art Museum. When: Noon to 4 pm...

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Michael von Güttner
Events

Curators Floor Talk

What: Join James Lynch, curator of Deakin University art gallery and SAM’s curator Sarah Wall, as they chat on all aspects of maximalist exhibition Collector/Collected

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Michael von Güttner

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Regional

News

Cobram man jailed over Muckatah fatal collision

The driver of a truck that collided with a ute in Muckatah in 2018, killing ute’s driver, has been jailed for one year. Brett John Patterson, 48, was also sentenced by Shepparton County Court today to a two-year community corrections order, which...

Monique Preston
News

Free Smile Squad school dental checks coming to Campaspe

SCHOOL students in the Campaspe region will enjoy healthier and brighter smiles this year as the next phase of the State Government’s Smile Squad free dental program gets under way. Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp recently announced...

Kyabram Free Press
News

Uniting Church to celebrate pancake day

Benalla’s Uniting Church will once again celebrate Shrove Tuesday by making pancakes for the community - while raising money for charities. The Uniting Church in Australia holds a Pancake Day on Shrove Tuesday each year as the major fundraiser of...

Simon Ruppert
News

The spectre of child abuse: Bryan Pickthall’s story

THE eyes of our elderly hold a thousand stories. Stories of love and loss, of battles won and dreams never realised. For many, they also conceal secrets. Some buried so deep beneath decades of pain, shame and guilt they seem impossible to unearth.

Charmayne Allison
News

CanAssist Finley keep contributing

For more information about CanAssist Finley, email [email protected] org. au

Daniel Hughes
News

Happy birthday to Cobram’s CWA Nocturnal Branch

Cobram’s Country Women’s Association Nocturnal Branch celebrated its first birthday recently, after a busy year working for the community, learning new skills and forming new friendships. Branch president Helen Christie said they had...

Spencer Fowler Steen
News

Free kids’ fun at the show

The Deniliquin Show committee works hard each year to ensure the annual event has something for everyone . . . and this year is no different. The 140th annual show will be spread over three days with the showgrounds thriving with a variety of sights...

Olivia Duffey
News

Ryan calls out State government for gold tax

MEMBER for Euroa Steph Ryan has warned the State Government’s “gold tax” will destroy local jobs and rip money away from Heathcote. On the steps of Parliament recently Ms Ryan met with workers from Mandalay Resources, who came to protest the...

Alex Gretgrix
News

Tatura community rallies to reach $100k library fundraising target

The Tatura community is rallying to raise an extra $100 000 to complete the town’s new library. The $2 million library is under construction, with the community campaign set to kick off next week. The current library is located in the...

Shepparton News
News

CRT Business Partner of the Year

CRT member Murray Valley Rural Services, based in Yarrawonga and Berrigan have taken out the Victoria/Tasmania Business Partner of the Year Award, announced at the CRT National Conference in Brisbane recently. The annual awards held extra weight...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
News

Golden tags to lure fishos

Recreational fishers are being lured back to bushfire-affected areas by giving them the chance at landing a tagged fish worth up to $10,000. The Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) will manage the competition, which will run for 12 months, and has...

Corowa Free Press
Sport

Shepp News GVBBL Podcast | Episode 5

The final episode of the Shepparton News GVBBL Podcast is here. Who will take out the inaugural Crane Aid GVBBL crown?

Tyler Maher
Galleries

PHOTOS | Megan Fisher’s best photos of 2019

It was another huge year of football and netball - and one of the News’ photographers was always hard at work trying to capture the action.

Alex Mitchell

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Rural

News

Follow national guide when rebuilding ramps and stockyards after fires

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Australia recommends the use of the National Guide for Safe Design of Livestock Loading Ramps and Forcing Yards if livestock producers are rebuilding fire-affected livestock ramps or...

Rodney Woods
Water

Irrigated farming faces more threats

Victoria’s irrigation industries and related communities seem to be ending 2019 with a potential threat of even more water leaving our agriculture. I sense Canberra and city-centric sympathy to adjusting water sharing in the Murray-Darling...

Country News
Animal Health

Do not forget your dry cows during heat stress

ALTHOUGH DAIRY producers are paying more attention to their milking cows during heat stress, many times they will not be aware of how heat stress during the dry cow period has a huge negative impact on the cow and her offspring. This implies...

Dairy News
Dairy

New year marks a new era for dairy industry

2020 will deliver a fairer go for the more than 5000 Australian dairy farmers who now have more sway with processors under the dairy industry’s Mandatory Code of Conduct.

Rodney Woods
Livestock

Red meat industry set to benefit from new pasture grass research

Australia’s red meat industry is set to benefit from new pasture grass research focused on increasing its production and profitability and helping to safeguard it in a changing climate. Agriculture Victoria research scientists have generated...

Rodney Woods
Markets

Australian consumers and the value of premium products

With temperatures heating up, all eyes are on southern Australia’s harvest prospects. As northern parts of the country experience yet another failed harvest, the southern crop will be paramount for any potential impact on current feed costs. While...

Dairy News
News

Anger over northern irrigators harvesting floodplain water

Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville has demanded answers to why NSW and Queensland irrigators have been allowed to harvest floodplain water out of northern Murray-Darling Basin rivers. “I have written to Federal Minister Keith Pitt to make...

Country News
Horticulture

New podcast for horticultural growers

A new resource designed to arm horticultural growers with everything they need to grow their business has been released by Hort Innovation. The podcast series, titled Growing Matters, is now freely available to download or stream through Apple...

Rodney Woods
Dairy

Kyabram the home of new milk processing factory

A new milk processing factory is coming to Kyabram, with the Kyabram Jam Company set to invest $40 million to $50 million to diversify the former SPC-owned IXL site.

Rodney Woods
News

Polaris to exit quad bike market

Manufacturer Polaris has announced it will withdraw all quad bike models from sale in Australia before October, as a result of the new Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019, which will take effect from October 11. Polaris has decided not...

Country News
Machinery & Products

New range of telehandlers

A NEW range of agricultural JCB Loadall telescopic handlers has been launched featuring increased lift performance, improved safety and driver comfort, and the all-new next-generation Command Plus cab, designed primarily with agricultural operators...

Dairy News
Management

Rating system useful

DAIRY FARMERS seeking a way of assessing the agronomic performance or economic benefit of different rye-grass cultivars can use a rating system to determine the best choices for their property. Australian dairy farmers invest more than $100 million...

Dairy News
Water

Trading rules and constraints measures top of agenda at MinCo

Basin states have acknowledged concerns around foreign ownership and monopoly behaviour in the water markets and agreed to ask the ACCC to look at whether changes to trading rules are required and consider registration of brokers across state...

Rodney Woods
Cropping

SunRice slashes jobs

The Federal Government must develop a “bail-out package” for SunRice. That’s the message from NSW Member for Murray Helen Dalton, following the announcement last week another 100 jobs would be lost from the Deniliquin and Leeton rice mills...

Zoe McMaugh
From the Experts

ABV release prompts sire review

The August release of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and the upcoming joining season will have dairy farmers around the country thinking about the next best sires to use over their herds. While breeding enthusiasts will delve into great detail...

Dairy News
News

Women-only events introduced into firefighter championships

For the first time in the 147-year history of the Victorian Firefighter Championships, women will be able to battle against each other exclusively in two Marshall events at the 2020 contest. The Marshall is a traditional event first introduced into...

Rodney Woods

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National & world

National

US bushfire widow thanks Aust for support

The devastated wife of an American airman killed in a firefighting plane crash says Australia’s volunteers have been phenomenal in their support.

AAP Newswire
Finance

Aussie dollar hits lowest level since ‘09

The Aussie is buying just 66 US cents, the least since the middle of the global financial crisis in early 2009.

AAP Newswire
World

NZ to ban vaping ads, sales to minors

New Zealand is moving to ban advertising for e-cigarettes and the sale of such products to anyone under 18 after a string of vaping-related deaths in the US.

AAP Newswire
World

Japan emperor’s 60th birthday overshadowed

Festivities surrounding the Japanese emperor’s milestone 60th birthday have been toned down amid concerns about the more than 750 cases of coronavirus in Japan.

AAP Newswire
Horse Racing

Magnalane wins Taree Championship heat

Magnalane and Casino Mondial have raced their way to the Country Championship final via the heat at Taree.

AAP Newswire
AFL

Kangaroos pile pain on Tigers in AFLW

North Melbourne have sent a warning shot to the rest of the AFLW with a 56-point thumping of newcomers Richmond at Ikon Park.

AAP Newswire
National

Iconic Indian Pacific train marks 50 years

One of the world’s truly transcontinental trains, the Indian Pacific, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first Australian coast-to-coast rail crossing.

AAP Newswire
Entertainment

Model and manners - Dally-Watkins dies

Australia’s leading model of her generation, June Dally-Watkins, has died at the age of 92 on Saturday night, with her family by her side.

AAP Newswire
National

What is on federal parliament’s agenda

Climate policy is likely to be a main talking point among members and senators when both the House and Senate sit from Monday to Thursday.

AAP Newswire