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Tuesday 31, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
BONNIE DOON FILLSBonnie Doon residents are rejoicing, with water flowing under the town's iconic bridge for the first time in years. News of water making its way up the Bonnie Doon arm of Lake Eildon has already sparked a tourism rush, with businesses inundated with calls from interested visitors. . Read more... Tuesday 31, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
BUILDING BOOMWhile many industries have suffered the brunt of the global financial crisis, Goulburn Valley builders say they have not seen any effects. Some say the past year has proved one of their busiest periods, and they are struggling to keep up with the work.. Read more... Tuesday 31, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
FIRE SERVICE LEVYThe Victorian Lands Alliance has praised the State Government's decision to scrap the Fire Services Levy. The levy, which funds emergency services, will be replaced with a property-based charge, the alliance saying it has long campaigned for the new system.. Read more... Wednesday 25, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
MANSFIELD POKIESDebate is heating up in Mansfield over a bid to install gaming machines in a hotel in the centre of town. Mansfield's Anti-Pokie Alliance says the proposal is a recipe for a problem-gambling disaster, but the hotel says that's an unfair assumption.. Read more... Wednesday 25, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
BABY CHUTEThe discovery of a baby's body left in a shoebox in a Sydney garden last week, has reignited calls for hospital reception areas for unwanted babies. Paediatrician Peter Eastaugh questions whether that would have saved a baby whose body was found at Shepparton bus shelter two years ago.. Read more... Wednesday 25, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
WATER4FOOD CONCERNSRegional foodgrowers say the city-country divide is growing wider, and it's due to a lack of understanding of where food comes from. Water4Food chairman Terry Hogan says there is an unrealistic expectation for rural areas to feed Australia in the future as water is taken away.. Read more... Friday 20, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
MOUNT BULLER DEATHPolice are yet to release the name of a 21 year old Canberra man found dead at Mount Buller yesterday morning. The man's body was found less than a kilometre from the Mount Buller Police Station.. Read more... Friday 20, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
RECORD EARLY VOTERSGetting in early appears to be the trend for voters in the Federal election. In Shepparton, the pre polling booths had more than six hundred voters yesterday, and close to three hundred and fifty by noon today. It's a nationwide trend according to the Australian Electoral Commission. . Read more... Friday 20, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
ESC WATER PRICESA delegation of irrigators have approached the Essential Services Commission, raising concerns with Goulburn Murray Water's increased pricing for this season. The irrigators attended a meeting with the E-S-C in Melbourne yesterday, saying they believe the price increases are unjustified. . Read more... Wednesday 18, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
VIETNAM VETS DAYGoulburn Valley veterans came together today to mark Vietnam Veterans Day. Today veterans also bowed their heads for trooper Jason Brown - the latest Australian soldier to have been killed in Afghanistan on the weekend.. Read more... Wednesday 18, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
LOCUST FINESThe Victorian and New South Wales Departments of Primary Industries have united in a threat to fine landholders who don't spray their properties for locusts this spring. Victorian Agriculture Minister Joe Helper today confirmed the departments' warning, but said he didn't expect it would have to be enforced. . Read more... Wednesday 18, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
NEW POLITICAL PARTYPolitics spilled into the Shepparton Mall today, but it wasn't concerning the looming Federal Election. Instead it was a member of a recently formed Small Business and Employees political party on show, attempting to win support for the up-coming Victorian election. . Read more... Tuesday 17, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
HOTEL DEVELOPMENTWhat is being touted as the biggest development Benalla has seen has been supported by the council's planning committee. The committee is recommending the development of a five storey building in Bridge Street be approved when it goes before the council next week. . Read more... Tuesday 17, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
LIBRARY LEVYA levy on every household in addition to any rate rise will assist in funding the conversion of the Benalla Civic Centre - the current council offices - into a library. Benalla Rural City Council says it will be included in next year's budget.. Read more... Tuesday 17, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
INCEST CHARGEA Shepparton man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to charges of incest with his biological daughter. The man pleaded guilty to five counts of incest and three of an indecent act with a child under 16.. Read more... Monday 16, Aug 2010 | Shepparton
IRRIGATION SEASON OPENGoulburn Murray Water has declared today's irrigation season opening as the best in five years. It's the first time that all northern Victorian water systems have opened with a seasonal allocation above zero since the 2006-06 season.. Read more... |
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