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Cobram cinematographer creates Hollywood movie magic

It was an Australian romantic comedy called Any Questions for Ben?

Madi Chwasta
Sport

Best Battles | Filling the sporting void

BEST BATTLESWelcome to McPherson Media Group’s new series, Best Battles – taking the commonly uttered pre-game phrase “we owe these boys one” to a whole new level. Although football is – like almost all other sports...

Cobram Courier
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Moira Shire woman dies from COVID-19, cases rise to 10

A Moira Shire woman has died from COVID-19 at Goulburn Valley Health, as the total confirmed cases within the municipality rose by three in the past week.

Cobram Courier
Sport

COVID-19 | Leagues brace for financial hit

Two of the region’s football and netball leagues are bracing for the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis. Murray Football Netball League general manager Dale Norman and Picola District Football Netball League operations manager Shane Railton...

Alex Mitchell
Sport

COVID-19 | Leagues brace for financial hit

Two of the region’s football and netball leagues are bracing for the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis. Murray Football Netball League general manager Dale Norman and Picola District Football Netball League operations manager Shane Railton...

Alex Mitchell
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Cobram’s Debbie Johns delivers for the youth

Ten years ago Cobram’s Melba theatre burnt down, leaving Cobram’s bored youngsters with little to do in a town where if you don’t like sport, you don’t have many options. As a long-time local heavily involved in the community, Debbie Johns recognised something needed to be done.

Spencer Fowler Steen
Sport

Exercise and Sports Science Australia launches campaign for those in isolation

Exercise and Sports Science Australia has launched its Exercise Right at Home campaign to encourage those who are self-isolated to keep active and ensure they are exercising safely. ESSA says not only does exercise support our immune system, it also...

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GV Health COVID-19 patient dies

GV Health have confirmed that a person being treated for COVID-19 at the hospital has died.

Shepparton News
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Ninth COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has another positive diagnosis of COVID-19, taking the total to nine. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the ninth case - the only recorded increase in Northern Victoria. “I can confirm there are a number of...

Madi Chwasta
News

Forty two positive COVID-19 cases in MLHD

An additional nine cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District, but none are in the Edward River Council region

Deniliquin Pastoral Times
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Goulburn Murray steadies

Despite a Greater Shepparton woman dying from COVID-19 on Friday, the total number of confirmed cases has remained at eight since Wednesday. Moira Shire and its NSW neighbour, Berrigan Shire, are the only two close municipalities to have experienced...

Shepparton News
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Each night at 8pm, this Shepparton street claps for our healthcare workers

At 8 pm Wednesday on Shepparton’s Northcote Ave, something truly extraordinary happened. One by one, doors cracked open and young and old spilled onto their front lawns. And began to clap and cheer.

Charmayne Allison
News

Furry friends given a lifeline

Moira Shire Council will inject $20 000 into a cat desexing program in a bid to stop the number of stray and feral cats in the region. The program, run by the National Desexing Network, allows residents who are holders of the pension...

Morgan Dyer
News

Red alert for Tocumwal water

A red alert algal warning has been issued for Tocumwal on the River Murray with blue green algae cell counts of more than 15 000 cells a megalitre. This declaration of the high-level alert follows the weekly testing undertaken by WaterNSW as...

Daniel Hughes
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Cobram cinematographer creates Hollywood movie magic

It was an Australian romantic comedy called Any Questions for Ben?

Madi Chwasta

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Teenager granted bail following alleged violent carjacking in Shepparton

A Shepparton teenager has been granted bail following an alleged violent carjacking involving an imitation firearm and samurai sword on Monday night.

Liz Mellino
News

Children suffering financial hardship won’t be without education in catholic schools

LEADERS of Catholic schools in Central and North-East Victoria reaffirmed their promise that no child will have to leave a Catholic school due to financial hardship, reflecting the longstanding policy of Catholic education in Victoria. The Catholic...

Alex Gretgrix
News

Fire safety in the home office - check your smoke detectors

With many in Benalla doing their part by staying home to slow the spread of coronavirus, firefighters are asking people to add checking their smoke alarms to their at-home to-do list. MFB and CFA are asking people to do this life-saving check after...

Simon Ruppert
Riverine Herald

Echuca Regional Health confirms second coronavirus case

A WOMAN in her mid-60s is the second person to be diagnosed with coronavirus at Echuca Regional Health.

Ivy Jensen
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Teachers drive by students

The driveway applause for health care workers has taken off around the country, and in Finley a special ‘drive by’ was established to recognise the education sector. The initiative undertaken by Finley Public School serves not only to...

Daniel Hughes
News

Health worker fights the virus

As a frontline health worker in the United Kingdom, former local Ray Nicholson has been an important piece of the puzzle in stemming the spread of Coronavirus. Right up until he contracted the virus himself. Mr Nicholson, who says he was proudly...

Zoe McMaugh
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Awards set to recognise historians

Entries are now open for the 2020 Victorian Community History Awards. The awards are held annually to recognise the contributions made by Victorians in the preservation of the state’s history. Presented by Public Record Office Victoria and the...

David Rak
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Community House still open, but only for Food Share and computer services

VOLUNTEERS at Rochester Community House would like locals to know they are still open for business, but only for certain services.

Campaspe News
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Mitchell Shire encourages residents to access hardship support

MITCHELL Shire Council is encouraging community members to access new hardship support options if they are unable to pay their fourth instalment rate notices due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The notices will be sent out shortly, with...

McIvor Times
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Tatura auction goes digital

But the crowd was not gathered outside Tatura’s beautifully renovated Devonleigh House

Jessica Ball
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Gayle’s Garden

A more positive activity to occupy the mind, body and soul in these quite bizarre times where activities are becoming more limited every day is gardening. Neil Pike shares the story of how Gayle Pattingale began growing her own produce which has...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
News

Flu vaccines recommended

The Royal Australia College of General Practitioners is recommending that everyone has a flu vaccine this year.

Corowa Free Press
Sport

Bowls | Changes to divisions and regions imminent

The winds of change are blowing strongly for lawn bowls in Victoria, with overhauls of the current governance systems of the divisions and regions expected by the start of the 2021-22 season. For the Central Goulburn Murray Bowls Region &mdash...

Tyler Maher

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Ardmona haystack destroyed by fire

A haystack that caught fire in Ardmona was still smouldering more than 24 hours after it ignited last week. About 180 bales in a shed on a Simson Rd property caught fire on Tuesday, March 31, with the hay quickly going up in flames. CFA District 22...

Liz Mellino
Water

A return to Canberra for farmers?

If new Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt takes a ‘slowly slowly’ approach to his portfolio, farmers will again be rallying in Canberra, says one water advocacy group.

James Bennett
Animal Health

On-farm milk culturing a growing

MOST MASTITIS is caused by a bacterial infection. However, visual inspection of the milk is not a reliable method for determining which pathogen you might be dealing with. Traditionally, milk samples from infected quarters or a composite sample from...

Dairy News
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Market growth for milk sector

Australia’s dairy sector can expect continued growth in demand while overall production will remain flat to 2030 compared to 2018 levels, according to research released by ANZ today. The Milk Run report found that despite recent challenges faced...

Dairy News
Livestock

Lamb jumpers bring a NSW farmer an OAM

It started as a way to keep orphaned lambs warm and has turned into a “phenomenon” that’s brought joy to farmers doing it tough across NSW.

Rodney Woods
Markets

Global dairy prices ease

DAIRY MARKETS have entered 2020 with strong supply and demand fundamentals which are supporting global commodity prices. It has been widely reported the current market is operating in a well-balanced state, with demand marginally ahead of supply...

Dairy News
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Local businesses adapt to coronavirus situation

Numurkah business Eden Farm Produce is seeing customer numbers almost triple.

Country News
Cropping

Rain, rain go away, come again another day

The recent rain across Victoria’s north-east has done more bad than good, according to Agriculture Victoria’s seasonal risk agronomist Dale Grey. Mr Grey said despite 50 mm falling across the region so far this year, it had not improved soil...

Rodney Woods
Dairy

Tatura dairy celebrates healthy success

Tatura dairy farmer Markus Lang has a healthy herd of 2000 cows and attributes his success to VikingGenetics. “It’s uncommon for herds this size not to have more sick cows and the fact that we don’t have a sick herd for the number...

Jamieson Salter
News

Changes to VicRoads services

All VicRoads’ light vehicle driving tests, computer-based tests and medical review driving assessments have been suspended to limit the spread of coronavirus as of March 25.

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Machinery & Products

Machinery sales take hit in summer

VICTORIAN TRACTOR sales have been the only bright spark in a disappointing January for machinery sales. However, a national survey of dealers has found optimism that current turnover is picking up and will improve in the next six months. The impact...

Dairy News
Management

Preparation key to optimal pastures

WITH HOME-GROWN feed more important than ever Notman Pasture Seeds has prepared a range of pasture planning recommendations to optimise the establishment of rye-grass pastures this season. Notman Pasture Seeds and Walcha Dairy owner Peter Notman...

Dairy News
Water

Farmers call to boycott water rates

For more than half a century, Cohuna’s Russell Crichton has been a proud food producer. But for the first time in all those years, he has joined the ever-lengthening list of farmers unable to pay their Goulburn-Murray Water bill.

Sophie Baldwin
Cropping

Northern Victorian farmers struggle to produce grain yields in tough season

It was a mixed year for GrainCorp harvest takings across Victoria, with the impact of drought taking its toll on northern Victoria and some Mallee farmers. In northern Victoria, Numurkah took in 10 351 tonnes of mostly canola, Dookie...

Rodney Woods
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

Ag-tech yet to offer sufficient value

Agriculture remains the last major industry to fully capitalise on the benefits of an increasingly digitised world. Recent research released by 2018 Nuffield Scholar and Western Australian farmer Andrew Slade, with support from chemicals company...

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National

Vic govt helps local firm make ventilators

The Victorian government has provided a $500,000 grant to a local manufacturer to help them get a license to produce ventilators within the state.

AAP Newswire
Finance

Mortgage lending fell as COVID-19 loomed

The value of new mortgages fell in February, even before the most serious coronavirus lockdown measures were in place.

AAP Newswire
World

Cyclone Harold re-strengthens in Pacific

Residents of the Fijian island of Kadavu have been battered by Tropical Cyclone Harold, after similar lashings in Vanuatu.

AAP Newswire
World

Spain’s coronavirus death toll hits 14,500

Spain has recorded a second successive daily rise in coronavirus-related deaths with 757 fatalities, with fears the real number could be higher.

AAP Newswire
Horse Racing

Flit to bounce back in Arrowfield Sprint

After finishing unplaced at her past two starts this autumn, Group One-winning filly Flit will be out to bounce back to winning form in the Arrowfield Sprint.

AAP Newswire
AFL

AFL coach Worsfold out of isolation

Essendon mentor John Worsfold will enjoy a run in the sunshine on Thursday after completing his two weeks at home in isolation under government orders.

AAP Newswire
National

NSW cops raid Ruby Princess, question crew

NSW detectives dressed in personal protective equipment have boarded the Ruby Princess to question the cruise ship’s crew about the coronavirus scandal.

AAP Newswire
Entertainment

Study says fast-fashion practices must end

Academics from around the world, including Australia, say the fast-fashion industry must adapt to new practices, while consumers must be prepared to pay more.

AAP Newswire
National

JobKeeper to pump out $130b for workers

The Morrison government’s $130 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme has passed federal parliament during a special sitting day in Canberra.

AAP Newswire