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Emma-Jayne Schenk | A SOUTHERN Grampians Shire councillor says the shire did not employ good governance and was seeking an excuse for an “excessive increase”, when it compared the rates of different shires. Cr Paul Battista also questioned comments regarding media scrutiny made by Mayor Bob Penny and chief executive, Richard Perry, saying the pair did not speak for the whole council. In these two recent cases, Cr Battista did not agree with the senior shire representatives. On July 19, The Spectator reported … Continue reading 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | IT’S difficult to describe Hazel Green as a ‘shop’. Yes, there are items on sale, but really, people visit the Hamilton store to escape from life and discuss the craze that is reconnecting high school students with their grandmas: knitting. … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | RESIDENTS are warned to stop using Lake Hamilton, with a massive 12 times the accepted level of E. coli detected in the lake. Results from water quality monitoring have found E. coli levels exceeding the Australian Water Quality Recreation Guidelines … Continue reading 0 Comments
Sam Fleming | THE late Stephen R. Covey wrote, ‘Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships’. BUT in today’s digital age, has trust been undervalued as the most … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | CATHERINE Medlock has swapped Melbourne’s bright lights for a one-pub town and while she didn’t find a soul mate at last year’s Beaut Blokes, she still fell in love – with the country. The 29-year-old kindergarten teacher attended Harrow’s annual … Continue reading
Ian Whiting | BRANXHOLME prime lamb seed stock producers, Steve and Debbie Milne, have launched a new agribusiness that is tailor made for sheep producers. The Milne’s have launched their new business, Richmond Hill Agribusiness, delivering farm business innovation, specialising in breeding program … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | BUILDING on what the region has, rather than focusing on what it does not, is what election nominee, Peter Dark, believes in. And he thinks he is the right man for the job. The 60-year-old Mirranatwa farmer, father of three … Continue reading
Danielle Grindlay | FASHION Hall of Fame designer, Lisa Barron, had a tough day judging this year’s Australasian Young Designers Wool Awards entries on Tuesday. Ms Barron and her production manager, Kerith Barnett, made the trip from Melbourne to size up more than … Continue reading
Kristy McDonald | FEARS have been raised that public and private aged care providers will face tough times ahead in their struggle to battle Commonwealth Government funding changes. Already $500 million has been cut from the Aged Residential Care budget this year. Western … Continue reading
Danielle Grindlay | THE Anglican Parish of Hamilton farewelled their Locum Rector, Father John and Frances Howells, in a final church service last Sunday. Fr John, who forewent retirement after a request to look after the Hamilton parish, said he had fallen in … Continue reading
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