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 Chance of Rain 12°C/5°C |  Scattered Clouds 14°C/3°C |  Partly Cloudy 16°C/10°C | Partly Cloudy 18°C/8°C |
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 Clear 15°C/12°C | Chance of Rain 16°C/11°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/14°C | Scattered Clouds 17°C/10°C |
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Clear 15°C/5°C | Chance of Rain 16°C/11°C | Scattered Clouds 17°C/10°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/5°C |
Rex Martinich | WANNON Water has denied that the drinking water it provided to its customers in 2007 and 2008 was unsafe, despite a report claiming high levels of potentially toxic chemicals. Friends of the Earth Australia filed a freedom of information request to Wannon Water for drinking water composition results. The data provided by Wannon Water formed the basis of a report by Friends of the Earth that claimed high levels of aluminium and bromodichloromethane (BDCM) had endangered public health. The report … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | THE sudden closure of Hamilton’s Grangeburn Holden and Grangeburn Mitsubishi this week, leaves 22 employees out of work. Administrators were called in by the Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday, after the bank froze the businesses’ accounts on Monday. Activity at the … Continue reading 0 Comments
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Danielle Grindlay | SOUTH-WEST residents face extreme fire danger today, with a total fire ban declared across the state of Victoria. Country Fire Authorities is asking south-west residents to monitor conditions and go to the website or listen to the local radio for … Continue reading 0 Comments
John Donegan | Murray Staude snares hat-trick against Pigeon Ponds PIGEON Ponds bowler Murray Staude finished Wando Vale’s innings by taking the last three wickets in successive balls to snare yet another Casterton and District Cricket Association hat-trick for the 2012-13 season. It … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | A TRUCK rolled just outside Grassdale shortly after 1am on Friday morning on a bend near the intersection of Dartmoor-Hamilton and Tahara-Grassdale roads. The driver of the truck, a 61-year-old fromHindmarshValleyinSouth Australia, did not appear seriously injured in the rollover, … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | PORTLAND District Health (PDH) director of nursing Frank Megens has outlined the efforts the service’s surgical and accident and emergency (A&E) teams played in providing initial care last Monday to a 20-year-old man who has been shot in the stomach. … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | While there's been major upheaval among metropolitan newspapers, their country counterparts are actually weathering the changes in the industry quite well. Media analysts say metro papers can learn from their regional colleagues, who seem to be better at serving their community and attracting the advertising dollar. Kirsten Veness visited a newspaper in Hamilton, in Victoria's south-west, where the key to success is keeping everything local. Continue reading
Bill Meldrum | A MAJOR Aboriginal corporation in the south-west has foreshadowed the possibility it will charge organisations around $22,000 to have their land development proposals considered by Native title groups. Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation chief executive officer Tom Day foreshadowed … Continue reading
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