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Rex Martinich | HAMILTON’S surrounding towns are at a higher risk of dying out by 2050 due to economic downturn fuelled by climate change, according to an Australian Government report. The reports authors, four academics from the University of Adelaide, used census data to determine which areas of Australia are most at risk from a climate-fuelled economic downturn. Towns with an older population and a heavy dependence on agriculture were judged to be at the highest risk, along with indigenous communities. The risk … Continue reading 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | INVESTIGATIONS to determine the cause of Saturday’s double fatality on the Hamilton Hwy near Penshurst will be a long process. Police have now confirmed that the names of the two women killed in a horror two-car collision near Penshurst about … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | TWO women are dead after a horrific night on our region’s roads. Police and emergency services were called to a head-on smash on the Hamilton Hwy just north of Penshurst, at about 5.20pm on Saturday. Initial reports were that the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | LAST night’s two-car collision at Penshurst has claimed a second life. Victoria Pollice have confirmed that a 35-year-old woman was airlifted to The Alfred Hospital, but died a short time later. A 60-year-old woman died at the scene. It is … Continue reading 0 Comments
Emma-Jayne Schenk | IT was a miracle no one was killed when a couple’s Land Rover veered off the Hamilton Highway at full speed, became airborne, crashed into two trees and landed on its side. The car is believed to have come off … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | NEARLY a quarter of the Portland police force has been honoured for longstanding ethical service. Eight of the station’s nearly 40 police officers recently received National or Victorian Police Service Medals. The medals are presented to all police officers after … Continue reading
Lisa Cameron | A NUMBER of south-west police have been acknowledged and commended for their years of service. Acting Assistant Commissioner, Jack Blayney and Superintendent Tracy Linford, were in Hamilton to present the different medals and certificates last month. The officers came from … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | DUNKELD and District Community Bank will enter its second year in operation having already completed more than $20 million in banking business. Community bank chairman, Gary Simpson said both residents and traders of Dunkeld, Penshurst and Cavendish had welcomed the … Continue reading
Wayne Drew | A 21 YEAR-OLD male had his vehicle impounded after allegedly doing circle work with a friend hanging out of the boot at Mt Rouse on Tuesday evening. Senior Constable Rick Jacobs, of Penshurst, caught the driver on top of the … Continue reading
Pat Cameron | RAIN, thunder and lightning rocked the Western District on Friday but while some areas had a dry show, others were hit by deluges of water and hail. Pat Cameron of Dunkeld braved the weather on Friday afternoon to get some … Continue reading
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