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Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ADELE CHESTER HEYWOOD Rural Health chief executive officer Peter Starick said the hospital service/business plan “can and will work”, at its public meeting on Thursday. The public meeting was called by the HRH board of management to give people a chance to discuss the plan with members of the board and staff, after it was leaked to The Standard and then reported in the Portland Observer, which caused concern to some members of the community. The FMC … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ADELE CHESTER ALTHOUGH it seems drugs and assaults continue to be an issue in the Glenelg Shire, according to the Victoria Police 2008/2009 crime statistics, Portland police officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Darryn Cooper is still happy with the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by KAREN SWEENEY DRUG crimes in the south-west are being nipped in the bud with more police operations out to stop them. Detection of drug related crimes is up 60 per cent on Victoria Police figures for the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ANGELA MCFEETERS THE Committee for Portland has written to the Federal Government saying its new climate change policy must ensure Portland Aluminium remains globally competitive or risk its closure. In a letter to the government through Federal … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM THE Portland community is set to become involved in a campaign to save the city’s multi-million dollar recreational fishing industry. An estimated 80 people attended a meeting on Monday night convened by the Portland Sport … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ALEXANDRA WEAVER ALCOHOL remains a serious concern for south-west communities, according to new data from a major treatment centre. Fifty-six per cent of those who sought help at the Western Region Alcohol and Drug Centre over the … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by KAREN SWEENEY VIOLENT crime is on the rise in Hamilton despite the best efforts of police. Assaults are up by 20 per cent, while figures for burglaries and drug crimes in the south-west are also skyrocketing.Member for … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM THE South West Cultural Coastcare Group fears a significant section of Aboriginal middens between Lake Monibeong and White Sands, in the Discovery Bay Coastal Park, is at risk of being irreparably damaged. The middens are … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by PHIL HOLMES THE future of interleague football for the Western Border Football League is in limbo. Player unavailability has become a real concern, as some of the league’s best players continuously shun playing representative football. This year … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by LIZ MCKINNON THE boom is over for the south-west’s biggest blue gum company. About 50 jobs are at risk as Timbercorp, which owns 40 per cent of the Green Triangle’s blue gums, struggles to pay a $10 … Continue reading
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