| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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 Chance of Rain 14°C/4°C |  Scattered Clouds 15°C/9°C |  Partly Cloudy 15°C/5°C | Scattered Clouds 18°C/8°C |
| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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Chance of Rain 14°C/8°C | Scattered Clouds 15°C/10°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/9°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/12°C |
| Today | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
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Chance of Rain 16°C/6°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/10°C | Chance of Rain 15°C/6°C | Scattered Clouds 16°C/9°C |
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 minimum, making it necessary for Southern Grampians Shire to enact the Faecal Coliform Contingency Plan. A shire spokesperson said it was in the best interest of the community that people stopped using Lake Hamilton to avoid health hazards. This includes … 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
Bill Meldrum | A PROPOSED 19-megawatt wave energy project off the Portland coast has the potential to trigger thousands of jobs in the south-west, according to its proponent Victorian Wave Partners — but not until after about 2017, it appears. The prediction came … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | A NUMBER of homes stand half completed around Portland, Warrnambool and Port Fairy and suppliers and tradesmen are thousands of dollars out of pocket after the Hotondo Homes Portland franchise ceased trading on Tuesday. Run by Heywood-based couple Tony and … Continue reading
Emma-Jayne Schenk | IF you’ve ever felt a shiver down your spine, a noise late at night, doors slam for no reason or just had an eerie feeling, you may have been privy to the many ghosts that are said to be lurking … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | PENSHURST residents are being reminded that the Australian Defence Force will be conducting training exercises in the town this weekend. Army Reservists from the 8th /7th Battalion, The Royal Victoria Regiment will be conducting training activities around the town from … Continue reading
Tiana Richardson | TAKING undersized snapper from Portland’s Lee Breakwater has proved a costly mistake for a Melbourne man. The man, who caught 45 undersized snapper in November last year, appeared in the Portland Magistrates’ Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to illegal … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | THE AWARD winning volunteer efforts of the Telecare group at the Portland and District Community Health Centre were commended last week by a chatty Member for Wannon Dan Tehan. The local member took to the phones on Thursday morning to … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | THE Glenelg Shire Council says it is sympathetic to the Indigenous tent embassy at Market Square and will allow it to continue indefinitely. Mayor Gilbert Wilson says the political goals of the embassy group can’t be addressed by the Shire … Continue reading
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