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Danielle Grindlay | A ‘FISCALLY responsible’ draft budget was released for Southern Grampian Shire taxpayer scrutiny over the weekend, with councillors urging people to check where their money will go. Councillors voiced concerned about the general seven per cent rate increase, set to become almost 10 per cent for urban residents and 5.03 per cent extra for rural dwellers following valuation figures. But council officers highlighted that only 31 per cent of revenue would come from ratepayers, with a huge percentage to be [...] 0 Comments
Kristy McDonald | A 40-YEAR-OLD Macarthur man escaped serious injury after his car hit a wallaby before rolling into an embankment on Grampians Rd on Sunday night. Dunkeld Police station commander, Leading Senior Constable Dave Walkley said the accident happened at Mirrinatwa Gap [...] 0 Comments
Sam Fleming | LET’S get passenger trains back to Hamilton for the races! That was the message coming from Merino resident, Ian Whalley, who said that this year would be the perfect time to use the railway line to bring people from Melbourne [...] 0 Comments
Wayne Drew | A HAMILTON couple is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the person who shot dead an emu last week in the Hamilton Botanic Gardens. David and Vera Lynch said that like police, they were appalled [...] 0 Comments
Rex Martinich | HAMILTON families could be $1000-$2000 better off in the Federal budget through family tax benefits and school student bonuses. Changes to the tax free threshold will keep more money in the average person’s pocket, at the expense of businesses and [...]
Kristy McDonald | CORELLAS are causing headaches around the south-west, with the Branxholme-Wallacedale Football Club being the latest victim of the bird’s bad habits. The damage to the football ground had to be reviewed and meet health and safety regulations before the club [...]
Rex Martinich | DISABILITY aid volunteers, Diane Stanley and Carolyn Alexander, are two of the six million Australians who give up their free time to help others every year. It’s a mostly invisible army, but for one week, from May 14-20, they are [...]
Emma-Jayne Schenk | A USELESS filing cabinet is all Jean Lamb has left after she returned home with the purchase to find her Bulart home burned to the ground. It is the third house fire in the past week to entirely destroy a [...]
Danielle Grindlay | “USE us or lose us” is the message from South West TAFE chief executive, Joe Piper, who said he was holding a brave face after the announcement of State Budget cuts. About 20 per cent of South West TAFE’s funding [...]
Emma-Jayne Schenk | WITH a reputation that has people travelling for miles just to take a look, this year’s Hamilton Lions’ Club Trash and Treasure is sure to delight. With a shed full of goodies ready to be sold this Sunday at the [...]
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