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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
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND Coasters Under-14 boy’s team won the Division Two grand final at the Gold Star Classic Victorian Junior Championships in Ballarat, placing them ninth in the state. “They did a really good job; they were up there with the best [...] 0 Comments
Rex Martinich | THE Victorian Government claims its new budget is an optimistic response to economic challenges, but the Opposition says many programs vital to the Hamilton region have been cut. The 2012-13 Budget contains an estimated surplus of $155 million in 2012-13 [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE Portland Business Network has lent its full support to a push by Glenelg Shire councillor Robert Halliday to reduce rates for the shire’s commercial and industrial sectors. Cr Halliday has a notice of motion on the agenda for tomorrow [...] 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | NO matter where you are in the state, authorities will be close-by this Easter long-weekend. Stringent state-wide operations will see more police out on the roads with hopes an excess of officers will mean fewer incidents. While most people enjoy [...]
Huw Cushing | THE Department of Sustainability and Environment has a burning ambition to reduce fuel in the south-west’s forests, and is only about half way into this autumn’s planned burns. So far 5000ha of fuel reduction burns have been completed, and another [...]
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND’S Alyssa Lyons has won the title of women’s 2012 Victorian Downhill Mountain Biking Champion after finishing second to a Canadian racer. “The girl that beat me is a Canadian girl, so I actually get the title of state champ [...]
Scott Malcolm | PORTLAND triathlete Shannon Malseed was crowned the Under-19 School Sports Victoria state champion after winning the XOCISE Triathlon Series by one point. The five race series has been running in Melbourne since November, and the triathlons have entailed a minimum [...]
Danielle Grindlay | ‘BIRDS of the feather flock together’ was the philosophy behind merging local bird groups to form a country-wide network of birdwatchers. Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (BOCA) and Birds Australia groups have united to become ‘BirdLife Australia’, with 34 branches [...]
Tiana Richardson | BAKERS Delight workers in Portland are joining their peers across the state to bake a total of more than 140,000 hot cross buns this Saturday to raise money to benefit the sick kids at the Royal Children’s Hospital. On ‘Bundraiser [...]
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