News

Olympian to visit

World champion shooter Warren Potent will offer some inspiring words about following your passions when he is hosted at Australia Day ceremonies in the region this Sunday. Mr Potent is the Australia Day ambassador for Murrumbidgee Council, and Mayor...

Jamie Lowe
Sport

Berrigan close in on top 4

Berrigan have closed the gap on the Murray Valley Cricket Association Division One top four with an impressive 74 run win against Barooga on Saturday. The win sees the Saints hot on the heels of fourth placed Finley, sitting fifth and just one game...

Jamie Lowe
News

Free breakfast in Deni gardens

This Australia Day, people from all walks of life will come together to celebrate and recognise those who have made significant contributions and achieved great things. Edward River Council’s Australia Day Awards ceremony will be held in the...

Jamie Lowe
Sport

Ladies’ dominant day

Finley Ladies claimed the day when stableford medley was played on Wednesday. Kim McCaw carded 37 points to take out the voucher and Mary Polkinghorne took out NTP on the 18th. The men were relegated to ball competition winners which included Barry...

Jamie Lowe
Sport

Ladies’ dominant day

Finley Ladies claimed the day when stableford medley was played on Wednesday. Kim McCaw carded 37 points to take out the voucher and Mary Polkinghorne took out NTP on the 18th. The men were relegated to ball competition winners which included Barry...

Jamie Lowe
News

Classic Aussie barbie

Spend Australia day with the family at the Finley Country Club, and be a part of a classic Aussie afternoon. From midday until close, feast on barbecue staples, listen to great live music and catch up with your mates. And you can do it all for just...

Jamie Lowe
Sport

Undermanned Cats struggle

An undermanned Finley Division One side was no match for third placed Katamatite in round 11 of the Murray Valley Cricket Association on Saturday. Playing without captain Cougar McGrath, who suffered a season ending broken leg during the off-season...

Jamie Lowe

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News

Shepparton man identified as victim of fatal crash

A 33-year-old Shepparton man has been identified as the victim of Monday’s fatal collision in Arcadia.

Liz Mellino
News

Euroa man pleads guilty to sexual assaults he ‘can’t remember’

A man who sexually assaulted his daughter, a partner’s daughter and one of his daughter’s friends will have to await his fate after a judge deferred his sentence.

Monique Preston
News

Big partnership secures big boats

Yarrawonga Mulwala will reverberate with the familiar rumble of the GP Hydroplanes over Anzac Day weekend for the next three years and hopefully beyond. Yarrawonga Mulwala Tourism & Business (YMTB) have entered a partnership with the Victorian...

Jared Loughnan
Education

Wendy Lovell taken to VCAT over super school documents

Wendy Lovell says she has the “upper hand” at a February Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing to determine if the Victorian Government must release information regarding risks involved with Greater Shepparton Secondary College that...

James Bennett
News

Shepparton mother breaks silence about son’s suicide

Seventeen years after losing her son to suicide, Shepparton’s Mary Anderson still wonders what more could have been done. Her son, Brendan, was kind, fun and social but he also battled with a “pain in his head” and at 26, the day...

Morgan Dyer
News

An evening in the park

One of the biggest days on the Jerilderie calendar is Australia Day at Luke Park, and this year promises not to disappoint. A barbecue served by the Jerilderie Lions Club, continuous spinning wheel draws and music throughout the evening by popular...

Jamie Lowe
News

Foreshore the epicentre of Shire celebrations

The Tocumwal foreshore is the place to be this Sunday, with everyone invited to come along and celebrate Australia Day. For a gold coin donation, enjoy breakfast from 8am, and light entertainment from Nathan Vaccaro. Formalities to follow from 9am...

Jamie Lowe
News

$3.16m sale a good indicator

Friday’s Store Sheep Sale in Deniliquin closed with total sales of more than $3.16 million. There were 18,000 head expected to be offered at the annual sale, with 17,122 sold by its end. Deniliquin Elders Rural Services livestock agent Jason...

Jamie Lowe

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EVENTS

Events

Bikes and Bites Festival

There will be first class family entertainment with a focus on flavours of the world and a music and entertainment area with a strong focus on Shepparton performers. A spectacular side program of BMX stunts, children’s entertainment and an...

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Alana Christensen
Events

Pako Festa Geelong Heritage Train

Join us on a special vintage diesel haul heritage train tour to Geelong and enjoy a family day out at Pako Festa Festival. Travel to Pako Festa in our Heritage Train hauled by Blue and Gold heritage locomotives. Passengers will travel in comfortable...

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Seymour Telegraph
Events

TatFest 2000

A wonderful festival for families with cultural foods, amusements for children, entertainment for adults, and special events. Entry is free. Site is fenced to make safe for children. Brought to you by the Lions Club of Tatur

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Alana Christensen

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Regional

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Rowan Gribben earns top Arcadia honour

There is nothing like a decked out CFA Hall and the smell of breakfast to know it’s Australia Day in Arcadia. Community members gathered for an early rise to celebrate the occasion and taking the top honour of Arcadia Citizen of the Year was Rowan...

James Bennett
News

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti jetting to Kyabram

AFL superstar Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti is making his way to Kyabram on February 14 to share his inspiring story and help raise money for bushfire victims. Presented by the Kyabram P-12 College Chaplaincy Support Group, proceeds from the event...

Jared Prestwidge
News

Coffee for a cause at Mokoan Hub and Cafe

Mokoan Hub and Cafe is joining many in this part of the world in doing its bit for the victims of recent bushfires. The crisis has created a tough time for many residents and visitors to north-east Victoria. Like much of the north east the outlook...

Simon Ruppert
News

The spectre of child abuse: Bryan Pickthall’s story

THE eyes of our elderly hold a thousand stories. Stories of love and loss, of battles won and dreams never realised. For many, they also conceal secrets. Some buried so deep beneath decades of pain, shame and guilt they seem impossible to unearth.

Charmayne Allison
News

Beach volleyball offers economic spike for Cobram

Thompsons Beach came alive with all the best sets, digs and spikes across the Australia Day long weekend. In an event that brought thousands of people to Cobram-Barooga from across the region, the three days of National Beach Volleyball Tour were...

James Bennett
News

Something for everyone at your local Scouts

The 1st Seymour Scout Group raised almost $700 for Bendigo Bank’s bushfire disaster appeal with a sausage sizzle and sales of merchandise. The Joeys, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers recently set up shop at the front of Woolworths Seymour...

David Rak
News

Cricketing mates gather to honour two Matts

THE second staging of the Rochester Cricket Club’s ‘Matt Day’ has been a resounding success, with a big crowd turning out to remember the lives of two well-loved cricketers and mates.

David Chapman
News

Help those who need it this Australia Day

THIS Australia Day, Victorians are being asked to consider donating to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal to help struggling bushfire-affected communities across our state. Many around the state will enjoy Australia Day with friends and family, but for...

McIvor Times
Sport

Tat Chat | Hill Top golf

With 40 points, Trevor Roberts won Saturday’s stableford competition for the Privilege Cup, which is sponsored by Peppermill Shepparton, but, as a visitor he could not claim the privilege of asking members to fill his mug. He did win the...

Shepparton News
News

Farmers’ calls for freight subsidies answered

Freight subsidies announced last week will help to relieve the financial pressure on farmers in the north east and East Gippsland as they work to recover from bushfire and years of drought. Victorian Shadow Minster for Agriculture Peter Walsh said...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
News

Broaden the terms for royal commission

The proposed royal commission following this season’s fire disasters needs to extend to other natural resource management. Speak Up Campaign deputy chair Lachlan Marshall said we have a natural resource crisis in our nation that must be addressed...

Corowa Free Press
Sport

Murphy the magician puts England in a tail-spin

Todd Murphy etched his name into the storied annals of World Cup folklore overnight as part of a stunning - and ultimately match-winning - 10th wicket partnership for Australia. Facing old rival England for a spot in the knockout stage of the...

Tyler Maher
Galleries

PHOTOS | Megan Fisher’s best photos of 2019

It was another huge year of football and netball - and one of the News’ photographers was always hard at work trying to capture the action.

Alex Mitchell

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Rural

News

Aussie farmers supported by new dairy code

The new mandatory dairy code came into effect on January 1. Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie said following feedback received from dairy farmers on the draft, the new code prohibits retrospective pricing step downs. It also prevents...

Dairy News
Water

Irrigated farming faces more threats

Victoria’s irrigation industries and related communities seem to be ending 2019 with a potential threat of even more water leaving our agriculture. I sense Canberra and city-centric sympathy to adjusting water sharing in the Murray-Darling...

Country News
Animal Health

Look out for cancer eye

The most common type of tumour or “cancer eye” in cattle is squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer eye is an invasive and rapidly spreading tumour and is economically important, representing 58 per cent of all cancers that result in condemnation of...

Dairy News
Dairy

New year marks a new era for dairy industry

2020 will deliver a fairer go for the more than 5000 Australian dairy farmers who now have more sway with processors under the dairy industry’s Mandatory Code of Conduct.

Rodney Woods
Livestock

Red meat industry set to benefit from new pasture grass research

Australia’s red meat industry is set to benefit from new pasture grass research focused on increasing its production and profitability and helping to safeguard it in a changing climate. Agriculture Victoria research scientists have generated...

Rodney Woods
Markets

Australian consumers and the value of premium products

With temperatures heating up, all eyes are on southern Australia’s harvest prospects. As northern parts of the country experience yet another failed harvest, the southern crop will be paramount for any potential impact on current feed costs. While...

Dairy News
News

Predicting cow fertility

Agriculture Victoria research scientists have developed a model that can predict how likely a dairy cow is to conceive from first insemination, with up to 77 per cent accuracy. The world-first research combined mid-infrared spectroscopy — which...

Dairy News
Horticulture

New podcast for horticultural growers

A new resource designed to arm horticultural growers with everything they need to grow their business has been released by Hort Innovation. The podcast series, titled Growing Matters, is now freely available to download or stream through Apple...

Rodney Woods
Dairy

Kyabram the home of new milk processing factory

A new milk processing factory is coming to Kyabram, with the Kyabram Jam Company set to invest $40 million to $50 million to diversify the former SPC-owned IXL site.

Rodney Woods
Machinery & Products

Machinery grants to ease drought burden

Farmers in the north-west Millewa region can now apply for a farm machinery grant to help them maintain on-farm machinery and equipment and prepare for future seasons. Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes opened applications for the Farm Machinery...

Dairy News
Machinery & Products

New focus for New Holland

It’s a new year and a new focus for New Holland Agriculture with the announcement of a new brand leader for the company’s Australian and New Zealand operations. Former managing director of Iveco Australia/New Zealand Bruce Healy, will take the...

Dairy News
Management

Jerseys rich in family heritage

Patrick Anderson is part of a long family heritage involving the Jersey breed. The 18-year-old dairy farmer from Athlone in Gippsland, Victoria, registered his own stud in 2016, continuing the tradition of using Kings V in the breeder’s prefix...

Dairy News
Water

Trading rules and constraints measures top of agenda at MinCo

Basin states have acknowledged concerns around foreign ownership and monopoly behaviour in the water markets and agreed to ask the ACCC to look at whether changes to trading rules are required and consider registration of brokers across state...

Rodney Woods
Cropping

SunRice slashes jobs

The Federal Government must develop a “bail-out package” for SunRice. That’s the message from NSW Member for Murray Helen Dalton, following the announcement last week another 100 jobs would be lost from the Deniliquin and Leeton rice mills...

Zoe McMaugh
From the Experts

ABV release prompts sire review

The August release of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and the upcoming joining season will have dairy farmers around the country thinking about the next best sires to use over their herds. While breeding enthusiasts will delve into great detail...

Dairy News
News

Milk production on decline

The national milk production pool is expected to drop between three and five per cent in 2019–20 as northern Victoria’s drop in herd sizes and exits from the dairy industry play a major role in the decline. Speaking post the release of Dairy...

Dairy News

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National & world

National

Independent review for SA bushfires

SA Premier Steven Marshall has announced an independent review into South Australia’s major bushfires this summer.

AAP Newswire
Finance

Inflation unlikely to affect RBA rates

The Reserve Bank’s rates decision next week may not be swayed by inflation figures due on Wednesday, which are tipped to show modest growth.

AAP Newswire
World

Ardern set to call New Zealand election

Jacinda Ardern is poised to announce September 19 as the date her government will go the polls to seek a second term at a general election.

AAP Newswire
World

Brazil downpours displace 30,000

Rains, floods and landslides in Brazil have displaced 30,000 people, left 54 dead, with 18 missing, and more rain is expected.

AAP Newswire
Horse Racing

Bivouac, Kiamichi win trials at Rosehill

Godolphin’s Bivouac and Kiamichi have starred at the Rosehill barrier trials ahead of their autumn campaigns.

AAP Newswire
AFL

Rance return less likely, says Balme

The prospects of Alex Rance coming out of retirement for Richmond are becoming less likely, according to Neil Balme.

AAP Newswire
National

NSW coronavirus situation ‘evolving’

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the situation surrounding the deadly coronavirus in the state is “evolving” as new cases come under investigation.

AAP Newswire
Entertainment

Billie Eilish makes Grammy award’s history

Eighteen-year-old Billie Eilish made history at the Grammys as the youngest person to win one of Grammy’s top awards, and sweeping four of the top categories.

AAP Newswire
National

Asbestos charity Banton foundation closing

The Bernie Banton Foundation will close its doors at the end of this financial year when chief executive Karen Banton retires.

AAP Newswire