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Wednesday, December, 18, 2024
Hamilton 10/20
 
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Emergency Services ‘tax’ slammed 
REGIONAL households will be hit up for an extra $60 a year on average, to help fund emergency services as part of a series of tax hikes being introduced by the Victorian Government.
TO fund resources for emergency services, Victorian households will be hit with a rise in the former Fire Services Protection Levy (to be replaced by the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund) from July 1, 2025. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK.

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THIS holiday season, the CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria are sharing fire safety tips and urging Victorians to use caution when decorating with Christmas lights. Photo: SUPPLIED.
IT’S that time of year again when Victorians string up their Christmas lights and set up their Christmas trees to celebrate the holiday season, but with the fun and festivities comes the potential for serious fire hazards.
TARRINGTON locals have again used their artistic flair to decorate a hay bale, a unique tradition which has run for 15 years and drawn many a holiday maker and sightseer to the town.
REGIONAL households will be hit up for an extra $60 a year on average, to help fund emergency services as part of a series of tax hikes being introduced by the Victorian Government.
THE risks of improper hay baling and/or storage have been underlined yet again by the CFA after multiple devastating haystack fires destroyed bales in separate parts of the state recently, including one near Caramut on Monday morning.

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Casterton District allrounder, Rick Killey, couldn’t get the Maroons over the line against Portland Tigers at Henty Park on Saturday. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK
CASTERTON DISTRICT has failed to hunt down the 39 runs the Maroons required at the start of day two in the round seven Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade game against Portland Tigers at Henty Park on Saturday.
BRANXHOLME-WALLACEDALE Football Netball Club (BWFNC) has secured more than a million dollars to upgrade its Branxholme Recreation Reserve facility.
WANNON MP Dan Tehan recently took part in the annual Run4CJD charity run from Adelaide Oval to Terang covering more than 900km to raise awareness and funds for research into Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Photo: SUPPLIED.
ONE of the questions we get asked on the myriad of health questionnaires that we have to fill in at the doctors, chiropractors or for x-rays is - do you are any of your family have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
THE Noorat Show is a long-standing tradition in the south west, with the small town coming to life on November 16, 2024.
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THIS holiday season, the CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria are sharing fire safety tips and urging Victorians to use caution when decorating with Christmas lights. Photo: SUPPLIED.
IT’S that time of year again when Victorians string up their Christmas lights and set up their Christmas trees to celebrate the holiday season, but with the fun and festivities comes the potential for serious fire hazards.
CASTERTON DISTRICT has failed to hunt down the 39 runs the Maroons required at the start of day two in the round seven Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade game against Portland Tigers at Henty Park on Saturday.
PORTLAND’S Country Basketball League women’s side claimed back-to-back championships on Saturday night at the Portland Basketball Stadium
CATS skipper, Diarmid Cleary, boots the team into attack during Saturday’s clash against East Gambier. Photo: FRANK MONGER PHOTOGRAPHY.
“ON the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again.”
GLENELG Shire Council has released its draft budget 2024-225 and ratepayers have until 17 May to have their say on the council’s spending and rating plans for the next year.
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