THE annual Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria (LRTAV) conference held in Ballarat mid-August, was jam packed with information sessions on various transport and agriculture related topics on the highly regulated industry.

FARMERS in regional Victoria were alarmed to discover that while they attended an August 15 rally at Parliament House against proposed transmission lines on their properties, the energy company AusNet opportunistically came onto their farms.

GET it right every time is the message from Agriculture Victoria with a guideline titled ‘Is the animal fit to load?’ produced by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

ALTHOUGH he is a few thousand kilometres from home, Portland’s own Daniel Jackson continues to go from strength to strength in his football journey, having been recently crowned as North Cairns Tigers club best and fairest for the 2023 season.

IT was a great night for SharkPitchers earlier this week, who through their advocating, managed to raise (so far) a total of $58,687.

IT was the penultimate week of the Hamilton Basketball Association senior season with preliminary finals setting up next week’s grand final match-ups.

LOWAN MP and deputy leader of The Nationals, Emma Kealy visited the Women’s Housing Limited (WHL) housing development project site in Hamilton on Tuesday.

THE alarming state of country roads looks set to continue to decline in condition as the lack of significant budget allocation for their maintenance takes increasing effect.

Hamilton Kangaroos celebrated success this season with Molly Sevior finishing equal first (alongside Lexie Dwyer from Port Fairy) on 28 votes in the 13-and-Under netball grade, while Kangaroos teammate, Maddox Ryan, finished fourth with 24 votes in a strong season for the blue and white side.

PORTLAND’S under-17 soccer players are ready for a shot at the title when they take on Warrnambool Wolves in the South West Victoria Football Association’s grand final on Sunday at Stawell’s North Park.