AFL Victoria has confirmed the establishment of five new region councils across the state with AFL Western District being one of the five to establish the new initiative.

FOLLOWING the recent announcement by Australia Post (AusPost) to halve its letter delivery frequency to every second day, a leading university professor warned the impact on rural and regional areas may be significant.

HEATHMERE got its new South West District Netball League A grade campaign off to a flying start on Saturday, defeating Westerns by just two goals in a hard-hitting match up.

WESTVIC Dairy hosted a ‘From Idea to Innovation’ forum on the February21, held at Deakin University in Warrnambool.

LIVESTOCK producers are reminded they must adhere to biosecurity laws when importing grain and fodder from interstate.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) have taken some steps to control pond weed at the Hamilton Botanic Gardens, after some locals had expressed disappointment in the cleanliness and safety of some of its features.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago

REVELATIONS, earlier this week, of a major wind farm development proposed for the Dundas Tableland red gum country (Spectator, 10 April 2024) suggest that it is timely to provide some background to the pros and cons of having a wind farm built on a grazing property.

PORT FAIRY Folk Festival was the location for a catch up with local Member of Parliament for South West Coast Roma Britnell.

PLANS for the proposed youth centre in central Hamilton continue to progress into real-world outcomes as a successful recent community forum had over 2000 people view the livestream and a decision regarding a new name was made.