ONE year has passed since crews contained the 6000-hectare fire that impacted the Budj Bim cultural landscape.

WORKERS relying on JobKeeper have had their payments slashed by up to $200 per fortnight this week.

MONDAY’S annual weaner sales saw 3464 angus steers sold through the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX) with record prices recorded.

MIDWEEK pennant, or Friday pennant in local terminology, has three rounds to go to decide on the sides to play in the finals.

HAMILTON and District Cricket Association’s (HDCA) Under-15 Horsham Country Week campaign got off to a strong start, smashing Portland and District Cricket Association (PDCA) in the opening game in Hamilton on Monday, thanks to a batting masterclass from Jock Barrie.

PORTLAND wind tower manufacturer Keppel Prince has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ensure a key energy supplier to the Snowy Hydro 2.0 scheme is powered by Australian-made components. The Ryan Corner wind farm planned for near Port Fairy is owned by the multinational Global Power Generation, which has sold 70 per cent of […]

BEING in the isolated great outdoors is one of the safest places to be during this pandemic, it appears. A local group of walking fans are set to take advantage of this with the return of monthly recreational walks from this Saturday. The Friends of the Great South West Walk committee organise volunteers to lead […]

THE biggest tournament of the calendar year for both the Portland Golf Club and the Heywood Golf Club begins on Friday, the Assets Real Estate South West Golf Classic. Split between Portland and Heywood’s golf courses, the South West Golf Classic attracts hundreds of participants each year. With a little under a week still remaining […]

THE Find Your Voice All Abilities Choir has continued to amaze, emerging from lockdown with a virtual chorus cover of the Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’, complete with a music video and verses sung in local indigenous language.

AFTER hearing a radio advertisement in the height of the pandemic highlighting the importance of not putting off a hospital visit, Julie Butterworth-Le Poitevin booked herself in immediately.