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A NEW suite of initiatives to support more innovation in the AgTech sector by LaunchVic and Agriculture Victoria announced last week will invest up to $200,000 into at least five early-stage startups in the next 12 months.

Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan MP is calling on community organisations across Wannon to apply for funding under the 2023-24 Volunteer Grants.

AUSTRALIA produced the most lamb on record in the 2022 calendar year, with the past quarter recording the most lamb meat ever produced in a quarter at 149,385 tonnes, according to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) - four per cent more than the previous record set in June 2018.

RESIDENTS and visitors to Gazette are now enjoying improved mobile coverage and connectivity, with the recent construction of a Telstra Mobile Base Station.

RAMS has claimed the minor premiership of the 2023 Glenelg Region Hockey Association division one men’s competition, with a 5-1 victory over Jakabytes in the final regular season round at Brian Roberts Field on Sunday.

LOWAN MP and Deputy Leader of the Nationals, Emma Kealy, has slammed the Victorian Government for the “staggering increases” in WorkCover premiums making it harder for business to remain viable.

IT was a day to get their hands dirty with a group of locals planting native grasses alongside the Grangeburn to help with offsetting the local carbon footprint and encourage the ecosystem to flourish for future generations.

HARROW-BALMORAL Football Netball Club (HBFNC) has announced it has re-signed Jai Thompson as senior football coach for the 2024 Horsham and District Football Netball League season after a successful first year in charge of the Southern Roos in 2023.

EARLIER this month, at a ceremony held in St Kilda, Melbourne, a member of the Christmas Island Joint Task Unit received a high military honour for his part in evacuating Australians from locations in China following the early outbreak of COVID-19.