AUSTRALIA has exported a record $17 billion worth of red meat in 2023 with a total volume of 1.84 million shipped weight tonnes to over 100 countries for the 12 months ending November 2023.

RON Fort was born in Hamilton on July 17, 1934, to be the son of Gladys and Keith Fort, and younger brother of Phyllis.

THE Hamilton Campdraft has been postponed with organisers looking at a new date in March.

THIS coming Tuesday February 6, Canberra is set to be the stage for opposing sides of the energy debate as a sizeable crowd is expected to descend on the nation’s capital in a protest dubbed ‘Rally Against Reckless Renewables’.

VISITORS to the Hamilton Botanic Gardens now have an additional feature to enjoy with the completion of the rose garden at the fountain.

AN intense rivalry will be played out again tomorrow at Pedrina Park, as the Hamilton and District Women’s Cricket Association (HDWCA) hosts rival, Warrnambool, in the annual representative game between these two teams.

MOYNE Shire Councillors have appointed an acting chief executive.

THE February session of summer’s Music in the Gardens will bring a solo performance by Daryl Parfrey in Hamilton’s beautiful Botanic gardens on Sunday, February 4, between 2-4pm.

RODEO season kicks off in the south-west today with the annual Dartmoor event going ahead tonight.

HENG Ly, known affectionately by the town of Coleraine as ‘Cambo’, was recognised on Australia Day last week for a decade of serving the town from behind the counter of Cambo’s Milkbar and Takeaway.