A 1.5 per cent rate increase, $1.784 million for Pedrina Park netball courts and drainage projects, and $22 million in Capital Works are all features of the $67.403 million draft 2021-22 Budget released by the Southern Grampians Shire Council.

DUNKELD’S Kelly Barnes will represent Victoria in the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Gala Dinner and National Announcement in Canberra later this year.

HOUSING stress has been identified as a major concern by the Salvation Army after a national survey of its clients as part of the annual Red Shield Appeal.

DESPITE a push from the State and Federal Governments for people to get vaccinated, locals seeking a COVID vaccination at Hamilton Base Hospital were unable to book this week due to supply shortages.

REGIONAL Victorians are hopeful a number of COVID-19 restrictions will be diminished from midnight Thursday, as the state’s Circuit Breaker Lockdown looks to continue in metro Melbourne.

ST Andrew’s will welcome back two-time A grade premiership player, Kane Taylor, for the 2021-22 Hamilton and District Cricket Association season.

AMERICAN In Paris recorded his first jumping success with an impressive ten-length win in Tuesday’s feature race, the Eulong Cavendish Steeplechase.

HAMILTON Golf Club’s Ladies Beginner Golf Program was awarded Golf Australia’s Visionary of the Year award for the month of May.

CASTERTON’S internationally-renowned Australian working dog auction is set to write yet another page in history, with organisers forced to think ‘outside the box’ following the cancellation of the annual Casterton Kelpie Muster. This year’s event will be the first dog auction to be operated completely online, with the catalogue to be wholly presented via AuctionsPlus. […]

CASTERTON’S iconic Kelpie Festival is the latest victim of Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak, cancelled as the town prepares to celebrate the event’s 25th anniversary – but all is not lost.