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THE latest quarterly statistics on livestock slaughtered and meat production from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed that the female slaughter rate (FSR) for the Australian cattle herd has lifted to 53.1 per cent, which places the industry in a destock phase.

TWO locals have been named among Nuffield Australia’s latest crop of 25 scholarship recipients bringing wide-ranging benefits to the agriculture industry.

MANY of you will have seen the petition we’ve been running in Hamilton over the last couple of months, calling on the State Government to fund a second paramedic ambulance in Hamilton for the night shift.

HAMILTON Youth Centre, Stable Ground founder, primary school teacher and mother, Lee-Ann Elmes, is excited to nominate as a candidate for the upcoming Southern Grampians Shire Council election next month.

WORKS on the first stage of Port Fairy’s East Beach Redevelopment will get underway on Monday.

ROUND One of the Council’s Community Partnership Grants for 2024-25 motion was discussed and passed during Wednesday evening’s ordinary Council meeting.

WEDNESDAY’S Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) Ordinary Council Meeting discussed changes to be brought forward to the Southern Grampians Outdoor Pool Policy.

THE fourth special presentation meeting of the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club for 2024 will be on Friday, September 20, at 7.30 pm at HIRL.

LOWAN MP, Emma Kealy, has called on the Victorian Government to provide important financial support to our rural bush nursing centres.