AUSTRALIA looks unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating four million people by next month, but the country’s health department secretary is “confident we can get those first doses into the arms of everybody by the end of October”.

THE Hamilton RSL Sub-Branch is excited to welcome back the town’s Anzac Day March this year, after COVID-19 stopped it from going ahead last year.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire councillors have this week given their tick of approval to get started on redeveloping Melville Oval.

LOCAL police, SES and CFA members were among the first in the region to receive the AstraZeneca jab at the Hamilton Base Hospital this week.

SOUTHERN Stay Disability Services will expand its services with a new $1.5 million specialist accommodation facility in central Hamilton, providing housing to four local adults with disabilities.

THE Hamilton and Alexandra College’s (THAC) shooting team enjoyed a session at the Hamilton Clay Target Club, guided by Victorian Clay Target Association (VCTA) coaching coordinator, Gary Hayden.

HISTORY House has reopened following an extended COVID-19 lockdown, with the group’s new chief volunteers welcoming visitors and extra volunteers. The distinctive bluestone former town hall at 95 Cliff St – in the Memorial Triangle precinct next to Glenelg Shire Council’s office – is the home of the Portland Family History Group. It is also […]

PORTLAND’S Salvation Army is bracing for a challenging year after two protective measures against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are removed at the end of this month. The $150 a fortnight coronavirus supplement for people on income support payments such as JobSeeker, the Youth Allowance and Parenting Payment will end on March 31, and […]

TOURISM operators from around the region had their chance to share their thoughts on the sector’s future with the nation’s tourism minister, Dan Tehan, this week.

A MAGISTRATE and former Hamilton lawyer has accepted it was wrong to tell a court a victim of rape had suffered “buyer’s remorse”.