AROUND 130 people from the Southern Grampians Shire are diagnosed with cancer each year, with 52 locals losing their lives to the disease according to new data from the Victorian Cancer Registry Data. Today marks World Cancer Day, a global initiative that raises worldwide awareness and improves education around cancer preventatives.  This year’s theme, ‘I […]

A GENEROUS gift of land in Dunkeld to be used for new campus of an unique school concept remains in limbo despite calls for the State Government to greenlight the project.

A CONCERNED Glenthompson farmer contacted The Spectator about local road damage recently and claimed the shire wasn’t acting quickly enough to fix the problem. Ross Stewart said he contacted the Southern Grampians Shire in November about the condition of Back Bushy Creek Road, yet little had been done. “We thought the road was quite dangerous,” […]

MONIVAE College has welcomed new faces to the staffroom this year, with seven people newly-appointed.

THE 2021 quota allocation for Victoria’s Kangaroo Harvesting Program has risen by nearly 40,000 due to an increase in kangaroo population.

IT has been a wet start to 2021 for Hamilton, with the town recording its highest January rainfall in a decade.

THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has declared the Pfizer vaccine safe for use in Australia, with the first phase of the vaccine roll out expected to begin in the Southern Grampians in the coming months.

HAMILTON’S Baxter Byrne of the Australian Army Cadets (AAC) has been newly appointed as Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) for 32 Battalion, just before the opening of the new Hamilton Unit. This new appointment gives him the responsibility of overseeing the Dress, Drill, and Bearing of all units in Western Victoria which is “quite a big area,” […]

PRESSURE is mounting on the State Government to halt this year’s duck hunting season after a survey found just one in every five shooters could identify if a bird was a protected species.  The revelation sparks a growing chorus of animal welfare campaigners, calling on the government to hear their pleas. Independent hunting regulator, the […]

SOUTH-West livestock selling yards are celebrating big achievements to kick-off 2021, with records smashed at Hamilton, Casterton and Mortlake and the three facilities setting the bar in a competitive Victorian market.   Hamilton agents topped the yardings in state markets for weaner sales in the first week in January, with 10,438 calves sold over four days […]