HAMILTON Police have been investigating the circumstances of a house fire on Coleraine Road, Hamilton, on Sunday night, where thankfully all residents were evacuated safely.

HAMILTON police have called for drivers to prioritise safety after multiple road collisions – including a fatality in Port Fairy – and drink driving incidents over the past few days.

SECONDARY students from Portland and district got a full tour inside the C-27J Spartan, thanks to former Portland resident and now Air Force Corporal and the aircraft’s Loadmaster Jordan Oakley.

SEVERAL local SES units were part of the emergency effort that attended to the multiple callouts in Casterton late Wednesday afternoon when the township was lashed by a freak storm.

A MAN was briefly trapped when the B-double he was driving carrying livestock rolled over on the Coleraine-Balmoral Road on Monday leaving multiple cattle killed and several needing euthanising.

DEVELOPERS of the proposed Coleraine wind farm, European Energy held two public information sessions in Coleraine this week.

WIDE open to the possibility of abuse, the Federal Government’s newly revised communications and misinformation Bill is again being opposed by the Coalition including Wannon MP, Dan Tehan who said it was an attack on free speech.

FARMERS in the north-east are sighing with relief following the decision by the Victorian Government to extend the unprotection order for dingoes and wild dogs, however, farmers in the north-west will be supported by a $2 million investment to assist with monitoring and adoption of non-lethal dingo management strategies.

ON Monday, shadow finance minister, Senator Jane Hume, accompanied by Wannon MP, Dan Tehan, visited Hamilton seeking firsthand information on the effect the cost-of-living crisis has had on small regional businesses.

THIS week concerns have arisen that some patients who have dialysis treatment at Western District Health Service (WDHS) will no longer be able to access Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) via Ambulance Victoria and they will need to make their own travel arrangements to the Dialysis Unit for treatment, some several days each week.