Fuel loads soar in Victoria
Forest Fire Management Victoria’s failure to reduce fuel loads means “accepting the same level of losses as Black Saturday”.
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Victoria set to lose forest fire contractors
Victoria is set to lose the 284 harvest and haulage contractors who used their heavy machinery to fight the 2019-20 Black Summer fires.
The Dartmouth Dam’s forgotten farming heroes
It cost $179 million, hectares of farmers’ land and is a saviour for irrigators in dry years, but the 50-year anniversary of work starting on Dartmouth Dam has quietly passed.
Woman dies after contracting rare illness
Once the virus has been contracted it can cause a rare but potentially serious infection of the central nervous system.
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Hamilton ram sale may go online again
A final decision on whether Sheep Connect will go ahead is yet to be made, but here is what’s planned if organisers have to pull the pin.
When lockdown is tipped to end
The entire state will remain confined past Tuesday, with the next 24 hours crucial as authorities make a call on the lockdown’s end date.
Grampians teen pilot learns sky isn’t the limit
This 18-year-old plans to become a commercial pilot, and has earnt her wings already with support from her school.
Victoria’s best country cricketers named
A batsman with five centuries last summer, a paceman from Bairnsdale and a gun leg-spinner have been named in the VCCL team of the year.
Alert over Richmond supermarket, exposure sites grow
Customers of Coles in Swan Street, Richmond have been ordered to get tested and isolate, while authorities fear students at a high school in Kew are at a “high risk” of getting the virus.
Former AFL utility to coach country club
A former AFL utility is set to take the reins of a country club after an impressive first season. Here’s where.
Euros pub viewing could become superspreading event
A Euro finals screening at a Melbourne bar has prompted fears of a superspreading event after a positive case attended, while the number of schools linked to the outbreak has climbed.
Two more Trinity teachers test positive
Students and staff at Trinity Grammar are on tenterhooks after a further two teachers tested positive. Meanwhile, the list of exposure sites continues to swell.
Cattle prices climb 50c/kg at Ballarat
Cattle prices have climbed up to 50c/kg for quality types at the Ballarat store sale. See the top rates here.
New movie on High Country mystery man
A movie about Button Man, the Victorian High Country enigma thrust into the spotlight by the missing campers saga, aims to create tension, not point fingers. Watch the trailer.
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