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National

Labor’s lead cut in latest opinion poll

The latest Ipsos opinion poll suggests federal Labor’s lead over the coalition has been cut with the ALP now leading 51 to 49 on a two-party preferred basis.

AAP Newswire

2 hours ago

GV Suns’ under-20s season preview

The Goulburn Valley Suns under-20s will be hungry for another high finish in the NPL2 East Victoria and, with last year’s coach Stuart Vance steering the ship again, the sky is the limit for the side.

Shepparton News

Record breaking dog auction

It’s one of the biggest and best working dog auctions in the country, and it’s returning this year.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Public backs Snoop and family

The quest to save pet Staffordshire terrier cross Snoop gained momentum yesterday with an outpouring of public support and a specialist dog lawyer agreeing to help the family that owns him.

Shepparton News

Public backs Snoop and family

The quest to save pet Staffordshire terrier cross Snoop gained momentum yesterday with an outpouring of public support and a specialist dog lawyer agreeing to help the family that owns him.

Shepparton News

World

IS on brink of defeat in Syria: Trump

US President Donald Trump has called on European nations to take back captured Islamic State fighters and put them on trial.

AAP Newswire

Euroa’s Dustin Perry in the running

Euroa’s Dustin Perry is running for the Senate in this year’s federal election, using the power of people to influence his vote.

Tara Whitsed

Free TAFE a drawcard

Agriculture-related TAFE course enrolment numbers have increased as the Victorian Government’s free TAFE courses come into effect.

Country News

Finance

US-China talks to boost Aussie market

Australia’s share market is tipped to open higher on Monday after optimism surrounding US and China trade talks.

AAP Newswire

12 hours ago

World

IS on brink of defeat in Syria: Trump

US President Donald Trump has called on European nations to take back captured Islamic State fighters and put them on trial.

AAP Newswire

Euroa’s Dustin Perry in the running

Euroa’s Dustin Perry is running for the Senate in this year’s federal election, using the power of people to influence his vote.

Tara Whitsed

Free TAFE a drawcard

Agriculture-related TAFE course enrolment numbers have increased as the Victorian Government’s free TAFE courses come into effect.

Country News

Finance

US-China talks to boost Aussie market

Australia’s share market is tipped to open higher on Monday after optimism surrounding US and China trade talks.

AAP Newswire

12 hours ago

Most popular

Kialla family faces heartbreaking decision over pet dog

The members of a Kialla family are devastated after authorities told them they will have to surrender their daughter’s companion dog Snoop to be euthanased, despite having witnessed no evidence of dangerous behaviour.

Myles Peterson

COBRAM HOTEL FIRE

The CFA is at the Cobram Hotel after a fire broke out there this morning. The fire broke out around 7.30am. Twelve fire units are currently on scene and the fire is not yet under control. More to come

Vivienne Duck

11 Feb 2019

Fatal crash at Tatura

A Shepparton woman has died following a single car crash in Tatura about 4.30pm today. The 49-year-old was driving east on Ferguson Rd when her car left the road and hit a tree. Emergency services attended and freed the woman but she subsequently...

Shepparton News

Stolen car involved in three-vehicle Shepparton collision

Two people have been taken to hospital for treatment after a multi-vehicle collision in Shepparton this afternoon. The incident occurred just before 5pm at the intersection of Old Dookie Rd and Wheeler St, Shepparton. A truck was involved...

Madeleine Caccianiga

12 Feb 2019

Child health closure sad blow to Echuca families

FAMILIES across the region have been devastated by closure of the Central Victorian Child Health branch in Echuca.

Kimberley Price

Council is acting on our crowded parking

CAMPASPE Shire Council has adopted a parking strategy expected to alleviate issues in the CBD and Port of Echuca, as well as cater for future growth.

Tyla Harrington

Dookie residents have chance to speak to council heads

Dookie residents to have a say next month

Shepparton News

National

PM’s wife talks up ‘sensitive’ Scott

Jenny Morrison says her husband, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, gets more sensitive about issues than people realise.

AAP Newswire

7 hours ago

GALLERY: Sandhurst Goulburn Valley Leadership Day

Students from across the Sandhurst Diocese gathered at St Mary’s Primary School in Mooroopna for its annual leadership day

Shepparton News

World

Trump’s pick withdraws as nominee to UN

Heather Nauert , Donald Trump’s widely criticised nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her candidacy for family reasons.

AAP Newswire

10 hours ago

Tough times impact national production

NATIONAL MILK production is continuing to fall, as tough conditions take their toll. Northern Victoria has taken the biggest hit, with a 20 per cent drop recorded in November compared to the same time in 2017. Dairy Australia figures show a trend of...

Dairy News

Local

Public backs Snoop and family

The quest to save pet Staffordshire terrier cross Snoop gained momentum yesterday with an outpouring of public support and a specialist dog lawyer agreeing to help the family that owns him.

Shepparton News

Euroa’s Dustin Perry in the running

Euroa’s Dustin Perry is running for the Senate in this year’s federal election, using the power of people to influence his vote.

Tara Whitsed

GV Suns’ under-20s season preview

Shepparton News

Dookie residents have chance to speak to council heads

Dookie residents to have a say next month

Shepparton News

Education

Leadership Day at St Mary’s School, Mooroopna

Students from across the region gathered at St Mary’s School Mooroopna on Wednesday for the eighth annual Sandhurst Goulburn Valley Year 6 Leadership Day.

Ashlea Witoslawski

Entertainment

Newest in agriculture at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo

The Seymour Alternative Farming Expo kicked off yesterday, with crowds flowing through the gates on the first day of the three-day event, as young and old came to see what was new in agriculture and farming.

Shepparton News

Police issue mobile phone alert

Victoria Police have urged people to beware when buying or selling mobile phones via social media or online marketplaces.

Shepparton News

GVBD division one preview

East Shepparton can lock its Goulburn Valley Bowls Division finals spot away with a big win at home today.

Tyler Maher

Shepparton’s Furphy Tree legacy will live on

A tree famously planted by Joseph Furphy in Shepparton 100 years ago will be partially removed.

Tara Whitsed

New Shepparton train services a ‘good start’

New weekday train services on the Shepparton line, set to start from April are being hailed as a ‘‘good start’’ in bringing the city’s connectivity up to ‘‘where we need to be’’.

Shepparton News

Kyabram and Shepparton Golf about to get very familiar

There will be a dress rehearsal at Kyabram Bowling Club today.

Tyler Maher

Lifestyle

Stanhope Lions Club ready to celebrate 50th anniversary

The Stanhope Lions Clubs is celebrating its biggest achievement to date next month, its 50th anniversary since formation.

Liz Mellino

Real Estate

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Opinion

MAFS: Another drama filled week

It’s been another week big week on Channel 9’s Married At First Sight as the newlyweds continued to flourish or fail.

Shepparton News

A second chance

Shepparton News

Family in unhappy position over pet dog Snoop

Yesterday’s lead story in The News about a family’s dog — Snoop — facing the prospect of being euthanased saw an emotional response from readers.

Shepparton News

MOVE museum gaining momentum in Shepparton

The forthcoming MOVE museum has the potential to be a strong tourist drawcard for the Greater Shepparton region.

Shepparton News

MAFS: Another drama filled week

It’s been another week big week on Channel 9’s Married At First Sight as the newlyweds continued to flourish or fail.

Shepparton News

A second chance

Shepparton News

Family in unhappy position over pet dog Snoop

Yesterday’s lead story in The News about a family’s dog — Snoop — facing the prospect of being euthanased saw an emotional response from readers.

Shepparton News

MAFS: Another drama filled week

It’s been another week big week on Channel 9’s Married At First Sight as the newlyweds continued to flourish or fail.

Shepparton News

A second chance

Shepparton News

Family in unhappy position over pet dog Snoop

Yesterday’s lead story in The News about a family’s dog — Snoop — facing the prospect of being euthanased saw an emotional response from readers.

Shepparton News

MOVE museum gaining momentum in Shepparton

The forthcoming MOVE museum has the potential to be a strong tourist drawcard for the Greater Shepparton region.

Shepparton News

Galleries

GALLERY: Sandhurst Goulburn Valley Leadership Day

Students from across the Sandhurst Diocese gathered at St Mary’s Primary School in Mooroopna for its annual leadership day

Shepparton News

GALLERY: Community Hub group sail event

The St George’s Rd Primary School Community Hub recently attended a sailing session on Victoria Park Lake with Sailability

Shepparton News

GALLERY: Isabel Pearce Kindergarten dress-up fundraiser

Isabel Pearce Kindergarten held a dress-up day recently to raise funds for the Children’s Tumour Foundation of Australi

Shepparton News

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EVENTS

Flowerdale Community Market

The Flowerdale Community Market is held on the third Sunday of every month from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The Market is located at the Flowerdale Hall at 3380 Whittlesea-Yea Road, Flowerdale, Victoria. You can enjoy a delicious devonshire tea or some hot...

Simone Dunne

17 Feb

Shepparton Motor Museum Motor Show & 7th Birthday

Motor show, kids activities, train rides and village & food market. A day for the whole family. Entry costs $5

Tara Whitsed

17 Feb

Chinese New Year Celebration 2019

The Goulburn Valley Chinese Association Inc. is featuring Chinese New Year celebration, the largest and yet most important celebration by the Chinese people and people of Chinese descent in Greater Shepparton. On the day, we will have the...

Tara Whitsed

17 Feb

Shepparton Summer City Market

Spread over two massive days the Market brings the CBD to life with great bargains on offer right across town and all the activities and entertainment you could need to keep the family entertained. Friday - 9am to 7pm Saturday - 9am to 4pm

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Tara Whitsed

22 Feb

Contributed Photos

Contributed Photos

Chasing storms

Rene Martens of RenSmart Photography in Benalla was on the storm cloud hunt last night after some heavy rainfall swept across the Goulburn Valley. He captured this sky at Naling

Reader Contributed

Contributed Photos

Wetlands wren

Rene Martens of RenSmart Photography in Benalla captured this wren on Boggy Bridge Rd at Winton Wetlands recently

Reader Contributed

12 Feb 2019

Contributed Photos

Storms over Numurkah

Chantelle Lowrie sent us this shot of storm clouds over Numurkah

Reader Contributed

01 Feb 2019

Regional

Council is acting on our crowded parking

CAMPASPE Shire Council has adopted a parking strategy expected to alleviate issues in the CBD and Port of Echuca, as well as cater for future growth.

Tyla Harrington

Fonterra fund is nurturing grass roots

FROM veggie patches to cricket pitches and emergency equipment, Fonterra’s Grass Roots Fund is once again looking to support community groups in northern Victoria.

Kyabram Free Press

Customer focused

Bruno Da Pos celebrated his fourth decade working in the concreting industry last year.

Benalla Ensign

Record breaking dog auction

It’s one of the biggest and best working dog auctions in the country, and it’s returning this year.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Local lad at helm

Jerilderie’s Troy Mauger has been appointed as the head of the Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia’s Rice Extension team.

Southern Riverina News

Cobram residents warned of phone scam

Cobram great-grandmother Anne Stewart is used to receiving unwanted overseas calls.

Kieren Tilly

Magpies kicking goals

Broadford Primary School students got a real thrill when seven Collingwood Football Club players ran a clinic in Broadford on Wednesday last week.

Seymour Telegraph

Farm gate lunch takes the cake

LADIES were lunching at the Rochester Wine Tavern on February 7 as part of the ‘Look Over the Farm Gate’ program.

Lachlan Durling

Plan for a better life

CITY of Greater Bendigo is calling on community members to contribute to a new All Ages All Abilities Action Plan to replace the Positive Ageing, Municipal Early Years, Community Access and Inclusion and Youth Strategies.

McIvor Times

Fatal crash at Tatura

Shepparton News

Leos’ successful carp muster

Tungamah Leos held their first, of what is hoped to be many, carp musters in the local Boosey Creek on Sunday, February 3. The aim of the carp muster is to diminish carp prior to a planned restocking of native species. The idea also came about as...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Local Landcare boost

Local Landcare groups will benefit from a $22.4 million boost to expand the Local Landcare Co-ordinator Initiative if the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government is re-elected in March. The Local Landcare Co-ordinator Initiative is a highly successful...

Corowa Free Press

Lessons in cricket earns state award

ECHUCA cricketer Josh Preston has done everything he can to pass on his passion for cricket to his students — and that effort recently netted him Cricket Victoria’s School Ambassador of the Year award.

Alex Mitchell

Rural

Free TAFE a drawcard

Agriculture-related TAFE course enrolment numbers have increased as the Victorian Government’s free TAFE courses come into effect.

Country News

Water

Filling the water gap

A $20million fund has been established to assist communities affected by water recovery under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Country News

6 hours ago

Animal Health

Managing the risk of mastitis in hot weather

TWO RECENT discussions were a reminder of how hot weather can significantly influence the risk of mastitis in dairy herds. The first was a farm which uses a mechanical teat scrubber as part of the pre-milking routine to clean teats prior to cups on...

Rod Dyson

Tough times impact national production

Dairy News

Livestock

Sale action subdued

A polled cow out of a ‘‘very good imported cow family from overseas’’ topped the Fountaindale Farms Complete Dispersal Sale on Friday.

Country News

Markets

Indonesia — a growing market opportunity for Australian exporters?

INDONESIA IS the fourth most populous country in the world and one of the fastest growing economies in southeast Asia. It is also a country of increasing importance and interest among South-East major dairy exporters. While some suggest Indonesi...

Sofia Omstedt

Services expand

Northern Victoria and southern NSW are set to benefit from an expansion to agriculture technology services provider Precision Agriculture.

Country News

Horticulture

Dual processing capability

The first A1 or conventional milk was processed at the Girgarre ACM factory last week with organic milk, milk powder, cream and butter set to follow in the coming months.

Rodney Woods

Dairy index rises

National Australia Bank’s Australian dairy export price index rose 10.2 per cent from December 2018 to January 2019, in what is the biggest monthly gain since 2016, according to the latest Dairy In Focus report, released today by the bank. While...

Dairy News

14 hours ago

Farmer signs up for leadership program

Strathmerton dairy farmer Greg Brooks has signed up for the year-long Fairley Leadership Program and hopes it will enable him to better understand his community.

Country News

Machinery & Products

Technology and simple solutions hit the mark

TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES to answer the increasingly complex questions posed by agriculture today, but for Tim Slater, who has been around the industry his whole life, it’s the simple solutions, often devised with the least resources, that still...

Dairy News

Management

Hoping for a more normal season this year

THE 2018–19 season in Gippsland may have had a touch of unpredictability about it, but small rainfall events and opportunistic plantings of millet and summer crops have allowed some farmers to keep grass out of the rotation and locked up for...

Dairy News

36 minutes ago

Water

Tapping our water expertise

Key irrigation technology perfected and manufactured in Shepparton could soon be on its way to Morocco to further modernise the North African country’s irrigation systems.

Alana Christensen

Cropping

Video fights pest

Home gardeners are being encouraged to learn more about how they can help keep Queensland fruit fly under control.

Country News

From the Experts

March reminders

Hay and silage stocks Check your levels of hay and silage and do your sums on potential hay and silage use for the balance of the year. Allow for milking cows, dry cows and young stock. It’s often a challenge to feed the best feed you can and make...

Dairy News

Help track numbers

A call is going out for people to get involved in a citizen science project to keep track of platypus numbers in rivers across the Goulburn Broken catchment.

Country News