EDITOR'S PICKS

A selection of the latest Local, Regional, National & World News.

Shepparton

Three more burnt out cars found in Goulburn Valley

Three more cars were found dumped and burnt out in Mooroopna and Kialla at the weekend - adding to the tally of more than 60 cars abandoned in the Shepparton district so far this year. Senior Constable Sarah Trewin said a car was reported dumped and...

John Lewis
National

Morrison to visit Solomons amid China row

Scott Morrison is making the Pacific a key focus of his foreign policy as China urges the island nations to cut their ties with Taiwan, The Australian reports.

AAP Newswire
Sport

SNA teams to compete at North-East Association Championships

Three Shepparton Netball Association teams will battle the region’s best tomorrow at the North-East Association Championships.

Shepparton News
News

Golden Rivers warm-up shoot

Deniliquin Field & Game will hold their Golden Rivers Shoot warm-up event on Sunday.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times
News

Sheed calls on Victorian Water Minister to stop river damage

Suzanna Sheed has called on Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville to limit inter-valley transfers of water.

Tara Whitsed
News

Sheed calls on Victorian Water Minister to stop river damage

Suzanna Sheed has called on Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville to limit inter-valley transfers of water.

Tara Whitsed
World

Tornado kills two, injures 29 in Oklahoma

A tornado has slammed into an Oklahoma town, killing two people and injuring 29 others, tearing down buildings, levelling homes and flipping over trailers.

AAP Newswire
News

Driver disqualified for drug driving and speed offences

A man has been banned from driving for two years and fined $2000 after he was caught drug driving and speeding for a second time.

Ashlea Witoslawski
News

News in brief

Critically injured

Country News
Finance

Outperforming market may flatten out

Australia’s outperforming share market may flatten out this week as the rest of the world plays catch-up and new Business Investment Figures are released.

AAP Newswire
World

Tornado kills two, injures 29 in Oklahoma

A tornado has slammed into an Oklahoma town, killing two people and injuring 29 others, tearing down buildings, levelling homes and flipping over trailers.

AAP Newswire
News

Driver disqualified for drug driving and speed offences

A man has been banned from driving for two years and fined $2000 after he was caught drug driving and speeding for a second time.

Ashlea Witoslawski
News

News in brief

Critically injured

Country News
Finance

Outperforming market may flatten out

Australia’s outperforming share market may flatten out this week as the rest of the world plays catch-up and new Business Investment Figures are released.

AAP Newswire

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News

Car runs into house in Shepparton

A car has hit a house on the corner of Archer St and Stanley St at about 3.15 this afternoon. The vehicle left the road and travelled through a fence before coming to a hault. Police and CFA are on scene. The Archer St entrance to Stanley St is...

Ashlea Witoslawski
News

Stolen BMX bikes recovered

There were smiles all around yesterday when the Hawkins family visited the Shepparton Police Station to recover their stolen bikes.

Liz Mellino
News

House fire in Mooroopna overnight

A family has escaped from their Mooroopna home after a fire started in one of the bedrooms. A woman woke to the sound of a smoke alarm around 1am on Thursday. Looking for the cause, she opened one of the bedrooms to a large amount of smoke. Quickly...

Shepparton News
Shepparton

Three more burnt out cars found in Goulburn Valley

Three more cars were found dumped and burnt out in Mooroopna and Kialla at the weekend - adding to the tally of more than 60 cars abandoned in the Shepparton district so far this year. Senior Constable Sarah Trewin said a car was reported dumped and...

John Lewis
News

Thieves steal valuable BMX bikes in Shepparton

Two families from Queensland have been left devastated after more than $10000 worth of BMX bikes were stolen from their caravan sites in Shepparton overnight.

Liz Mellino
News

Friend overboard

THEY say when good friends catch up, who knows what will happen next. And Doug Rosenow’s recent trip to Mildura proves this.

Riverine Herald
News

Shepparton welcomes Kerry Arabena

Encompassed in the work of Communities for Children, the local collaboration called One Village welcomed indigenous businesswomen Kerry Arabena and more than 100 guests to The Woolshed at Emerald Bank yesterday.

Madeleine Caccianiga
National

Hunt for Melbourne park killer continues

Melburnians are outraged by the killing of another young woman after Courtney Herron was murdered in an attack police describe as ‘particularly horrendous’.

AAP Newswire
Galleries

Education Week - St Georges Road Primary School concert

Celebrating careers was the theme of an Education Week concert run by students and staff at St Georges Road Primary School yesterday.

Liz Mellino
World

Europeans vote amid rising nationalism

Europeans have voted in bigger numbers but eurosceptics and right-wing populists are expected to notch sizeable wins in a threat to the direction of the EU.

AAP Newswire
Dairy

Swine fever impacts dairy

The unprecedented contraction in the supply of pork from China, due to African swine fever, will have a spill-over impact on the global dairy sector, according to a new report from global agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Country News

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Local

News

Sheed calls on Victorian Water Minister to stop river damage

Suzanna Sheed has called on Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville to limit inter-valley transfers of water.

Tara Whitsed
News

Driver disqualified for drug driving and speed offences

A man has been banned from driving for two years and fined $2000 after he was caught drug driving and speeding for a second time.

Ashlea Witoslawski
Sport

SNA teams to compete at North-East Association Championships

Three Shepparton Netball Association teams will battle the region’s best tomorrow at the North-East Association Championships.

Shepparton News
News

Shepparton welcomes Kerry Arabena

Encompassed in the work of Communities for Children, the local collaboration called One Village welcomed indigenous businesswomen Kerry Arabena and more than 100 guests to The Woolshed at Emerald Bank yesterday.

Madeleine Caccianiga
Education

Milestone celebrated at La Trobe University’s Shepparton Campus

Graduation caps were thrown into the air in celebration yesterday afternoon as 76 La Trobe University students officially graduated at Eastbank Centre in Shepparton.

Liz Mellino
Entertainment

Waranga Flicks Film Festival on again

After six years, the Waranga Flicks organisers have reflected on the event’s history leading up to this year’s film festival.

Tara Whitsed
News

Refugee charged for drink driving in Shepparton

A Malaysian refugee has been fined $750 and disqualified from driving for six months after he was caught drink driving in Shepparton in July last year.

Ashlea Witoslawski
Sport

BASLW round seven preview

Shepparton United should find itself plenty more goals when it battles Swan Hill in round seven of the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League.

Alex Mitchell
News

Ardmona Primary School elects student leaders

Ardmona Primary School students wrapped up Education Week with a presentation of student leadership badges.

Tara Whitsed
News

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Shepparton News
Sport

Watch MFL interleague livestream

McPherson Media Group will be live streaming the Murray Football League interleague action from 12pm, Saturday 18 May. The Murray League covers more of our region than any other sporting competition and on Saturday its best players will run onto the...

McPherson Media Group
Lifestyle

Snapper a good prize for anglers

Fishing can be like the pollsters that tried to predict the outcome of last week’s federal election: just when you think you know when the fish will bite or not, you are wrong.

Shepparton News

Real Estate

For Sale | $575,000-$595,000

1B The Boulevard, Shepparton

  • bedroom count 4
  • bathroom count 2
  • car count 3

For Sale | Auction

7 Clear Court, Kialla

  • bedroom count 4
  • bathroom count 2
  • car count 2

For Sale | $495,000 to $535,000

1 Bowland Close, Congupna

  • bedroom count 4
  • bathroom count 2
  • car count 2

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Opinion

Opinion

Hopes to end bad lack streak on the road

It seems my major decisions throughout the course of my life have gone one of two ways ... Either I have taken my Mum’s advice and not doing something, which has led me to be extremely relieved and thankful down the track, even if her wisdom was not always happily accepted. Or, I have gone against her advice and regretted it years on.

Laura Briggs
Opinion

Celebrating Goulburn Valley schools

Government education has been in the spotlight this week with the 75th annual Education Week taking place from Sunday, May 19, until today.

Shepparton News
Opinion

An opportunity for supportive comment missed

We are sure the community shared our outrage when valuable BMX bikes were stolen from families in Shepparton for this week’s national championships.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Falling for ‘fall’, leaves and all

It’s autumn — so here we are on the cusp of something dark, cold and brooding.

John Lewis
Opinion

Hopes to end bad lack streak on the road

It seems my major decisions throughout the course of my life have gone one of two ways ... Either I have taken my Mum’s advice and not doing something, which has led me to be extremely relieved and thankful down the track, even if her wisdom was not always happily accepted. Or, I have gone against her advice and regretted it years on.

Laura Briggs
Opinion

Celebrating Goulburn Valley schools

Government education has been in the spotlight this week with the 75th annual Education Week taking place from Sunday, May 19, until today.

Shepparton News
Opinion

An opportunity for supportive comment missed

We are sure the community shared our outrage when valuable BMX bikes were stolen from families in Shepparton for this week’s national championships.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Hopes to end bad lack streak on the road

It seems my major decisions throughout the course of my life have gone one of two ways ... Either I have taken my Mum’s advice and not doing something, which has led me to be extremely relieved and thankful down the track, even if her wisdom was not always happily accepted. Or, I have gone against her advice and regretted it years on.

Laura Briggs
Opinion

Celebrating Goulburn Valley schools

Government education has been in the spotlight this week with the 75th annual Education Week taking place from Sunday, May 19, until today.

Shepparton News
Opinion

An opportunity for supportive comment missed

We are sure the community shared our outrage when valuable BMX bikes were stolen from families in Shepparton for this week’s national championships.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Falling for ‘fall’, leaves and all

It’s autumn — so here we are on the cusp of something dark, cold and brooding.

John Lewis

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Galleries

Galleries

Education Week - St Georges Road Primary School concert

Celebrating careers was the theme of an Education Week concert run by students and staff at St Georges Road Primary School yesterday.

Liz Mellino
Galleries

Students participate in Food and Fibre Careers Day at Dookie campus

Almost 300 north-east and Goulburn Valley secondary school students took part in agriculture workshops yesterday at the Food and Fibre Careers Day to explore options for future study.

Madeleine Caccianiga
Galleries

GALLERY: BMX Australia Bad Boy National Championships

The BMX National Championships.

Shepparton News
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EVENTS
Events

Yarrawonga Farmers Market

Yarrawonga sits on the shores of Lake Mulwala which is part of the Murray River system in NE Victoria, Australia. North East Victoria is renowned for a large diversity of produce including wines, nuts, olives, stonefruit, apples, prime beef, lamb...

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Simone Dunne
Events

Marysville Farmers Market

Held in the main street of Marysville, the farmers market offers up a friendly atmoshpere along with locally produced preserves, jams, chutneys, plants, lavender products, shortbread biscuits, honey, fresh fruit and vegetables and wine

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Simone Dunne
Events

Nagambie Farmers Market

The Nagambie Farmers’ Market is located at Tahbilk Winery. Estabished in 1860, Tahbilk Winery is one of Australia’s top family-owned wineries, producing a range of heritage wines, and boasts carbon neutral status and eco-tourism. Shop...

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Simone Dunne
Events

Kinglake Produce and Artisian Market

Our humble community market started in 2010 in the heart of the Kinglake Township. Where local farmers thought there was need to provide the community with a range of fresh locally grown produce at the one convenient location on a regular basis...

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Simone Dunne

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Contributed Photos

Contributed Photos

Beautiful rays from morning sun

News reader Robyn Giles took this photo of the sun on Tuesday morning

Reader Contributed
Contributed Photos

Moooving Art fun

Linda Hill, Sarah Flower and Bonnie Boyton made the most of the Moooving Art Cows during their visit to Shepparton, posing with several members of the herd

Reader Contributed
Contributed Photos

Colourful sunrise

News reader Stacey Watts took this colourful photo of the sun rising recently

Reader Contributed

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Regional

News

Friend overboard

THEY say when good friends catch up, who knows what will happen next. And Doug Rosenow’s recent trip to Mildura proves this.

Riverine Herald
News

Students taking a practical approach

RUNNING a restaurant, building a dunk machine or growing a veggie patch might not sound like the traditional classroom that you’re used to.

Holly Tregenza
News

Housing scheme to be legislated

After spending months arguing that Labor’s proposal to shut down some tax concessions would weaken the economy, Scott Morrison is hoping locking in fresh tax relief will do just the opposite.

Benalla Ensign
News

Golden Rivers warm-up shoot

Deniliquin Field & Game will hold their Golden Rivers Shoot warm-up event on Sunday.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times
News

Senate seat is ‘likely’

Political expert Antony Green and the team at the ABC have predicted Conargo’s Perin Davey is ‘‘likely’’ to gain an Australian Senate seat.

Southern Riverina News
News

Harness club ready to be a sea of pink

Cobram Harness Racing is counting down to its Community Pink Ladies Day on May 26.

Cobram Courier
News

Say cheese to big feat

The Seymour Bowls Club’s biggest morning tea will be held on May 28 at 10.30am for an 11am start.

Seymour Telegraph
News

Week to honour those who make a difference

DID you know there are nearly 6 million people volunteering across Australia? This week marks National Volunteer Week, with the theme “Making a world of difference”.

McIvor Times
News

Volunteers are worth $290 billion every year

DID you know that Heathcote has between 60 and 70 community groups, associations and clubs?

McIvor Times
News

‘Encouraging to receive votes’

Despite running a limited campaign due to personal circumstances, Greens candidate Nickee Freeman was pleased to receive more than 3.5 per cent of the primary vote.

Tatura Guardian
News

Regional drivers relaxed attitude risk

The Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) is imploring regional Victorian drivers to choose road safety, with admissions of risky road behaviour significantly higher amongst rural road users compared to city drivers. Despite road trauma being the...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
News

EPA’s online help for farmers

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has a one stop shop for online advice for the agricultural community, and is taking requests on what farmers need next. EPA Executive Director Damian Wells says there’s already a lot of useful...

Corowa Free Press
Sport

Echuca Moama croquet

Echuca Moama

Riverine Herald

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Rural

News

News in brief

Critically injured

Country News
Water

Governor hears water concerns

Blighty’s Hannah Campbell has explained issues of concern in the region to NSW Governor Margaret Beazley.

Country News
Animal Health

Tips to reduce mastitis risk at calving

For most cows, the highest risk period for new mastitis infections will be the calving period — we consider this to be from two weeks before she calves until two weeks after she has calved. During this stressful period, cows’ natural defence...

Rod Dyson
Dairy

Swine fever impacts dairy

The unprecedented contraction in the supply of pork from China, due to African swine fever, will have a spill-over impact on the global dairy sector, according to a new report from global agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Country News
Livestock

Keeping pace with climate

‘‘It’s like putting pasture plants in a time machine and taking them to climate conditions that are predicted for the future.’’

Country News
Markets

Rain will be key to cow value lift: agents

There’s opportunity in current cow values for those who have feed, according to a cow leasing and agricultural finance company boss. This comes as livestock agents continue to report tough selling conditions, as farmers in northern Victoria battle...

Dairy News
News

Monsanto to pay $2billion

A jury in the United States has ordered Monsanto pay a combined $US2.05billion ($A2.94billion) to a couple who claimed the company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers.

Country News
Horticulture

Watch for stink bugs

Agriculture Victoria is winding down its surveillance for the brown marmorated stink bug.

Country News
News

Aaron’s message for farmers

Aaron Thomas reckons he wouldn’t be here today if he wasn’t a dairy farmer. Having suffered a serious mental health breakdown and endured the ravages of alcoholism, Aaron is now back on his feet and keen to share his story with other farmers who...

Dairy News
News

Landini launch

Konigs Shepparton will launch its specialist range of Landini orchard-vineyard tractors on May 29.

Country News
Machinery & Products

Office to cab software

Farmers Edge has released an app-based in-field intelligence tool that provides a seamless digital experience from the office to the cab. Digitally linking growers, dealers, retailers, trusted advisers and other key stakeholders, the In-Cab Tool...

Dairy News
Management

Data broadens management options

There has been a strong emphasis on data collection for farm businesses in recent years, but ensuring it translates into real, profitable outcomes remains a key challenge for many, according to one Nuffield scholar. Tasmanian dairy farmer Duncan...

Dairy News
Water

Plan submitted

A bumper 1100-page water resource plan has been submitted to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for review by the Victorian Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning.

Country News
Cropping

Salt stress help

New research has found that a hormone produced by plants under stress can be applied to crops to alleviate the damage caused by salty soils.

Country News
From the Experts

Summer heat advice

PROVIDING LIVESTOCK with shade and water during extreme heat is ‘‘paramount’’ according to an owner of a northern Victorian veterinary practice. Keith Fletcher, of Rochester Veterinary Practice, provided some tips on the best way to handle...

Dairy News
News

Boost for artisans

Four Goulburn Valley businesses have received a leg up thanks to a recent grant aimed at spreading local produce further across the state.

Country News

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National & World

National

Morrison to visit Solomons amid China row

Scott Morrison is making the Pacific a key focus of his foreign policy as China urges the island nations to cut their ties with Taiwan, The Australian reports.

AAP Newswire
Finance

Outperforming market may flatten out

Australia’s outperforming share market may flatten out this week as the rest of the world plays catch-up and new Business Investment Figures are released.

AAP Newswire
World

Tornado kills two, injures 29 in Oklahoma

A tornado has slammed into an Oklahoma town, killing two people and injuring 29 others, tearing down buildings, levelling homes and flipping over trailers.

AAP Newswire
World

Europeans vote amid rising nationalism

Europeans have voted in bigger numbers but eurosceptics and right-wing populists are expected to notch sizeable wins in a threat to the direction of the EU.

AAP Newswire
Horse Racing

Gennady gets the job done at Sandown

Gennady has followed up a narrow Mornington win with an all-the-way victory when stepped up in distance at Sandown.

AAP Newswire
AFL

Cats await AFL call on latest Ablett hit

Geelong AFL superstar Gary Ablett will come under scrutiny for another high hit, this time on Gold Coast’s Anthony Miles.

AAP Newswire
National

Hunt for Melbourne park killer continues

Melburnians are outraged by the killing of another young woman after Courtney Herron was murdered in an attack police describe as ‘particularly horrendous’.

AAP Newswire
Entertainment

Nominations out for 2019 Logie Awards

The nominations are out and there are just five weeks to go until the stars hit the red carpet for the annual Logie Awards on the Gold Coast.

AAP Newswire
National

Labor leadership down to Albo and Marles

Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles will be Labor’s new leadership team in federal parliament unless a late challenger emerges on Monday.

AAP Newswire