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NATURAL PLAY: Mildura's water play park, which will be similar to the one designed for Horsham. Picture: FILE

Water park project given green light after finding state funding

IN-FORM: Jeparit-Rainbow recruit Jay Kirwood (pictured) is leading the HDFNL goalkicking tally with 17 goals from four games. Picture PETER DOXEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Kirwood thriving in forward role at Jeparit-Rainbow

We're looking for brides

We're looking for brides

THE COMING STORM: Pest controller Steve Olver poses with one of many mouse traps he expects to use this year. Picture: ALEX BLAIN

Horsham pest controllers prepare for bad mouse season

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Here's where you can find our news

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

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Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

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Horsham council receives $2.8m community grant from federal budget

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Water park project given green light after finding state funding

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Support to Goolum Goolum for mental health and wellbeing

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Stacy Brennan shares her nursing story | International nurses day

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Wimmera, Grampians could see snow this weekend, BOM warns

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Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

The latest federal budget contains a $17.7 billion plan to improve Australia's aged-care system.

Record $17.7b to improve aged-care system

Tradesmen will be among those to benefit from the extension of business investment incentives.

Business gives big budget spend thumbs up

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

UPDATED: Victorian man tests positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: Victorian man tests positive for COVID-19

Klaus Nannestad

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

Gerald Imray

DETERMINED: Stacey Arnold (pictured) will be hoping Minyip-Murtoa's A Grade side can get their first win this weekend, when they play the Saints. Picture: MATT HUGHES

Burras expecting 'tough hitout' against Saints, unbeaten showdown in football

Matt Hughes

WINNERS: The gold medal winning Horsham crew at the 2021 Rowing Victoria Masters State Championship Regatta in Nagambie. Picture: MATT HUGHES

Double Success for Horsham rowers at Nagambie

Matt Hughes

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

300 NOT OUT: Bowen Friend is all smiles walking through his 300th game banner for the Horsham Saints on Saturday. Picture: KRISTINE GRACE

300 game milestone for Saints' Friend

Matt Hughes

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

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VOICE: Archie Roach's tour, Tell Me Why, is coming to Horsham Town Hall. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

WHAT'S ONEnjoy one of Australia's most celebrated voices at Horsham Town Hall

Alison Foletta

VOICE: Archie Roach's tour, Tell Me Why, is coming to Horsham Town Hall. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

WHAT'S ONEnjoy one of Australia's most celebrated voices at Horsham Town Hall

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

LOCAL: By shopping locally you can help create and nurture local businesses so they can thrive, create more jobs and foster a prosperous community. PIC. Contributed.

Get vocal ~ support local townships for many great reasons

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

4 Recommended car finance tips

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The Wimmera and Grampians Babies of 2020

The Wimmera and Grampians Babies of 2020

Dawn Rasmussen

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The perfect family home on over a quarter acre allotment

The perfect family home on over a quarter acre allotment

Dawn Rasmussen

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

We're looking for brides

We're looking for brides

Dawn Rasmussen

BOXED IN: Cats are pedantic about their ablutions and the location and cleanliness of their tray.

Illness or stress? Solving the mystery of your peeing puss

Dr Anne Quain

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

TIME TO TEST: Brian Nagorcka is encouraging men aged over 50 to get regular prostate cancer checks in the post-COVID-19 lockdown era.

A new Horsham nurse and prostate cancer plea - over 50, get checked

Juanita Greville

NEW FACE: Frank Tuppin is the new Minister at Horsham Uniting Church. Picutre: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

New in town with vision to help others

Cassandra Langley

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

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Angelina Jolie as Hannah and Jon Bernthal as Ethan in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Picture: Warner Bros.Pictures

REVIEWThose Who Wish Me Dead a western in contemporary clothing

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The choice to paint Stan Grant has been labelled "insulting" by some Indigenous elders in Batemans Bay. Photo: Maeve Bannister

'No proper consultation': Mural angers local Indigenous elders

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

DARK DAYS: Bad//Dreems guitarist and songwriter Alex Cameron, top right, admits it was difficult spending the majority of 2020 dislocated from the music industry. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICBad//Dreems guitarist reflects on nightmarish tour

Josh Leeson

Rhiannan Iffland diving from a hot air balloon in the Hunter.

Watch the incredible moment a diver jumps from a hot air balloon into a dam

Damon Cronshaw

Above it all: Musician and producer Billy Otto.

The boy who gave Netflix and Byron Baes the flick

Jim Kellar

FUN: You Am I provide a mix of old and new on 11th album The Lives Of Others.

REVIEWYou Am I still living large and keeping relevant

Josh Leeson

Oh, bless winter warmers | A Mum's World

Oh, bless winter warmers | A Mum's World

Yolande Grosser

Mothers' Day: nightmares and a new tree

Mothers' Day: nightmares and a new tree

Yolande Grosser

Roads cannot be only a council's chore

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese delivers his reply to the federal budget. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Labor housing proposal gets warm reception, but advocates say more is needed

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The frigate HMAS Anzac has been sent to the aid of a fishing vessel in trouble in the Indian Ocean.

ADF in search for fishing vessel in strife

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Israeli-Gaza hostilities have entered their fifth day, with no sign of abating.

Security Council to meet on Israel, Gaza

A woman has died in the collision of a bus and a car on Queensland's Warrego Highway east of Roma.

Woman dies in Qld bus versus car crash

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Scott Morrison has spoken with his UK counterpart Boris Johnson in the lead up to next month's G7.

PM, Boris Johnson speak on climate change

Tiffanie Turnbull

Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys has lost his defamation case against the ABC.

V'landys loses ABC defamation case

Margaret Scheikowski

Dozens of Australians will not be returning home from India after testing positive to COVID-19.

Positive tests thwart return from India

Daniel McCulloch and Paul Osborne

An Australian man has dropped a constitutional challenge to the India travel ban.

India travel ban legal challenge dropped

Luke Costin

Action needed: Dairy farmers demand the government impose a levy on milk and say 30 to 40 cents a litre is needed.

Dairy farmers renew levy push

Kyra Gillespie

PROUD: 2021 Working Kelpie Council National Kelpie Field Trial champion Bree Cudmore with her four-year-old kelpie Marista Zoe.

Bree Cudmore becomes first woman to win coveted Kelpie trial

Birchip Cropping Group research agronomists Tariq Gerardi and Brooke Bennett with a recently sown trial at Watchupga, north-west of Birchip.

Show must go on for trial plots in spite of dry

Gregor Heard

"We all have the capacity for change. It's our choice whether we change up or change down". Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICETo change up or change down, choice is your own

Gary Bentley

Anton Vikstrom with goats Jilly Love Face. Picture: Hannah Moloney

Urban goat keeping: the things to know

Hannah Moloney

Upcycling your garden ornaments.

Junkyard gardening: turning trash into garden treasures

John Gabriele