Politics & Council

Feedback fortnight on VNI West study

LODDON communities have less than a fortnight to give feedback on the first stage of an environmental effects statement for the controversial VNI West renewable energy transmission line. While communities have been asked for comments on the...

06 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Perspective: Young people step up at grain silos

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By Cr DAVID WEAVER FIRSTLY , I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the people of the Boort Ward, to thank Neil Beattie for his tireless efforts over the last 19 years as councillor of the ward and the Loddon Shire. I would like to thank...

04 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Hospital’s Workcover premium doubles

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THE Workcover premium paid by Inglewood and Districts Health Service has more than doubled. Figures released by the Victorian Coalition last week put the 2023-2024 premium at $138,516, up 102 per cent on the previous year. The hike is one of the...

04 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Long-held three look for owners

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WEEKS after a Loddon farm sold for the first time in 150 years at a record price, three more tightly-held properties have hit the market. Expressions of interest close today for Don and Dale Gilmore’s Durham Ox property that has been home to the...

03 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Walsh questions Victoria treaty talks

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THE State Government and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria have started negotiations for Australia’s first treaty. “Treaty is about making a better and fairer state for every Victorian,” said Premier Jacinta Allan. But Murray Plains MP...

03 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Phone backflip sign of Government’s ‘no care for country’

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POOR phone connectivity in the Loddon Valley has been raised in State Parliament by Western Victoria Regon MP Joe McCracken. He took aim at the Government for breaking a promise to improve connectivity for Newbridge. “Labor has broken another...

03 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Showcase sows seeds of growth and sales

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ACCELERATED investment in Loddon Shire communities could flow from the weekend’s lifestyle and living showcase. Two lots were sold on the first day of release of stages two and three of the Bridgewater Rise housing estate release. And according to...

01 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Water, sewerage review delayed four months

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LODDON Shire will wait until March before deciding whether to fund more concept work on proposals to connect water and sewerage in Newbridge. Councillors on Tuesday agreed with CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald that an adequate report to that meeting was not...

01 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Historic church furniture will have its own shed

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HISTORIC church furniture will return to the former Anglican church in Kingower. Loddon Shire councillors on Tuesday agreed to waive planning and building permit fees of almost $1100 for Kingower Development and Tourism Committee to build a storage...

01 Dec 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Retrospective park permit bid given thumbs down

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A BID for a retrospective caravan park permit has been rejected by Loddon Shire councillors. North Central Catchment Management Authority and one neighbour objected to the application for farming zone land on the Loddon River at Bridgewater. The...

30 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Your letters: parks and powerlines

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Park ‘padlock’ vow backflip Sir, The Premier Jacinta Allan has reneged on her promise not to put a padlock on Victoria’s public forests, in a move that has infuriated people from far and wide. I’ve received letters from across the state, and...

27 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Holt reflects on year as shire council leader

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COMPLETION of Wedderburn’s Donaldson Park complex and the Pyramid Hill streetscape project had been big ticket infrastructure achievements for Loddon Shire in the past year. Outgoing mayor Gavan Holt highlighted the multi-million dollar projects...

26 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald

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BREAKING NEWS: Walsh steps down as leader

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MURRAY Plains MP Peter Walsh has stepped down as leader of the Nationals in Victoria after 10 years. Mr Walsh, the Boort-born former president of the Victorian Farmers’ Federation who has been in Parliament for 22 years, told a party room meeting of...

26 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Electorate full of danger roads, MP tells Parliament

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NORTHERN Victorian roads were among the most dangerous in the state, Mallee MP Anne Webster told Federal Parliament on Monday. Dr Webster said the Government had done done little to improve local roads. “In fact, I would say it has done nothing to...

24 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald

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Last-minute pop-ups a ‘tick of VNI West box’

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SHORT-NOTICE community consultation on the controversial VNI West renewable energy transmission line project has been branded as tick-a-box engagement. But Transmission Company Victoria says it will continue using the model into 2025. The Australian...

23 Nov 2024

By Loddon Herald