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Politics & Council

Red tape ‘hits at council efficiency’

Politics & Council

INCREASED government red tape is driving up costs and hampering efficiency of Loddon Shire Council. That is the assessment of operations director Steve Phillips who steps down from the role next week. “The level of justification and administration...

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Minor parties enter the Mallee fray

Politics & Council

NICOLE Rowan and Chris Lahy are back flying minor party flags in the safe National Party seat of Mallee. The pair have launched webpages ahead of the predicted May federal election. Woomelang lawyer Ms Rowan will make a second tilt for the Greens in...

By Loddon Herald

City rubbish dumped

By CHRIS EARL ILLEGAL rubbish dumpers have been called out for their lack of respect. Loddon Shire’s Inglewood Ward councillor Miki Wilson said household rubbish and discarded Melbourne election campaign material beside the Calder Highway, between...

By Loddon Herald

Go underground: Charlton-Melton transmission line plan hits Government desk

THE State Government has been given a $3.5 billion proposal to send renewable energy underground through Loddon farms and beside the Calder Highway. The Syncline Community Cable plan from Jeffcott, near Charlton, to a large storage battery at Melton...

By Loddon Herald

$1.5m sitting in council’s community pot of gold

TWO Loddon Shire Wards have six years of unspent community plan funding for local projects. Council allocates $50,000 to each ward annually for projects backed by community planning committees. More than $1.5 million is sitting in the fund...

By Loddon Herald

Vandals deface Mitchell cairn

GRAFFITI daubed across a Major Mitchell cairn was removed within hours of being reported to Loddon Shire last week. Inglewood’s Steve Russell was travelling to Wedderburn about midday when he noticed the cairn on the side of the Calder Highway...

By Loddon Herald

Time to fix ‘this horror intersection’

NICK ANGELO wants an urgent review of a major Loddon intersection after attending two crashes within weeks. The Tarnagulla Ward councillor and CFA volunteer has been among the first to multiple accidents at Laanecoorie where Bridgewater-Maldon Road...

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Candidates? Barren fields of Mallee

Politics & Council

WEEKS out from an expected federal election and sitting MP Anne Webster is the only declared candidate. The Nationals’ member was early this week without a challenger from the Labor Party and the Greens for the seat she holds with a 19 per cent -...

By Loddon Herald

Road cash by-passes country

COUNTRY people had been slapped down with the Federal Government’s $3.3 billion cash injection for Victoria broad and transport infrastructure projects, said Brett Hosking. The Victorian Farmers’ Federation president said last week’s...

By Loddon Herald

Visitors pump $35m into shire economy

LODDON’S new visitor economy strategy will take a community-centric approach to building a sustainable and thriving visitor economy. Shire councillors last week ticked off the strategy after months of consultation with local industry stakeholders...

By Loddon Herald

30 years of shire recalled

THREE commissioners, 19 councillors and 19 executive group members have had time at the helm of Loddon Shire. And on Friday night, many were at a function to mark the shire’s creation 30 years ago. Formed after council amalgamations from former...

By Loddon Herald

Museum move held up by State Government

PLANS to move Wedderburn’s history records museum into the town’s old court house have been stalled by State Government red tape. Loddon Shire Council has been trying to buy the High Street building for more than a year. The push has seen...

By Loddon Herald

Councils chat VNI issues

LODDON Shire wants to talk with landholders in the path of the controversial VNI West renewable energy transmission line before committing to a public statement. Mayor Dan Straub told Tuesday’s council meeting that he had agreed to the shire’s...

By Loddon Herald

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO FLOOD INQUIRY - Response labelled ‘woefully inadequate’

NORTHERN Victoria had been let down by Labor Government’s response to the 2022 flood inquiry, said MP Gaelle Broad. She said the response was “woefully inadequate”. Ms Broad, a member of the committee that conducted the inquiry, heard...

By Loddon Herald

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO FLOOD INQUIRY - Full support to just 16 points

THE State Government has given full backing to just 16 of 73 recommendations into the October 2022 floods. Another 43 recommendations have been supported principle, six in part and another six put under review. The Government’s response this month...

By Loddon Herald

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