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Stop food waste

stop food wasteHERE’S a terrific New Year resolution: let’s stop wasting food!The latest analysis from Rabobank shows that Australians now spend over $10 billion dollars on food that ends up in their garbage bins. We have the shameful distinction of...

03 Jan 2020

Family needs our help

Family needs our helpI WISH to bring to your readers attention the plight of a young Indonesian family that now call Swan Hill home and who need our help and support. On October 2, 2019 fire destroyed the home of Jimmy and Denny Martin in Thurl...

18 Oct 2019

Something needs to change

Possible moving of the comfort roomsI HAVE often driven past the comfort rooms and wondered if it’s better placed elsewhere in Swan Hill. As it’s too close to the roundabout and a difficult spot to access with the growing amount of traffic. The...

11 Oct 2019

Why 9a?

I am dismayed that council can still see fit to support option 9a.

07 Sep 2012

Re: Lack of support

Having read your lead article on Friday 17/8/12 in regards to Mujtabi Hassani, I would like to make an observation

Congratulations

Peter Walsh would like to congratulate two Swan Hill students who have been awarded substantial scholarships

Wills

Spring-time is Red Cross Wills for Life time and Red Cross is now conducting community will events

Cuts will hurt

The decision of La Trobe University to end the regionally based teaching of politics in this state is puzzling

Best position

Pye St rail crossing on Curlewis St is the cheapest and best position with the least disruption to traffic when constructing a high bridge approach

Ongoing debate

IN THE early 70s I joined local government and one of the first inspections we did as a council was to find a site for the new bridge

Spread the word

Ratepayers, we need your help to spread the word as the coming council elections may be your first and last chance to voice your opinion on the new bridge site

Re: helmet debate

Maybe the GRFL and CMFNL are the only leagues that care about their junior’s safety.

Italian Social Club

The Italian Social Club will hold it’s AGM on September 6 at the club’s hall at 7.30pm. I wish to inform the public that I, Rebecca Orlando, the current secretary, will be resigning from the committee at that meeting

Helmet debate

THE Australian Football League (AFL) has recently released research that states that there is no definitive evidence that wearing a helmet reduces the incidence of concussion when playing football

Look to the future

I READ in The Guardian the need to repair the lift span of the current bridge to allow water traffic to pass under it (Monday August, 6)

It’s not too late

LIKE many I am appalled at the Minister for Planning’s decision approving Route 9A for the Swan Hill Bridge.