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Ararat Council rejects troubled 'bush doof' festival application

JessieAnne Gartlan

Police recover stolen goods after warrant executed

Police recover stolen goods after warrant executed

Cassandra Langley
1hr ago

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Gayle Tomlinson

RELEASED: Stawell Historical Society president Dorothy Brumby congratulates Greg Cameron on his new book based on the history of gold mining in Stawell. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

New book paying tribute to Stawell's long-standing industry

Cassandra Langley
1hr ago

HOLD UP: A temporary hold remains in placed for Victoria's kangaroo harvest program in East Gippsland and the north-east due to recent bushfires.

VFF calls for kangaroo harvest program to resume

Bryce Eishold

LIFELINE: Rock lobster fisher Callum McCarthy with empty cray pots in Portland, Victoria, after orders for the crustaceans were cancelled. The Victorian Government has since thrown a financial lifeline to lobster fishers, rolling over quotas until next year. Picture: Anthony Brady

IN DEPTHCoronavirus puts $15 billion agricultural, seafood sector at risk

Andrew Marshall

Tom Newman runs in a heat at the 2018 Stawell Gift. Picture: PETER PICKERING

Stawell Gift's future secured after organisers accept government funding deal

Matt Currill

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Ararat Council rejects troubled 'bush doof' festival application

JessieAnne Gartlan

Police recover stolen goods after warrant executed

Police recover stolen goods after warrant executed

Cassandra Langley
1hr ago

Peter Sugar describes a torrent of water, logs and fire debris sounding like a tsunami as it swept into Nerrigundah. Photo: Adam McLean

Trail of tears as fire-scarred South Coast mops up after the flood

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: Blissfull Stride with Michael Bellman in control at Melton. Photo: Stuart McCormick

Bellman looks for upset

Tony Logan
1hr ago

Tom Newman runs in a heat at the 2018 Stawell Gift. Picture: PETER PICKERING

Stawell Gift's future secured after organisers accept government funding deal

Matt Currill

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: Blissfull Stride with Michael Bellman in control at Melton. Photo: Stuart McCormick

Bellman looks for upset

1hr ago

Town rivals set for a finals battle

Town rivals set for a finals battle

Andrew Sharp

SELECTED: Navarre's Georgie Stewart and Tabitha Bibby were selected in the MCDFNL junior interleague 2020 teams.

Navarre netballers named in MCDFNL junior interleague teams

Cassandra Langley

The Vasco da Gama is its third incarnation and cruising the waters of South Australia.

Explore South Australia from the sea

Sally Macmillan

Australia's longest-running regional food festival, Orange FOOD Week, is now in its 29th year.

Orange, the hidden land of milk, honey and FOOD Week

Linda Moon

Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon. Picture: Shutterstock

How to make the most of three days in Ho Chi Minh City

Hannah Warren

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Fara. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

Scottish folk band Fara come to Ararat Live

SHOOK: Tanner Johnson, Grant Johnson and Geraldine McKinnis are ready to rock out with Elvis.

Ararat's biggest Elvis fan prepares to welcome his music to the stage

JessieAnne Gartlan

The Ocelots at Ararat Live

The Ocelots at Ararat Live

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

How do you find a great driving instructor?

How do you find a great driving instructor?

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Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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The time leading up to Christmas is rife with offers too good to resist. So make the most of them early, like this Nokia phone offer from Pennytel, which can help you prepare for the good times ahead and even finish your shopping.

'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

A double storey townhouse where you can relish the Grampians view

A double storey townhouse where you can relish the Grampians view

Dawn Rasmussen

Magnificent views and a spacious home for a multi-generation family

Magnificent views and a spacious home for a multi-generation family

Dawn Rasmussen

Bring the family and embrace this relaxed lifestyle on the edge of town

Bring the family and embrace this relaxed lifestyle on the edge of town

Dawn Rasmussen

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

CHECKS: Agrihealth professionals from the The National Centre for Farmers Health will be conducting farmer health and lifestyle assessments at this year's field days.

Focus on farmers' health

Place-getters in the various sections of Stawell Camera Club's team challenge. This challenge was the first of its kind conducted by the club and proved to be very successful.

Through the lens with the Stawell Camera Club

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

PLANTING IDEAS: Celebrity gardener Costa Georgiadis encourages Camdenville Public School students to see what goes on a ground level when planting fire retardant native shrubs.

Costa sows hope after fires

Robyn Ainsworth

DAY OUT: Mei Colquhoun shows Riley the model trains while Rory looks on from the chair. Picture: JESSIEANNE GARTLAN.

Enthusiasts climb aboard for third Ararat Model Train Show

JessieAnne Gartlan

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

Tender and terrifying: this common centipede is curling itself around its young to protect them. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

This centipede is a crawling, caring mother

Former Buangor Primary School student Sarah Alexander with her daughters Hattie and Penny, who both now attend the school.

Celebrating 148 years of country schooling in Buangor

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Enter now: win a Scandinavian cruise with Viking

Peter Sugar describes a torrent of water, logs and fire debris sounding like a tsunami as it swept into Nerrigundah. Photo: Adam McLean

Trail of tears as fire-scarred South Coast mops up after the flood

John Hanscombe

Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Wimmera thunderstorms: Jung fire being controlled, thousands without power in Yarriambiack

Jade Bate
Alexander Darling
Cassandra Langley

Pot luck: Ray Hollingsworth with the ring he found at Gateway Plaza. Picture: Anthony Brady

Juliette, a builder's found your ring, but where's Romeo?

Kyra Gillespie

BIG IDEAS WITH PRECEDENTS: Professor Ross Garnaut at Federation University on Tuesday. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

How the Wimmera can transition to a low-carbon economy | Video

Alexander Darling

Overland deserves more promotion | Letters to the Editor

Photo of the Week: A reader sent us this shot of his ute on the beach at Mallacoota on New Year's Day during the fires. Want to send in a shot? See below

OPINIONToll of tough summer on our kangaroos | Letters to the Editor

Retail workers 'left on scrap heap' | Letters to the Editor

OPINIONRetail workers 'left on scrap heap' | Letters to the Editor

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

The federal government has announced an additional $82m in relief for drought-stricken farmers.

More $3000 grants for drought-hit farmers

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Melbourne's St Kevin's College will undergo more scrutiny after a teacher said she was mistreated.

New concerns at St Kevin's College

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Australia's unemployment rate for January rose to 5.2 per cent, new figures show.

Jobless rate rises to 5.2pc in January

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Queensland Labor Member for Bundamba, Jo-Ann Miller has resigned after 20 years in politics.

Qld Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller quits politics

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Country music star Gina Jeffreys will perform at Gold Coast's Groundwater Country Music Festival.

Line-up looking swell for Groundwater

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Queensland will get a major fire-fighting boost in the form of a 15,000 litre water tanker.

Qld to get monster waterbomber aircraft

Sonia Kohlbacher
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The Bachelor USA's Peter Weber will bring the tourist love to the Gold Coast through the hit series.

Gold Coast, will you accept this rose?

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Australia is considering listing Hezbollah in Lebanon a terrorist organisation

Dutton considers Hezbollah terror listing

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UDV Corangamite branch secretary, former World Bank economist and dairy farmer, Ian Morris, Cobden says the Australian Dairy Plan is fanciful

Dairy Plan 'setting industry up to fail'

Marian Macdonald
2hrs ago

FRUSTRATED: Shooters have called on the government to open the annual duck hunting season. Photo by Jason South/ACM

Hunting season up in the air

Bryce Eishold

BETTER OPTION: Polaris says it will withdraw quad bikes from sale in Australia as farmers flock to side-by-sides ahead of new safety rules mandating operator protection devices.

Polaris to pull the pin on quads this year

Marian Macdonald

PERFECT MATCH: Ensure your beautiful dishes are complemented by beautiful glassware and a quality cutlery set.

The finer points on cutlery

SUM TOTAL: A simple equation will give an indication of how long assets will last.

Simple rule of thumb may answer longevity question

Eco-friendly backyard tips

Eco-friendly backyard tips