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Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

JessieAnne Gartlan and Brian Allen

POLICE READY FOR THE BIG EVENTS: Horsham acting Inspector Brendan Broadbent and Senior Sergeant Leigh Creasey. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Wimmera police launch road safety operation ahead of major events

Alexander Darling

Fyans Creek murder: Janice Bufton sentenced to 24 years in prison

Fyans Creek murder: Janice Bufton sentenced to 24 years in prison

JessieAnne Gartlan

GENEROUS: Adrian Galvin, Libby Fifis and Debbie Hart. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

Car dealerships team up to help Wimmera health services

JessieAnne Gartlan

Health service advocates for mental health beds in Horsham

Health service advocates for mental health beds in Horsham

Jade Bate

POSITIVE MESSAGE: Healthy Minds Horsham members Jodie and Gavin Morrow encourage people with mental health issues to reach out.

Wimmera groups provide mental health support through advocacy

Jade Bate

Ella Ebery in the main street of St Arnaud.

Call to establish memorial to St Arnaud icon Ella Ebery

Chris Pedler

Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

JessieAnne Gartlan and Brian Allen

POLICE READY FOR THE BIG EVENTS: Horsham acting Inspector Brendan Broadbent and Senior Sergeant Leigh Creasey. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Wimmera police launch road safety operation ahead of major events

Alexander Darling

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

Wimmera league preliminary final scores, action, photos

Wimmera league preliminary final scores, action, photos

Matt Currill

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Coleman Schache cops Ararat's Dan Mendes' head to the face. Pictures: MATT CURRILL

Giants book place in grand final with big win

Matt Currill

Wimmera league preliminary final scores, action, photos

Wimmera league preliminary final scores, action, photos

Burras book their place in the big dance

Burras book their place in the big dance

Matt Currill

Grand final heartbreak for Lions | Photos, video

Grand final heartbreak for Lions | Photos, video

JessieAnne Gartlan and Brian Allen

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Ararat parkrun in action.

Fit and Healthy Festival to get Ararat moving

JessieAnne Gartlan

READY TO GLITTER: The Sapphires heads to the Ararat Town Hall.

Sapphires to sparkle in stage show

Artists enjoy the workshops at the Grampians Brushes event last year. Picture: GRAMPIANS BRUSHES.

Artist to flock to Halls Gap for annual event

JessieAnne Gartlan

From left to right, Josephina McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park, David Hosking from Grampians Insurance Brokers and Rohan McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park.

Insurance coverage without the catches

Vanessa Hayden, Advertiser content

Harness Racing is a fast-paced exciting sport which is sure to keep the crowds entertained on cup day with eight races plus pony trots.

Enjoy a harness racing Christmas

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

From left to right, Josephina McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park, David Hosking from Grampians Insurance Brokers and Rohan McDonald from Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park.

Insurance coverage without the catches

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Elevated four bedroom home

Elevated four bedroom home

Dawn Rasmussen

Central beauty on a huge allotment

Central beauty on a huge allotment

Dawn Rasmussen

Renovate or redevelop right here

Renovate or redevelop right here

Dawn Rasmussen

OKAY: Caterina Linton and Linda Nyikos host a stall on Barkly Street, Ararat.

'It's okay to not be okay'

JessieAnne Gartlan and Jade Bate

Budja Budja launches new mobile clinic

Budja Budja launches new mobile clinic

Cassandra Langley

TAKING COVER: The Bugiga camp shelter on the Grampians peak trail. Picture: PARKS VICTORIA

Five things to add to your Grampians visit bucket list

OKAY: Caterina Linton and Linda Nyikos host a stall on Barkly Street, Ararat.

'It's okay to not be okay'

PREPARATION: Stawell's St Patrick's Primary School students had once last dress rehersal on Thursday. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

Delighting decades on the stage

Cassandra Langley

SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT: Doing pelvic floor exercises every day can help with incontinence.

A strong pelvic floor can help 'taboo' issue | Local Leader

Jess Tucker

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

Harrow-Balmoral celebrate winning back-to-back premierships.

Harrow-Balmoral cap off perfect season with a premiership

Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

Lions claim historic win in Mininera grand final | Photos, video

NOTHING HERE: A kangaroo looking for food on farm land at drought-stricken Lightning Ridge. Picture: Rural Aid

Drought, dead cattle and a bleak forecast

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

Carla Hildebrandt

Horsham and District Football Netball League 2019 grand final coverage | Photos, video

Horsham and District Football Netball League 2019 grand final coverage | Photos, video

Matt Currill, Cassandra Langley, Richard Crabtree and Erin Witmitz

The power of words cannot be under-estimated.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My word, mind your language

Jodie Bruton

GLOVES UP: Bec Sandridge fought through a relationship breakdown, social anxiety and self-doubt to record her debut album Try + Save Me out on October 4.

MUSIC
Bec Sandridge pulls no punches on her debut album

Josh Leeson

Letters to the editor | August 30, 2019

Letters to the editor | August 30, 2019

CHILLY: Jo McKinnon shared this image from Boroka Lookout after a fresh dumping of snow in the Grampians on Monday morning.

Letters to the editor | August 23, 2019

Letters to the editor | August 16, 2019

Letters to the editor | August 16, 2019

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

Protestors during an anti-abortion rally in Hyde Park, Sydney.

NSW abortion bill debate set to resume

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Doctors will call on Health Minister Greg Hunt to protect children from climate change.

Doctors to lobby govt on climate change

2hrs ago

A man will face court charged with murder after a body was found in a house fire.

Qld man facing court over house fire death

2hrs ago

Canberra's Parliament House is on the flight path for bogong moths headed to the alpine regions.

Tracking moths could help save tiny possum

2hrs ago

Queensland police are treating the cause of a bushfire which burnt 11 houses as suspicious.

Binna Burra fire suspicious: Qld police

Sonia Kohlbacher
2hrs ago

Scott Morrison will hold talks with Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama.

Fiji PM in capital for talks with Morrison

Colin Brinsden
2hrs ago

The three-year royal commission into abuse and neglect of people with disability is set to begin.

Disability royal commission gets underway

2hrs ago

A new treatment is helping more young cancer patients keep their fertility hopes alive.

Treatment saves cancer patient fertility

Christine McGinn

FAMILY: Hannaton Merinos has been in the Hicks family for 100 years. Pictured are Peter, Sally, Jonno, Edwina and baby Hicks.

Hannaton Merinos' sale of the century

Marian Macdonald

CANDIDATE: Professor Paul Wood will compete with Mark Neal to retain the R&D position on the DA board and says networks and experience managing large companies make him a good director.

Wood competes for re-election to DA board

Marian Macdonald

SALE: Julie and David Ingram, Bonang, sold 80 steers and heifers, including the top-priced Angus steer for $1850.

Large steers sell well at big Bairnsdale store sale

Bryce Eishold

Master reef guide Pablo Cogollos takes passenger on Sunlover Reef Cruises on a snorkelling tour. Picture: Calypso Reef Imagery

Discover the reef with a master guide

POPULAR: Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city

Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok

The Capricorn Coast: great snorkelling territory.

Best travel deals this week

John Rozentals

IMPACT: Ageism, the stigma associated with dementia, and an inability to report incidents are ways people experience discrimination at work or in the community.

Remove stigma and show support for dementia

DESIGNATED SPACE: Nominate a place to set up your home office that ideally has a lot of natural light and is a little out of the way.

Five tips for creating an effective home office

While the 'functional elements' of the house aligned to the subdivision grid, the main spaces were cranked off grid to better orient to the views and sun. Photos by Tom Blachford

Angling for the most sun and views