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Induro Brings Home the Ribbons

Wakool Sheep Stud Induro White Suffolks has had a great showing at the 2025 Hamilton Sheepvention with wins across the board with their White Suffolks and also in Hamilton’s inaugural Ultra White showing. Induro stud owner Guy Treweek said it was...

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07 Aug 2025
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Killing in the Name of: How Coorong’s Don’t Make a Right

I’d always heard the claims that Australia’s most significant water reform was built on falsehoods, political agenda and flawed science, but seeing for myself fundamentally changed me. Sitting before me was an estimated 28,000 square kilometres...

Lloyd Polkinghorne
07 Aug 2025
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Gunbower’s Melbourne Cup moment is all set

Gunbower’s Melbourne Cup moment is all set – with the day’s celebrations kicking off at the Gunbower Hotel at 9.30am on Thursday August 28. It’s all part of the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour and the ideal promotion to also boost the Gunbower...

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07 Aug 2025
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Don’t get sick as you age

People living with age-related illnesses are falling through the cracks of a system designed to support the elderly. The system that enables them to remain living in their own homes when their health deteriorates assists with tasks that many of us...

Ali Bohn
31 Jul 2025
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Handy Hamilton’s Hit the Field Together

It’s not every day a father gets to take to the field with their son, and probably even less common when it comes to senior matches. Though for Reagen Hamilton and his son Jye, Saturday saw just that happen. “It was a very proud moment, and...

Lloyd Polkinghorne
07 Aug 2025
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Letters To The Editor: August 7, 2025

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07 Aug 2025
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Police Report - August 7, 2025

SWAN HILL Accident: Just prior to midday today (Monday), police were called to River Road Swan Hill. The rider of a green trail motorbike appears to have lost control and rolled. The bike was carrying a passenger. The male rider sustained serious...

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07 Aug 2025
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Class Action Court Date Set

The David vs Goliath battle of NSW and Victorian irrigators against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is set to begin in the Supreme Court of NSW on August 11. The case centres on the belief held by irrigators that the MDBA breached its “duty of...

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07 Aug 2025
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A chat with... Max Carroll

When a friend suggested I contact this “ripper bloke with some great stories to tell,” I made the call feeling pretty confident he was good to go. The phone call, a mere formality that would mean just making a time to meet could not have been...

Ali Bohn
31 Jul 2025
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A Chat With... Donald Douglas

My first interaction with Donald Douglas was when he visited The Bridge Office recently to have a piece of his writing amended. It was a brief encounter that was followed by a short email conversation and gauging his obvious friendliness, I decided...

Ali Bohn
17 Jul 2025
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A chat with... Dot Griffith

...“That’s when I had a fall. I had already had a hip replacement and when I fell, I smashed the prosthetic and my femur! No, I don’t do things by halves!!”... Today I am at Glenarm in Kerang where I have someone special waiting to meet me...

Ali Bohn
05 Jun 2025
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A chat with... Gwen Walder

It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to interview a resident at Murray Haven in Barham, so when I was invited to have a Chat with Gwen Walder, I was eager to get back in there. Unfamiliar with the surname, it is always exciting to...

Ali Bohn
03 Apr 2025
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GRFL Weekly Wrap - 14 August, 2025

Swans blitz Blues late to lock in third spot Gus van Hart Moulamein 13.21 (99) defeated Murrabit 6.8 (44) Moulamein and Murrabit locked horns at the other MCG in Round 14 action with a spot in the top three on the line. The opening term was exactly...

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19 hours ago
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CMFL Weekly Wrap - 14 August, 2025

Kangas hang on as River Raiders’ finals bid wobbles Gus van Hart Nyah 13.13 (91) defeated Koondrook Barham 11.10 (76) Cohuna 23. 17 (155) defeated Balranald 1.2 (8) Cohuna faced off with Mallee in a match of the round contender, while the River...

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19 hours ago
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Barham Golf Club: August 7, 2025

Wednesday 30th July 22 Ladies played a Stableford event A-Grade Winners were: 1/ Carole Letheby with a score of 34 from 2/ Lisa Hyne with 32 Nearest the Pins : 1st – Karen Davidson 6th Gael Lake 9th Pro-Pin Gayle Gray – 12th Shirley Hall...

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07 Aug 2025
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2026 Community Satisfaction Survey interviews begin Monday, 2 June

Interviews for the 2026 Community Satisfaction Survey, which enables residents to provide feedback on Gannawarra Shire Council’s performance, will begin on Monday, 2 June. Conducted by independent market research agency National Field Service, the...

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29 May 2025
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GSC Seek Social Inclusion Feedback

Help Council develop its 2025-2029 Social Inclusion Strategy Gannawarra Shire Council is seeking residents’ help to develop the 2025-2029 Social Inclusion Strategy. “Council’s first Social Inclusion Strategy, which was adopted in 2019, has...

Lloyd Polkinghorne
16 Jan 2025
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Time running out to shape 2025-2029 Council Plan, Community Vision

Gannawarra Shire Council Plan pop-up session held at Leitchville in January 2025. Time is running out for residents to help Gannawarra Shire Council develop what will become the next version of its Council Plan and Community Vision. Council has been...

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06 Feb 2025
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Moulamein Anzac Day

Moulamein Anzac Day

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01 May 2025
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:-) SMILEzone

Enjoy these photos contributed by our community. We hope they brighten your day and help to take your cares away. If you have any photos that will bring a smile to our readers, please send them, along with a caption, to admin@thebridgenews. com. au

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23 Dec 2021
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:-) SMILEzone

Enjoy these photos contributed by our community. We hope they brighten your day and help to take your cares away. If you have any photos that will bring a smile to our readers, please send them, along with a caption, to admin@thebridgenews. com. au

Bridge Contributors
16 Dec 2021
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:-) SMILEzone

Enjoy these photos contributed by our community. We hope they brighten your day and help to take your cares away. If you have any photos that will bring a smile to our readers, please send them, along with a caption, to admin@thebridgenews. com. au

Bridge Contributors
28 Oct 2021