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GSC Community Satisfaction Yields Mixed Results

The Gannawarra Shire Council has received a mixed report card from its residents in the 2025 Community Satisfaction Survey. Conducted annually by Local Government Victoria, this statewide initiative polls local opinions on council performance...

Letters To The Editor: July 17, 2025

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Police Report - July 17, 2025

WAKOOL On Tuesday the 8th of July 2025, Detectives from Swan Hill travelled to the Wakool New South Wales area with the assistance of NSW Police, where they arrested a 34-year-old male for a serious assault on a 33 year old male and 17 year old...

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Free First Aid Training

Western Murray Land Improvement Group is pleased to invite community members to participate in a free First Aid Training session on Monday 28 July 2025. This opportunity is made possible through NSW’s Supporting Spontaneous Volunteers program...

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Works required on Koondrook-Perricoota Inlet Regulator

WaterNSW and the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) are working to repair the structural integrity of the Koondrook-Perricoota inlet regulator, located on the Murray River south-west of Deniliquin. The repair works will see the installation of...

A Chat With

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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...

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...

05 Jun 2025

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...

03 Apr 2025

A chat with... John Lace

Throughout my almost 10 years working at The Bridge, I have encountered the name John Lace several times. Having never crossed paths with him before, all I knew of this man was that he was the father of the bubbly Gina who was the owner/operator of...

13 Mar 2025

Sport

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Football

Weekly Wrap 3 July, 2025 -Swans bounce back as Blues flattened in round 10 GRFL action - River Raiders surge towards finals with statement win over Tyntynder

River Raiders surge towards finals with statement win over Tyntynder Gus van Hart Koondrook Barham 11.12 (78) defeated Tyntynder 7.7 (49) Cohuna: BYE Koondrook Barham has taken a significant step towards locking in a finals berth, toppling Tyntynder...

10 Jul 2025

Golf

Barham Golf Club: July 10, 2025

Wednesday 25th June 12 Ladies played a Par event Overall Winners were: 1/ Karen Hipworth with a score of -6 2/ Carolyn Wardle with -7 Thursday 26th June 84 Men played a Par event: A-Grade Winners were: Drew Laughlin from Curlewis Golf Club with...

10 Jul 2025

From Council

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From Council

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

From Council

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...

06 Feb 2025

Galleries

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Moulamein Anzac Day

01 May 2025

Galleries

:-) 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