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Australia Day awards locations confirmed

Continuation of rotating the Australia Day awards and community celebrations with the four same towns hosting Federation Council’s Australia Day from 2021 to 2024 was endorsed at council’s August meeting. But a lot of discussion amongst...

Robert Muir
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Landcare working bee

The Yarrawonga Urban Landcare Group recently held a working bee organised by Jan Hall at the Yarrawonga Aerodrome with aerodrome residents and Moira Shire Council employees on Wednesday, September 4 to plant a number of new trees. Over 200+ trees...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Help guide future park planning

Parks Victoria is inviting the community to help shape the health of its park’s estate for the benefit of Victorians, by providing feedback into the first stage of Parks Victoria’s Land Management Strategy. The strategy will set out the...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Council prioritising road projects

Federation Council’s engineering team is currently reviewing road projects for prioritising its next round of applications. The prioritising follows the announcement last week that communities in regional NSW could soon benefit from a share in up...

Robert Muir
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The show is coming!

Country agricultural shows are a quintessential part of the Australian vernacular with Yarrawonga no exception. There will be plenty of fun and activities on offer at the 136th ClubMulwala 2019 Yarrawonga Mulwala Agricultural Show which will be held...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Yarrawonga P-12 getting SunSmart

Students at Yarrawonga College P-12 are leading the way in sun protection, thanks to a new pilot program to help make secondary students as SunSmart as their primary counterparts. With UV levels on the rise from mid-August, students at the school...

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Organic waste service on track

The roll out of Moira Shire Councils kerbside organic waste collection to the un-serviced areas of Cobram, Numurkah, Yarrawonga and the township of Tungamah from early September is on track according to Mayor Libro Mustica. “For the past few weeks...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Volunteers recognition

The volunteers of MHA Care Meals on Wheels were recognised for their kindness, support and immense work that they do recently with a thank you luncheon as part of Meals on Wheels Day put on by MHA Care and Club Mulwala. Currently there are 126...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Bushfire shelter rejected

A request to modify the development consent to replace a second egress from the site with a private bushfire shelter at a primitive camp ground off Pimpala Crescent Mulwala stretching towards the Murray River has been unanimously rejected by...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Native birds swoop into spring

Magpies warbling is one of the most familiar and endearing sounds of Australian wildlife, yet the whirring and whooshing sounds of a swooping magpie approaching fills most with dread. There are a number of places in Yarrawonga Mulwala which are...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Making memories on the Murray

Member for Albury Justin Clancy announced last week the Best Shared Campaign, which is all about creating remarkable moments you’ll want to share and is the driving theme behind a new campaign, designed to encourage more people to visit The Murray...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Council embarks on new tourism brand

Federation Council is embarking on a new tourism brand for the region and is engaging consultants to assist in leading the project for the community. The landscape of tourism marketing in Australia is incredibly vibrant and diverse. Recent...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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New pool regulations getting closer

New regulations by the Victorian Government will be coming into force under a raft of new safety measures to ensure existing and new pool and spa barriers are maintained in accordance with the relevant standards. Moira Shire Council’s Municipal...

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Tornado at Peechelba

The wind event at Peechelba last Friday afternoon has been described as “a small tornado” by SES Yarrawonga Unit Controller Rohan Williams. “It was a small tornado and had done a reasonable amount of damage,” he told the Yarrawong...

Robert Muir
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Water safety imperitive

The family of Cove Burns, a three-year-old Bundalong boy that sustained brain injuries after a pool accident earlier this year, urge the community to keep on top of water safety as well as health and safety procedures including CPR. Cove was...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Business bus to offer support

Small business operators in Yarrawonga will be able to access support and government business services when the Small Business Bus visits on October 7. From cuts to payroll tax, to mentoring and advice services there will support for all small...

Yarrawonga Chronicle
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Farm theft breakthrough

A 31-year-old Yarrawonga man has been charged in respect to the wave of crime from rural properties in various local areas including Yarrawonga, Benalla, Peechelba, Killawarra and Wilby. He was arrested and charged last Thursday, September 5 with 11...

Robert Muir
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Disrespectful cemetery acts

Disrespectful behaviour by a number of individuals at the Yarrawonga Cemetery has the Cemetery Trust and the local community furious. On Thursday, August 29, a group of volunteers from Community Corrections undertook a major clean-up of the...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

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Man dead in suspicious circumstances

A man was located with life-threatening injuries on the Murray Valley Highway in Cohuna. It is believed the incident happened about 6am but the man was unable to be revived and died at the scene. More to come

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Echuca man charged with murder over Cohuna shooting

Homicide Squad detectives have charged an Echuca man with murder following the death of another man in Daltons Bridge near Cohuna yesterday. A 29-year-old Daltons Bridge man was located with life threatening injuries at an address on Easton Rd...

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Fatal collision on Goulburn Valley Highway

Emergency services are responding to a major collision on the Goulburn Valley Hwy near Gillespies Rd. The highway is closed in both directions and is under Victoria Police control. It will re-open when it is safe to do so. Drivers have been asked to...

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KDFNL banishes Ardmona

THE Ardmona Football and Netball Club will not be a part of the KDFNL competition in 2020, after the league voted to suspend their membership on Tuesday night. In a statement on Facebook, League president Fraser Kerrins revealed a special general...

Andrew Johnston