MP calls for urgent action on implementation of News Media Assistance Program

Country Press Australia supports ACCC's push for a new digital competition regime

VFF branch invites community to town hall style forum at North Wangaratta next Monday night

Incumbent Helen Haines welcomes budget health provisions but highlights infrastructure failures

The Nationals Party calls it quits on Indi, with its resources centred on winning Bendigo seat

Greg Lynn was found guilty of murdering Wonnangatta Valley camper Carol Clay, but not Hill

Emergency services were called to Twist Creek Road where a 40-year-old man was found

$300 energy bill relief payments, with more ease to change to cheaper energy plans

Body of man found at Enochs Point on Sunday

Truck to travel up to 40kph and will arrive at Wangaratta rest area early Monday morning

THE industrial umpire has decided on a pay rise of 5.2 per cent, or $40 a week, for more than 2.6 million Australians on award and minimum wages. The national minimum wage will now sit at $812.60 per week, or $21.38 per hour. The Fair Work...

IN a grand final for the cricket connoisseurs, Beechworth have been crowned premiers in the Goulburn Murray Cricket competition. In a replay of last season, the clash against powerhouse Echuca went down to the wire with victory secured on the second...

AN application to prosecute Premier Daniel Andrews was thrown out at Myrtleford Magistrates Court on Friday morning. Approximately 950 people joined the court's WebeX link, with Mr Andrews scheduled to be personally prosecuted by local man Anthony...

REGIONAL Victoria will exit lockdown from 11:59pm tomorrow night, with travel limits set to be dismissed and schools to reopen for select year levels, Greater Shepparton excluded. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the changes on Wednesday, lauding...

VICTORIA'S ski resorts are set to re–open after the Victorian Government this morning confirmed the current lockdown across regional Victoria will end at 11.59pm on Thursday, September 9. Lockdown remains in place, however, for Melbourne, and...

A WARNING that border bubble restrictions of movement could further intensify if seeding of coronavirus heads further south has been given by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews… Victoria Police are continuing to carry out Sentinel roving patrols...

VICTORIA will effectively close its border to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory from midnight tonight. With a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases in the latest Sydney outbreak - 127 new cases over the weekend - Victoria’s Acting...

THE Mullinmur Billabongs Demonstration Wetlands Project will be officially opened on Wednesday, April 28 after COVID restrictions postponed the event from its original date late last year. The event will be held at the wetlands at the northern end of...

WANGARATTA'S ongoing rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine appears to have been largely unaffected by new findings made public by the Australian Government last week. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recently stated there...

EFFORTS to ramp up COVID vaccinations in Wangaratta and district begin today, with Phillipson Street Clinic commencing a one-day a week session to vaccinate up to 400 elgible people as part of the Federal Government's Phase 1b rollout. The clinic...

PREMIER Daniel Andrews has announced that the statewide lockdown will be lifted from midnight tonight following low numbers of positive cases during the 5-day snap shutdown. In a press conference this morning Mr Andrews reported there were zero...