Latest ABC News for north-west Victoria and south-west News South Wales http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:39:30 +1100 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:39:30 +1100 The Vic Court of Appeal has rejected a bid to challenge a jail term handed down over the deaths of six teens near Mildura. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426473.htm 2426473 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:26:00 +1100 road-accidents courts-and-trials cardross-3496 melbourne-3000 mildura-3500 Swan Hill in north-west Victoria will be part of an early trial of a Pacific seasonal worker program. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426426.htm 2426426 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:00 +1100 farm-labour work griffith-2680 wagga-wagga-2650 mildura-3500 swan-hill-3585 A Member of Parliament says residents in a western New South Wales town are being held to ransom by a group of out-of-control youths. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2426421.htm 2426421 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:00 +1100 youth-issues crime laws balranald-2715 mildura-3500 The Murray Mallee's racing clubs are hopeful they will be left alone under an industry restructure plan. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/21/2425778.htm 2425778 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:43:00 +1100 urban-development-and-planning clubs-and-associations kerang-3579 mildura-3500 Wool growers have voted in a new board of pro-mulesing directors to the peak industry group, Australian Wool Innovations. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424952.htm 2424952 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:43:00 +1100 industry manufacturing animal-welfare rural livestock sheep-production australia bega-2550 orange-2800 tamworth-2340 wagga-wagga-2650 longreach-4730 mount-isa-4825 toowoomba-4350 launceston-7250 ballarat-3350 horsham-3400 mildura-3500 sale-3850 wodonga-3690 albany-6330 broome-6725 geraldton-6530 kalgoorlie-6430 The Yarriambiack Shire's chief executive says the council will need help to keep up with the need to spend money on its assets. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424895.htm 2424895 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:00 +1100 urban-development-and-planning local-government horsham-3400 mildura-3500 warracknabeal-3393 Three Mildura men will get bravery awards today for their rescue of a man whose scissor-lift hit powerlines earlier this year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424889.htm 2424889 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:00 +1100 emergency-incidents awards-and-prizes mildura-3500 Winegrape growers say it is inevitable more of the Murray Valley's chardonnay plantings will go after pricing indications from wineries this week. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424886.htm 2424886 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:00 +1100 company-news food-and-beverage viticulture mildura-3500 About 100 firearms have been handed in to north-west Victorian police during a month-long amnesty. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/20/2424799.htm 2424799 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:19:00 +1100 laws police horsham-3400 mildura-3500 Grape growers in north-west Victoria say they are disappointed at a slump in prices again this season. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2424122.htm 2424122 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:41:00 +1100 fruit fruits viticulture mildura-3500 A Mallee woman is in the running for a national award after being named Victoria's Local Hero for 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2423550.htm 2423550 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:03:00 +1100 awards-and-prizes community-development horsham-3400 mildura-3500 woomelang-3485 A group of north-west Victorian irrigators says it is investigating legal action to force water to be returned to a Murray River lakes system. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2423545.htm 2423545 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:02:00 +1100 drought irrigation rivers water mildura-3500 robinvale-3549 Victoria's north-west councils say they are pleased with a Federal Government funding boost. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/19/2423543.htm 2423543 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +1100 federal-government local-government horsham-3400 mildura-3500 The RACV expects regional fuel prices to drop further by this time next week. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/18/2422617.htm 2422617 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:02:00 +1100 oil-and-gas road-transport ballarat-3350 bendigo-3550 horsham-3400 mildura-3500 sale-3850 wodonga-3690 The chairman of a regional finance company that has frozen its funds has hit out at a Federal Government suggestion the company has financial troubles. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/18/2422434.htm 2422434 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +1100 banking federal-government agribusiness mildura-3500 North-west Victorian racing clubs are worried towns will be stripped of race days in favour of bigger meetings at regional centres. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/18/2422436.htm 2422436 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +1100 clubs-and-associations ballarat-3350 horsham-3400 mildura-3500 Victorian irrigators on the Murray River are being told their allocations are now unlikely to reach 30 per cent this season. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/18/2422440.htm 2422440 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +1100 drought irrigation rivers water mildura-3500 There has been no further increase to water allocations for New South Wales irrigators on the Murray. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/17/2421351.htm 2421351 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:19:00 +1100 dams-and-reservoirs irrigation rivers water mildura-3500 A woman who lost two children when a driver ploughed into a group of young people near Mildura in Victoria in 2006 , says she is pleased families are now getting compensation. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/17/2421342.htm 2421342 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:17:00 +1100 road-accidents courts-and-trials cardross-3496 mildura-3500 Police are investigating a spate of criminal damage incidents at the weekend which targeted about 12 houses and businesses at Red Cliffs in Victoria. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/17/2421278.htm 2421278 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:46:00 +1100 vandalism mildura-3500 red-cliffs-3496 The Federal Government says it will not be stepping in to help a northern Victorian financial institution that has frozen its funds. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/14/2419684.htm 2419684 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:04:00 +1100 banking federal-government mildura-3500 Two Wimmera-Mallee councils have been rated at risk of facing longer term financial problems. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/14/2419680.htm 2419680 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:02:00 +1100 economic-trends local-government horsham-3400 mildura-3500 swan-hill-3585 Fire crews have controlled two bushfires caused by lightning in north-west Victoria and just across the border in South Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/14/2419676.htm 2419676 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +1100 bushfire horsham-3400 mildura-3500 walpeup-3507 Regional Victoria's first international college now says it is facing the prospect of turning away students because its horticulture and hospitality courses have become so popular. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2418358.htm 2418358 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:01:00 +1100 university-and-further-education mildura-3500 swan-hill-3585