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Low spring rainfall dashes harvest hopes
Victoria's peak farming body says it is expecting the Mallee's grain harvest to begin in earnest next week.[MORE]
Farmers ready to cart water
An east Wimmera farmer says many property owners in his region will be ready to cart water again this summer.[MORE]
Govt defends DPI jobs shake-up
The Victorian Government says cuts to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are a response to wider changes in agriculture.[MORE]
Farmers welcome rainfall
Farmers in north central Victoria have welcomed rain over the past 24 hours.[MORE]
Hoons damage Charlton Golf Club
Police say they think a car rolled while being driven on a western Victorian golf club at the weekend.[MORE]
Harness racing stewards call off strike action
Harness races in Cobram, Ballarat and Charlton will go ahead without disruption today and tomorrow after stewards last night called off strike action.[MORE]
Parched Wimmera-Mallee gets rain
Parts of the Wimmera-Mallee, in western Victoria, received their first rain in two months over the weekend.[MORE]
Dry conditions may force water carting
Farmers north-west of Bendigo say they will have to start carting water soon because of hot and dry conditions.[MORE]
Wimmera-Mallee summer ends on dry note
Western Victoria's Wimmera-Mallee generally delivered average or above average rainfalls in December and January, but that trend was reversed in February.[MORE]
Safety benefits seen in new P-plate driver restrictions
Driver safety experts are endorsing the Victorian Government's plans to cut the state's road toll.[MORE]
Dry month for Wimmera-Mallee
Rain has again been sparse over the past month in the Wimmera-Mallee in western Victoria.[MORE]
Charges laid over $20,000 animal theft
Three Victorian women have been charged over the theft of more than $20,000 worth of exotic animals.[MORE]
Charlton community wins theatre grant
The Federal Government has responded to the local bid to restore Charlton's historic Rex Theatre.[MORE]
Big fish shortage cancels contest
The organisers of a Victorian fishing competition say there are not enough big fish in the Avoca River to hold the annual event.[MORE]
Hailstorm batters Pooncarie
The small town of Pooncarie, north of Mildura, is counting the cost of a savage hailstorm that hit the town yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Loddon Shire ponders Charlton secession plan
Loddon Shire says it is not sure what effect the potential addition of the Charlton district would have to its boundary.[MORE]
Buloke Shire keen to talk to group urging council breakaway
Buloke Shire says it is yet to speak to a group of Charlton residents who want the town to withdraw from the council.[MORE]
Repairs under way to truck-damaged business
Work has begun to replace a shop verandahs in Charlton that were damaged in a truck crash last week.[MORE]
Thieves target breeder's cats, dogs
Thieves have escaped with valuable cats and dogs from a breeder at Charlton, north-west of Bendigo.[MORE]
Water bombing aids Victorian bushfire battle
Water bombers are helping more than 200 firefighters battle bushfires in Victoria's far south-west.[MORE]
Wooroonook blaze considered suspicious
A 1,500 hectare fire near Charlton is being treated as suspicious.[MORE]
Dergholm residents brace for bushfire flare-ups
Residents of a south-west Victorian town are being warned to watch for falling embers as a number of bushfires burn out of control.[MORE]
Firefighters struggle to contain border blazes
Victorian fire crews are trying to establish containment lines around several fires burning near Casterton in the state's south-west.[MORE]
Bushfires burn out of control in Victoria
Fire crews have been working throughout the night to tackle a number of bushfires burning out of control in Victoria.[MORE]
Harness racing club airs V3 fears
The Donald Harness Racing Club, in western Victoria, says it might be another victim of Harness Racing Victoria's controversial V3 plan.[MORE]
