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Community to pursue green energy plans
Plans will continue for a renewable energy project at Hopetoun in the Mallee, despite it missing funding.[MORE]
Sporting clubs struggle to find juniors
Clubs in communities across the Wimmera are struggling to attract children and teenagers to take part in organised sport.[MORE]
Track plans boost miner's mineral sands hopes
A mining company says its hopes of using rail to transport mineral sands from the Mallee to south-west Victoria will be boosted by a planned track upgrade.[MORE]
Dry, warmer September for Wimmera-Mallee
September failed to deliver crucially important rain to the Wimmera-Mallee.[MORE]
GrainCorp urged to invest in rail line
A local government leader says grain handler GrainCorp must be prepared to invest to get a Mallee railway line upgraded.[MORE]
Hope for mineral sands plan to boost south-west jobs
Plans by mining company Iluka to transport mineral sands from the Mallee to south-west Victoria could generate jobs in the region.[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]
Wimmera councils get road upgrade report
Wimmera councils have received a consultant's report outlining the cost of upgrading local roads if rail freight services are lost to parts of the region.[MORE]
Mallee oil drilling temporarily stopped
Plans are being made to do more drilling in the Mallee at deeper levels as the search for oil continues.[MORE]
Grain grower concern over Mallee rail services
A southern Mallee grain grower says it will take 160 semi-trailer loads to move an average sized harvest from his farm if rail services are not available.[MORE]
Rail closure could hamper grain harvest
A southern Mallee farmer believes it will be physically impossible to move the district's grain harvest by road if the region produces a good crop this season.[MORE]
Other rail freight providers to help with grain harvest transport
GrainCorp says it will be relying on other rail freight providers to help cover the job of transporting this season's grain harvest in Victoria.[MORE]
Mallee, Wimmera grain growers welcome rain
Widespread rainfall throughout the Northern Mallee and Wimmera is being welcomed by grain growers who say it is the autumn break they have been waiting for in some areas.[MORE]
Tourism group misses out on federal funding
The formation of a new western Victorian tourism body has hit a hurdle.[MORE]
Police still investigating truck crashing into Mallee chemist
It is unclear how long it will be before Hopetoun's Mallee Pharmacy can resume normal service.[MORE]
Truck crash destroys shopfront in Mallee town
A truck crash in the town of Hopetoun, in western Victoria has wrecked a shopfront.[MORE]
Health providers play down impact of nurses' industrial unrest
The Wimmera-Mallee's small rural heath providers say they have not really been affected by the Victorian nurses work bans.[MORE]
Mallee shire rejects calls for pipeline cost inquiry
A shire in the Mallee in western Victoria says now is not the time for an inquiry into a big increase into the cost of the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline.[MORE]
Brumby hints at early start for pipeline's 2nd stage
The Victorian Government says an announcement will be made soon about work on the second leg of the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline.[MORE]
Project considers Hopetoun renewable energy
Research will begin next month on whether there is an opportunity to provide a renewable energy source for a small Mallee town. [MORE]
