Tag: Rainbow 3424
DPI sites petition taken to Parliament
A petition arguing for Department of Primary Industries (DPI) sites in the Wimmera-Mallee to be kept open was presented to the Victorian Parliament yesterday.[MORE]
Public urged to air DPI cuts opposition
The National party wants the public to support a push for the reversal of plans to cut jobs and facilities from Victoria's Department of Primary Industries (DPI).[MORE]
Community fears research station closure impact
The Victorian Government will meet staff today at a Mallee research station and community members at Walpeup, after a decision to close the centre in a restructure.[MORE]
Union urges halt to DPI restructure
Union officials are calling on the Premier to intervene in plans to restructure Victoria's Department of Primary Industries (DPI).[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]
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]
Group says rail freight service access reduced
The Wimmera Regional Transport Group says farmers north of Warracknabeal on the Hopetoun train line will not have access to rail freight services for the coming harvest.[MORE]
MP calls for Hindmarsh Shire road upgrades
The Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty, is calling on the Victorian Government to put money from its special purpose payments fund into road upgrades in the Hindmarsh Shire.[MORE]
Water authorities urged to flush rivers
Environmentalists are urging water authorities to stand by plans to send large volumes of water down the Wimmera River.[MORE]
Farmers to soon draw water from Wimmera-Mallee pipeline
Grampians Wimmera Mallee (GWM) Water says it is almost ready to let some farmers start drawing supplies from the region's major water piping project.[MORE]
Man jailed over child beatings
A man has been sentenced in the County Court in Horsham, in south-west Victoria, to five years jail for beating two children in his care.[MORE]
Rainbow TV woes remain unresolved
Problems with television reception in Rainbow are continuing.[MORE]
Farmers urged to report wild dogs
Mallee farmers are being urged to contact their local trapper if they see any evidence of wild dogs on their property. [MORE]
