Tag: Wedderburn 3518
Angry farmers urged to lodge rate rise objections
Farmers in the Loddon Shire who are angry about rises in their municipal rates, are being urged to lodge objections.[MORE]
Truckie escapes burning rig
A 68-year-old man escaped from the burning cabin of his truck after a crash on the Calder Highway, north west of Bendigo, yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Truck driver dies in Calder Hwy crash
A man is dead after the truck he was driving hit a tree on the Calder highway near Bendigo, in central Victoria.[MORE]
Hamilton racing rethink a 'one-off'
Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) says it is not considering reinstating meetings at five north-west Victorian tracks.[MORE]
Inquest begins into Egypt bus crash deaths
A coronial inquest will start in Melbourne today into the deaths of a central Victorian father and his son in a bus crash in Egypt in 2006.[MORE]
Loddon Shire wants weed control crackdown
Loddon Shire wants tougher laws for farmers who fail to control weeds on their properties.[MORE]
Funds to go to family support services
New services are available in Bendigo and Wedderburn in an effort to save family relationships from breakdown.[MORE]
Potential for more Wimmera-Mallee wind farms
The Australian Wind Energy Association says there is potential for more wind farms to built in the Wimmera and Mallee in western Victoria.[MORE]
Report finds fatal level crossing crash avoidable
An investigation has found the death of a truck driver at a level crossing in Victoria's south-west last May was avoidable.[MORE]
Family farewells father and son killed in Egypt
There have been emotional tributes for a central Victorian father and son killed in the Egyptian bus crash.[MORE]
Community to farewell bus crash victims
The Wedderburn community, north-west of Bendigo in central Victoria, will today farewell Mark Ritchie and his son Drew, 14, who were killed in a tour bus crash in Egypt.[MORE]
Bus crash victims' bodies return to Melbourne
The bodies of Mark and Drew Ritchie of Wedderburn, north-west of Bendigo, have been returned to Melbourne.[MORE]
Appeal to help Ritchie family after bus crash in Egypt
A fundraising appeal has been set up to help the family of a central Victorian father and son killed in an Egyptian bus crash.[MORE]
Community feels loss of Egypt bus crash father, son
The town of Wedderburn, north-west of Bendigo, is coming to terms with the loss of two members of a family.[MORE]
Hotel blaze causes $500,000 damage
A fire has caused $500,000 worth of damage to the Cosmopolitan Hotel at Trentham in central Victoria. [MORE]
Minister offers harness racing pledge
The Victorian Government says it will work with communities affected by bans on harness racing to have the meetings returned to their tracks.[MORE]
Council rejects criticism for staying in Wedderburn
The Loddon Shire has rejected criticism about a decision on the location of new council offices.[MORE]
Minister to be asked to delay race meeting decision
Victorian Racing Minister John Pandazopoulos will be asked to delay a decision by Harness Racing Victoria to close seven country tracks to TAB meetings.[MORE]
Big tourism campaign to promote central Victoria
A $1.3 million campaign is being launched today to raise awareness of tourism in central Victoria.[MORE]
Minister to hear councils' harness racing concerns
Six country Victorian councils will meet State Racing Minister John Pandazopoulos today about plans to ban harness racing at seven tracks.[MORE]
Donations flow in for fire tragedy parents
Cash donations have been made from as far away as Perth for a central Victorian family devastated by fire.[MORE]
Nationals says harness ban at odds with legislation
The National party says a decision to ban TAB races at seven harness racing tracks around country Victoria contravenes state legislation.[MORE]
