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Local news and sport for Loddon Shire communities.

Anti-tax stance backed

TOWN committees are throwing their support behind Loddon Shire Council in the fight to have the State Government axe its controversial emergency services tax. Inglewood Development and Tourism and Pryamid Hill Progress Association meetings in the...

11 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

AJP says Purcell ‘made tax better’

Politics & Council

NORTHERN Victoria MP Georgie Purcell has now claimed credit for changes to the State Government’s emergency services tax legislation that reduced the hit on farmers from 187 per cent to 150 per cent. The Animal Justice Party has put an...

11 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Doesn’t cut with readers

Politics & Council

THE State Government’s 12-month reprieve for farmers facing a 150 per cent increase in the emergency services levy has failed to find long-term favour with Loddon Herald readers. An online poll last week asking whether the Government’s pause...

11 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Energy Workshops

Politics & Council

LODDON Mallee Public Health Unit will hold free workshops in Wedderburn and Pyramid Hill with Enviroshop energy efficiency expertise to help people manage impacts of energy bills. LMPHU prevention and population health officer Kaz Neilson said the...

11 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Back in love, Seb is going steady

Sport

By ADAM BOURKE AT THE end of 2023, Seb Erharter had fallen out of love with footy. An injury ruined year with Bentleigh in the Southern Football League in Melbourne had him contemplating his playing future at just the age of 21. A conversation with...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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WHAT WE NEEDED

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Weekend ‘inch’ raises prospects for farmers WEEKEND rain could potentially mean millions of dollars still being produced for the Loddon economy. Farmers who had taken the punt on dry sowing crops while waiting for a break in the weather recorded...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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Programs accelerate new business ideas

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STARTUP Central Victoria is looking for Loddon residents with new business ideas to be part of its pre-accelerator program starting this month. The 12-week program offers an opportunity for participants to focus on testing their startup idea in...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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Driving a minefield: Broad’s roo push

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URGENT action is needed to manage kangaroo numbers across northern Victoria, amid increasing vehicle crashes, train strikes and damage to farms. According to Northern Victoria MP Gaelle Broad, a better kangaroo management strategy is needed with...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

News

Fatal house fire at Goldsborough

News

A body has been found after firefighters extinguished a house fire at Goldsborough, Dunolly. Police says they will prepare a report for the Coroner following the fire in Goldsborough on Friday. Emergency services were called the blaze at a home in...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald