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Six accept forum invite

SITTING Mallee MP Anne Webster is one of five candidates to say they will be at the Loddon Herald’s election forum next Tuesday. Challengers Greg Olson (Labor), Nicole Rowan (Greens), Adam Veitch (Trumpet of Patriots), Jeff Barry (Libertarian) and...

By Loddon Herald

Newpapers want fair share of advert spend

COUNTRY Press Australia wants candidates in the May 3 federal election to support a policy demanding a fairer share of government advertising be allocated to regional and local newspapers. President Andrew Schreyer said there was an overwhelming...

By Loddon Herald

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‘Reluctance’ almost cancelled out inclusion policy feedback

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A LODDON Shire director’s recommendation to put a draft inclusion policy out for community feedback almost faltered at Tuesday’s council meeting. There were several calls from Mayor Dan Straub for a councillor to move wellbeing director Wendy...

By Loddon Herald

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3% rate rise planned

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Garbage fee increase will be cost neutral LODDON Shire wants the maximum rate increase for 2025-2026. Councillors on Tuesday backed the three per cent rise, the maximum allowed under the State Government’s rate cap policy. But the garbage fee will...

By Loddon Herald

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WATCH IT LATER

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LIVE STREAMING of Loddon Shire Council meetings will be ditched if a new policy gets the community thumbs up. Councillors on Tuesday endorsed updated governance rules that that will allow council to stop live streaming of monthly meetings that it...

By Loddon Herald

Letters to the editor: Levee bank, energy

Levee bank question Sir, Thank you for the very enlightening article about the Boort levee bank project (Loddon Herald, April 10). It is inexcusable that Indigenous approval delayed the project by three years as protection from flooding the township...

By Loddon Herald

Saleyard roof pledge from Littleproud

THE push for a roof over selling yards at Bendigo Livestock exchange had a boost this week with Nationals leader David Littleproud’s $3 million election campaign commitment. Stock agents and City of Greater Bendigo was the upgrade of the...

By Loddon Herald

Old servo building coming down

DEMOLITION of the former Inglewood Co-op service station is expected to start next week. Removal of the building will be the first step in the long-awaited town streetscape project. Loddon Shire’s acting operations director David Stretch said work...

By Loddon Herald

We’re still talking, says wind turbine company

VIRYA Energy will start environmental and planning assessments for a 164-wind turbine project with a battery energy storage system near Boort this year. The company has been criticised for failing to consult with some landholders for its Meering...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Unanswered questions on new tax, writes Mayor Dan Straub

EMERGENCY Services and Volunteers Fund Levy - a new tax. Who is really asking for it? As the conversation continues, escalates, erupts, we are still wondering where the push is coming form to effectively enforce an equivalent of a 24.7 per cent hike...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Four-point action plan from VFF

THE State Government should fix a broken fire services levy instead of “piling on new tax” as the Victorian Farmers’ Federation ups pressure against the new levy. The VFF four-point plan released on Friday by president Brett Hosking wants...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Volunteer firies raise double-hit spectre

VICTORIA’S peak organisation for volunteer firefighters say they will be forced to rattle more tins and keep driving an ageing fleet of trucks. “Just 22 per cent of $1.8 billion (new levy revenue is year two) is going to volunteer agencies. You...

By Loddon Herald

New tax gets big fat NO from readers

PREMIER Jacinta Allan has been accused of “bleeding the cow until it can’t deliver milk” as anger rises against the State Government’s new emergency services levy. An exclusive Loddon Herald online poll shows hardly a trace of support for...

By Loddon Herald

Child care centre cost unknown

THE State Government is yet to reveal the cost of a child care centre it will build in Wedderburn. A letter distributed to parents last Friday by Early Learning Victoria and Victorian School Building Authority said work on the Wedderburn College...

By Loddon Herald

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TAKE OUR EXCLUSIVE POLL - New emergency service levy

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TAKE OUR EXCLUSIVE POLL: Loddon Shire has predicted an extra 24 per cent on rate notices if the State Government imposes the new emergency services levy with farmers the hardest hit. Council will have to collect the levy and hand it over to the...

By Loddon Herald

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