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1 week ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsHorsham Arts Council will showcase its past decade’s productions in The Last 10 Years, staging shows from Annie to American Idiot, starting Friday. HAC committee member, co-choreographer and co-director Loucas Vettos said a new cast and two unseen shows would provide fresh entertainment for the whole family.
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1 week ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsSupport packages, kangaroo harvesting and water infrastructure projects are among the strategies put to the State Government to ease pressure on drought-affected communities. Ahead of the State Budget, Victorian Farmers Federation, Member for Wannon Dan Tehan and Ararat Rural City Council Mayor Jo Armstrong are calling for drought support measures and investment in long-term preparedness and resilience.
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1 week ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsKaniva shooter Lisa Hawker will compete in the Down The Line World Championships in New Zealand next year, after qualifying at the Australian titles in Perth. Mrs Hawker said the top-three finishers made the women’s team, joining a Queenslander and a shooter from New South Wales. “To qualify we had to shoot 50 double-barrel, 50 single, and 50 points to find the top five shooters,” she said.
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1 week ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsHorsham Amcal pharmacists Beck Burns and Carlie Streeter are now treating people who present with everyday conditions such as urinary tract infections and the need of resupply of oral contraceptives, as part of a statewide trial. The Victorian Community Pharmacist Statewide Pilot also enables a travel vaccination service, and the treatment of mild plaque psoriasis and shingles.
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2 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsNewly-formed West Wimmera Action Group will address issues surrounding the proposed Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund, Little Desert National Park management, and an apparent Little Desert dingo breeding program. Born from a public meeting at Winiam on March 19, and incorporated at its first official meeting on April 6, group secretary Jennifer Goldsworthy said a statement of purpose was developed for the group to serve its community in both current and future issues.
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2 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsJohn Deere enthusiast Ross Johns has added a ninth implement to his collection – an early tractor, manufactured within months of the company making the shift from horse-drawn to horsepower. Mr Johns said he had been looking for the unique tractor for about five years when he was told of one to be auctioned at Michigan, in the USA. “I bought it, fully restored, along with three other tractors and shipped them out,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsEdenhope’s Sarah Lee loves what she does – working alongside her husband and children, breeding and trialling working dogs across the country. Originally from England, Mrs Lee said she met husband David on a cattle station in Queensland, where he bred Border Collies, before the couple moved further south after about eight years. “We started to get into kelpies as well because the Collies weren’t ideal for working sheep, kelpies were more suited for the job,” she said.
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3 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsVictorian communities raised a record-breaking $23,822,792 for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s annual Good Friday Appeal, $3-million of which will benefit regional health services. Building on the $2.5-million provided regionally last year, the funding will benefit 41 health services across five regional areas in Barwon South West, Gippsland, Hume, Grampians, and Loddon Mallee, 35 more services than last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsThe Emergency Services Volunteer Fund, proposed to replace the Fire Services Property Levy, has been met with resistance across several Victorian organisations and labelled ‘misleading’. District 17 Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria, VFBV, state councillor Matt Webb – along with Member for Lowan Emma Kealy, United Firefighters Union branch secretary Peter Marshall and councillors across several municipalities – has publicly objected to the implementation of the new fund.
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3 weeks ago | 
theweeklyadvertiser.com.au | Bronwyn Hastings
By Bronwyn HastingsArarat will see youth mental health service Headspace established in the rural city, pledged by Member for Wannon Dan Tehan if a coalition government is elected. Mr Tehan was last week joined by Indigenous Health Services shadow minister and Child Protection and Prevention of Family Violence shadow minister, senator Kerrynne Liddle, to announce an investment of $3.1-million to deliver the service.
