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Vintage bikes fuel Paralympic dream

1 week ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Robert Muir

Rutherglen Rotary Club has given the Australian Para Cycling team a significant boost with a $9,300 donation stemming from the 2025 Vintage Bike Ride. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content “This is big; this will kick-start our fundraising efforts towards the 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games,” 12-time Australian Paralympic cyclist Carol Cooke said.
Lowesdale P&C wins best in NSW

1 week ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Robert Muir

Lowesdale Public School’s P&C has beaten 1000 regional schools to be named the best in New South Wales. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content The 2025 NSW P&C Regional Award was won for an outstanding contribution to ensure the school community thrives. Surrounded by farming paddocks, sheep and crops, everything about the little school of 11 students, established in 1882, looks magnificent.
Green light for rates rise

2 weeks ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Christine McKee

Federation Council’s application for a Special Rate Variation has been approved by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content The council applied for a rate increase of 69.94 per cent over two years, with 52.01 per cent in 2025/26 and 11.8 per cent in 2026/27.
Where are the hospital documents?

2 weeks ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Christine McKee

More than a year after the Victorian senate supported a motion demanding release of all documents related to the Albury Wodonga Health hospital redevelopment, the wait continues. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Benambra MP Bill Tilley said his frustration had reached boiling point. “It’s taken 421 days for the Minister to say f*#! you, you’re getting nothing,” Mr Tilley said.
Endoscopy returns to Corowa Hospital

3 weeks ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Christine McKee

Endoscopy services are expected to reopen at Corowa Hospital next month after being halted in May last year to allow for maintenance in the theatre suite. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Replacement endoscopy equipment has been purchased, and some maintenance work has been completed allowing the service to resume.
Sussan Ley: Farrer still comes first

3 weeks ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Christine McKee

Farrer MP Sussan Ley has become the first woman to lead the Liberal Party of Australia and becomes the Federal Opposition Leader after winning a tight contest for the party’s leadership on Tuesday. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Ms Ley has held the seat of Farrer, which includes Mulwala and Corowa districts since 2001 and been deputy leader of the Liberal Party for the past three years.
New social housing for Seymour

1 month ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Monique Preston

Three new homes will be built in Seymour for First Nations people. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content The social housing homes are among 348 new homes to be built in Victoria as part of a $153 million investment announced by the Victorian Government as part of its Big Housing Build.
Discover the story behind a dress that danced its way from Europe to Australia.

1 month ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Simon Ruppert

Angus Howell’s late wife, Diana, was many things. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content A competitive dancer, a wife, a mum, and a big supporter of the Independent movement in Australian politics. When Angus decided to volunteer to assist Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines’ campaign three years ago, he found a way she could still be involved.
Council hits the brakes on flood maps

1 month ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Christine McKee

Changes to Federation Council’s flood maps will be put on pause after an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, witnessed by 120 people in the public gallery. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Councillors voted to use the adopted 2012 LEP maps for decision-making on land use and development until the Flood Risk Management Study and Plan was complete and any changes were officially adopted.
Update on condition of man pulled from burning apartment in Anzac Day blaze

1 month ago | corowafreepress.com.au | Owen Sinclair

A man from Cobram has been discharged from hospital following a blaze that consumed an apartment on Anzac Day. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne confirmed a 50-year-old Cobram man was discharged from the Burns Unit on Sunday, April 27. It comes following reports that paramedics had treated a 50-year-old man who had been pulled from a Hay Ave apartment by concerned residents on Friday, April 25.