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Wangaratta's Grunt the pig is back walking on council streets after a public campaign

Wangaratta's Grunt the pig is back walking on council land after a public campaign led council to reverse the ban with strict conditions.




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Murray-Darling water plan walks a fine line between efficiency and the environment

Taxpayer investments and the water market are making irrigation more efficient and reducing Murray-Darling's base flow. Here's what needs to happen next, write Q J Wang and Avril Horne.




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Smoking ceremony marks the signing of the Taungurung Country community energy partnership





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Family tragedy prompts Aussie volunteers to teach swimming skills in Philippines

A group of volunteers from Melbourne and Wodonga are back home after spending a week in the Philippines teaching children how to swim. They say the trip will save lives.





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Vision Australia seeks funding to keep 'essential' radio service on the airwaves

More than 700,000 people could lose their primary connection to the outside world as the NDIS rollout leaves Vision Australia Radio without essential government funding to stay on air.




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Karen Chetcuti's murderer Michael Cardamone appeals against sentence of life with no parole

Convicted murderer Michael Cardamone is appealing against the precedent-setting judgement that made him the first person in Victoria to be sentenced to life in prison with no parole after pleading guilty to a single murder.




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Goat meat as alternative meat source has producers struggling to keep up with demand

Consumers turn to goat meat as an alternative, but tough seasonal conditions, wild dogs, and destocking, see producers struggling to keep up with demand.




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Victorian helicopter pilot Gilbert Parker living 'his dream' before Fiji crash

Gilbert Parker is remembered by friends as a "fine man", after he went missing in seas off Fiji when his helicopter crashed as he attempted to take a mother and her two-year-old son to hospital.




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ACCC to study Murray-Darling Basin's $2 billion water market to see who owns what

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate who actually owns Australia's water, in particular the Murray-Darling Basin's $2 billion water market.





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Wodonga man sentenced to 12 years' jail for sex attacks on granddaughter

The court heard the 67-year-old Victorian man, who carried out a series of "chilling and vile" sexual attacks on his granddaughter, also posed online as a female, teenage victim of child abuse.




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Heavy snowfall is being reported at popular skiing destination Mount Hotham

Snowboarder Matt Golding was swept down 'Mary's Slide' after triggering an avalanche.






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Victoria cold weather blankets towns in snow, forces closures on 'treacherous' roads

Heavy snow, freezing temperatures and "treacherous driving conditions" close access to a popular snow resort as Victoria shivers through its third day of an extreme cold snap that's blanketing towns in snow.





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Water prices in southern Murray-Darling skyrocket as increased water demand 'collides' with dry conditions

New analysis of water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin finds water prices sitting at levels only previously seen during the Millennium Drought.





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Smart buildings, artificial intelligence key to uni's bold plan to be carbon neutral by 2029

La Trobe University wants to reach a zero emissions target within 10 years to try to be Victoria's first carbon-neutral tertiary facility.




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Mr Fischer's coffin was taken from The Rock in NSW's Riverina to Albury by train.

Commemorating his love for trains, Tim Fischer's coffin was transported by rail to Albury where a state funeral will be held.




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Australia's haberdashery shops are hanging on by a thread but are they crafting a comeback?

The humble haberdashery shop was once a mainstay of many a town centre, but is browsing the colourful bits and bobs in these stores in danger of becoming a thing of the past?




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Murray-Darling Basin corruption undermining faith in $13b plan, Mick Keelty says

Mick Keelty says a string of scandals involving water thefts and corruption have fostered public mistrust in the plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin.





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One quarter of world's pigs killed by African swine fever as disease spreads to South Korea

The deadly march of pig-killing African swine fever is continuing, with one quarter of the world's pigs now dead, according to meat and livestock analysts.




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Volunteer 'cancer pals' make a difference to Albury Wodonga patients by raising funds and awareness

Eighteen months after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Regan Lions is fundraising as a way of saying thanks to the centre where she had some of her treatment.



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Cow defies odds and gives birth to four calves in big shock to cattle farmers

A cow has amazed a pair of cattle farmers and fascinated a veterinarian after giving birth to rare quadruplets.




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Almost 200 jobs cut as Norske Skog sells its Albury site to Australian paper giant Visy

Operations will cease at Albury's Norske Skog paper mill, with 183 employees to lose their jobs after the company announced the sale of its Ettamogah site to Australian papermaker Visy.




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Citizen science rates increasing, thanks to advances in technology

Easy-to-use apps are the key to citizen science take-up rates to fill in the gaps on data collection.



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Eagle poisonings blamed on farming chemical used to kill mites

An agricultural chemical used to control mites is believed to have killed hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in northern Victoria.




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The Man in the Picture songwriter, Garry Koehler of The Bobkatz, dies aged 64

Beloved Australian songwriter Garry Koehler, who rose to fame with his band The Bobkatz after penning The Man in the Picture, has died in his Queensland home.




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Kialla man Thomas Baksh drank 'up to 40 cans of alcohol' before crash that killed son

A father who was on his L-plates drank "up to 40 cans of alcohol" before getting behind the wheel pleads guilty to causing the death of his son.




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Purebred dingo pup that dropped from the air into a backyard garden turns out to be endangered breed

DNA testing has confirmed that a "seriously cute" little dog that crash-landed into a Victorian backyard is an endangered breed of dingo.




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Government acknowledges it got it wrong on Moira Shire drought grant

A small rural shire in northern Victoria that missed out on a Federal Government drought grant is rejoicing after the decision was reversed.




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NSW RSL works to attract young veterans saying it has 'almost' failed to attract the next generation

The Returned and Services League in NSW says it has been falling behind in providing services and enticing new members and is now renewing its refocus on caring for veterans and their families.




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Snow and rain hamper search for hiker Niels Becker missing more than a week in Victoria's alpine region

The sister of missing hiker Niels Becker hopes he will be found with an "epic story" to tell after failing to return from five-day hike in cold conditions in Victoria's alpine region.



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Man dies while hiking to Mount Sonder on Larapinta Trail in Central Australia

A man collapses and dies while hiking with a family member on a remote bush trail near Mount Sonder in Central Australia. It is the second death on the trail in 18 months.




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Prison drugs under investigation in death of NT's first contract killer Christopher Malyschko

The Northern Territorys first known contract killer may have accidentally died in his prison cell after using drugs, investigators believe.





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Darwin sewerage plant releases 'black and evil-looking' plume near marine reserve

A tour guide, who says he has "never seen anything like this before", thought there had been a massive oil slick when he first saw the thick black water flowing out past a tourist hot spot in the Northern Territory.




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Darwin apartment block came 'close to catastrophic collapse' during construction, court documents say

Documents tendered in the Northern Territory Supreme Court allege the five-storey complex in Darwin which is now advertised as "the epitome of waterfront living" almost collapsed before its completion in 2017.




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Body of Bootu Creek mine worker recovered after nearly a fortnight

The body of a worker buried alive at a Northern Territory mine has been recovered nearly a fortnight after 48,000 tonnes of soil fell on him.




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Northern Territory 'milk run' regional air route future up in the air

Embattled regional airline Airnorth is in for a run for its money as competitor airlines line up for the NT Government-subsidised contract.