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BYD Shark is coming for you

It’s BYD's Shark and it's coming for you. At least it is if you're in the market for a ute because the Shark, or Shark...

Quake safety

AUSTRALIANS are urged to practice their earthquake safety as the nation experiences on average 100 quakes a year over magnitude 3. Geoscience Australia are...

Teaspoons make a disappearing act

RESEARCHERS at a medical institute in Brisbane found by using the latest microchipping technology a workplace staple, the teaspoon, disappears from tearooms at a...

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Sport

Angus an Australian champion

Local athlete Angus Ewing is a national champion after winning gold in discus at the Australian Athletics All Schools Championships in Melbourne recently. He wasn’t...

HDCA Country Week Squads

It’s that time of year that the Hamilton District Cricket Association (HDCA) selects its best teams to go away and represent Hamilton at Country...

Saints looking unstoppable

St Mary’s Black are in a great position at the halfway point of the Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Division 1/2 Women’s summer season, undefeated...

Favourite stories of the year

There were so many wonderful interviews and stories I had the pleasure of writing throughout 2025, with some seismic achievements by people in our...

Local farmer goes out on his own

Jye Cromb might be just 20 years of age but he has developed a wealth of farming knowledge and experience across those two decades....

Croquet Report

The intense heat didn’t deter play a couple of weeks ago – croquet players see every day as a good day for croquet! Margaret Grey...

Rural

Visitors love the Casterton Kelpie Muster

CASTERTON'S famous Kelpie Muster is just around the corner, and will bring together thousands of canine connoisseurs from across the nation to the rural...

Muster dog at Kelpie Festival

THE Australian Kelpie Muster is thrilled to welcome Kim Dodson and her beloved Kelpie, Banjo, stars of ABC TV’s Muster Dogs Season 3, as...

Hamilton Market Reports

HAMILTON CATTLE MARKET FRIDAY, MAY 23 Agents yarded 213 cattle at the Hamilton weekly cattle market with a mixed quality yarding. Heavy steers over 500kg making up...

Morgan wins 14th open speed shear

Talented local shearer Caleb Morgan has won yet again, this time at the Charleville & South West Queensland Show in the Open speed shear....

Farmers take fight to Spring St

Vasey CFA Fire Brigade Captain Trevor Puls was one of approximately 5000 people from across the State that descended on Melbourne's CBD on Tuesday...

Calves hungry for more

As autumn calving continues there are many areas of the district where calves are being born onto paddocks with little valuable feed available. This means cows...

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Pathway for aspiring First Nations doctors

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students are invited to apply now for the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) 2026 Indigenous Medical Scholarship. Since 1994, the...

Walking safely in summer

Summer means more daylight hours for walking, and swimming in rivers and lakes is more appealing. The maximum average temperature is around 22 degrees...

Feral foxes and cats to reduce under new coordinator

The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) has welcomed a new National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator, Yasmin Aly. Who joins Heidi Kleinert,...

Rectory restored

The community were welcomed at Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Coleraine on Sunday 14 December, as the congregation celebrated the completion of a project...

Keep cattle in check

Dairy farmers are encouraged to take proactive steps to protect herd health as humid, wet conditions increase disease, affect growth rates of young cattle...

$1 billion in unpaid super returned to workers

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released new data, revealing $1.1 billion in unpaid super has been returned to nearly a million individual’s super...