Tag: farmers
Appeal to help koalas
A charity is appealing for farmers in Wyndham and Greater Geelong to allow tree-planting on their land, to help support the koala population of...
Planting for koalas
The Koala Clancy Foundation will host a free event in Little River next week, where landowners will be able to learn about how to...
Scouts on farm duty
A group of Scouts from St Albans have been busy doing their bit to help drought-stricken farmers across Australia.
The Tran Hung Dao Scout Group...
Art aid for farmers
Kids at Rainbow Bridge Education Centre in Point Cook will host a weekend art show to raise funds for drought-stricken farmers.
Centre artists – including...
Farmers fume over ‘rip-off’ rates
The Victorian Farmers Federation has called for a more equitable rate-capping regime, claiming its own analysis reveals rural ratepayers are being ripped off.
The state...
Salinity, security flagged for Werribee South farmers in water policy
A solution to Werribee South farmers’ water woes could be near if a state government policy is enacted.
The policy, Water for Victoria, released last...
Werribee South farmers also affected by dispute
Werribee South farmers are being caught up in an ongoing industrial dispute at a Truganina distribution centre.
As protests outside the Polar Fresh centre continue...
Werribee South farmers’ top-dollar water woes
Werribee South farmers are paying more than four times more for water than those in Gippsland.
Southern Rural Water supply manager Edward Smith said the...
Support farmers, secure food supply
More investment is needed in water infrastructure to support farmers at Werribee South if food supplies are to be secured for a growing population,...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
