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Teson Trims in voluntary administration

Posted September 8, 2008 11:00:00

Financially-troubled Victorian car component company Teson Trims has gone into voluntary administration.

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, automotive, australia, vic, euroa-3666, mitcham-3132

Car crashes into house after police chase

Posted September 6, 2008 12:25:00

A man is facing charges after crashing his car into a house in Wangaratta soon after police called off a pursuit.

Tags: road-accidents, crime, police, vic, wangaratta-3677

Alleged rapist caught in Mt Gambier

Posted September 5, 2008 13:26:00

Police are extraditing an accused rapist to Victoria from South Australia, after he fled to avoid a court appearance.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, vic, shepparton-3630

Green light for Army barracks development

Posted September 5, 2008 11:00:00

Federal Parliament has approved a $36 million development at the Army barracks in east Bandiana, near Wodonga.

Tags: urban-development-and-planning, army, federal-government, bandiana-milpo-3694, wodonga-3690

Pair escape Yackandandah house blaze

Posted September 5, 2008 11:00:00

Two people escaped a fire that destroyed a house in Yackandandah last night.

Tags: residential-fires, wodonga-3690, yackandandah-3749

Teson Trim struggles to maintain jobs

Posted September 5, 2008 09:07:00

A car parts manufacturer in Euroa is struggling to stay afloat and about 100 jobs are at risk.

Tags: industry, manufacturing, australia, vic, euroa-3666

Irrigators talk at lower lakes Video Photo

Posted September 4, 2008 15:37:00 | Updated September 4, 2008 15:55:00

There has been a passionate exchange of views between irrigators during a tour of SA's lower lakes today.

Tags: drought, environmental-management, irrigation, rivers, water, australia, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, sa, adelaide-5000, goolwa-5214, murray-bridge-5253, narrung-5259, renmark-5341, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Wheel problem led to train derailment: ATSB Photo

Posted September 4, 2008 13:24:00 | Updated September 4, 2008 13:36:00

The wheel of a train slid off the track causing a major derailment near Benalla last July.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, rail-accidents, australia, vic, benalla-3672, melbourne-3000

Upstream irrigators view lower Murray plight Photo

Posted September 4, 2008 12:31:00 | Updated September 4, 2008 12:40:00

Murray-Darling irrigators from NSW, Victoria and Queensland are viewing the lower Murray's plight.

Tags: drought, environmental-management, irrigation, rivers, water, australia, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, sa, adelaide-5000, goolwa-5214, murray-bridge-5253, narrung-5259, renmark-5341, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Man arrested over Shepparton armed robbery

Posted September 4, 2008 10:46:00 | Updated September 4, 2008 10:45:00

Police arrested a man in Gippsland last night in relation to an armed robbery in Shepparton this week.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, armed-robbery, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, shepparton-3630

Farmers warned of locust threat

Posted September 4, 2008 10:03:00

Farmers in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales are being warned to be on the lookout for signs of locusts over the next month.

Tags: pest-management, bendigo-3550, echuca-3564, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690

Business chamber backs lake plans

Posted September 4, 2008 10:02:00

Shepparton's chamber of commerce says the city will be much better off once the Victoria Park Lake is redeveloped.

Tags: regional-development, shepparton-3630

Rape accused misses court appearance

Posted September 4, 2008 07:23:00

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Shepparton man who failed to appear in the Ballarat Magistrates Court yesterday.

Tags: crime, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, ballan-3342, ballarat-3350, shepparton-3630

Call to abandon parts of Murray Audio Photo

Posted September 3, 2008 18:26:00 | Updated September 3, 2008 18:34:00

A water economist is urging the Federal Govt to consider abandoning parts of the River Murray.

Tags: climate-change, irrigation, rivers, water, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, renmark-5341, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Public transport first for high country

Posted September 3, 2008 14:34:00

High country residents between Omeo and Bright will have access to public transport for the first time.

Tags: road-transport, bairnsdale-3875, omeo-3898, sale-3850

Wangaratta man gets dad of the year gong

Posted September 3, 2008 14:31:00 | Updated September 3, 2008 14:30:00

A Wangaratta man says winning the Victorian Community Father of the Year award is a special father's day present.

Tags: awards-and-prizes, wangaratta-3677, wodonga-3690

Shepparton lake to get $25m development

Posted September 3, 2008 12:13:00

Shepparton's Victoria Park Lake is set to undergo a multi-million dollar redevelopment.

Tags: regional-development, water, wodonga-3690

Search finds missing girl

Posted September 3, 2008 12:12:00 | Updated September 3, 2008 12:11:00

An autistic girl went missing from a farm in Gerogery, north of Albury, for eight hours yesterday.

Tags: missing-person, gerogery-2642, wodonga-3690

Farmers urged to check for stripe rust

Posted September 3, 2008 12:08:00

The wheat disease stripe rust has been spotted in parts of north-eastern Victoria.

Tags: wheat, pest-management, cobram-3644, wodonga-3690

Nelson rejects lower Murray rescue options Video Photo

Posted September 3, 2008 09:30:00 | Updated September 3, 2008 09:38:00

Breandan Nelson says eight rescue options for the lower Murray are all unattractive.

Tags: drought, environmental-management, rivers, water, australia, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, sa, adelaide-5000, goolwa-5214, murray-bridge-5253, renmark-5341, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Police hunt Shepparton bank bandit

Posted September 2, 2008 12:07:00

Police are searching for a man who threatened staff and customers with a gun, during a bank hold-up in Shepparton yesterday morning.

Tags: police, armed-robbery, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690

Police deny blame at chase inquest

Posted September 2, 2008 12:04:00

The head of a police team investigating a fatal police chase at Albury last year has told a coronial inquest the officers involved were not at fault.

Tags: road-accidents, courts-and-trials, police, albury-2640, wodonga-3690

Report reveals falling job numbers

Posted September 2, 2008 12:02:00

New figures show fewer jobs are being created in central and north-east Victoria this year.

Tags: economic-trends, unemployment, wodonga-3690

Murray set to meet critical human needs Video Audio Photo

Posted September 2, 2008 10:40:00 | Updated September 2, 2008 15:10:00

Winter Murray-Darling inflows remain low but critical human water needs are set to be met.

Tags: drought, environmental-management, rivers, water, australia, act, bega-2550, broken-hill-2880, orange-2800, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650, toowoomba-4350, sa, adelaide-5000, goolwa-5214, murray-bridge-5253, renmark-5341, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, wodonga-3690

Fonterra looks to Echuca factory growth

Posted September 2, 2008 07:06:00

Dairy giant Fonterra says there is scope to grow its new yoghurt and dessert factory at Echuca.

Tags: dairy-production, echuca-3564, wodonga-3690