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Warning for website owners to register new domain names

WEBSITE owners should be aware they are running out of time to reserve new .au direct domain names, otherwise they may open themselves up to cyber fraud. According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), these shorter domain names will end in...

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09 Sep 2022

Rural

Eggs from your backyard instead of the supermarket

WITH recent shortages of eggs making them unavailable or more expensive, people might be thinking about getting their own chooks to lay eggs. Jess Harris from Sprocket’s Free Range Eggs and Pullet Grower Farm sells chooks from their Thoona property...

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07 Sep 2022

Health

Calls to restrict junk food advertising

WANGARATTA naturopath Chris Miliankos is backing a growing campaign to protect children from unhealthy food advertising. He supports the call by newly elected Independent MP Dr Sophie Scamps, for the Federal Government to ban junk food advertising to...

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02 Sep 2022

Health

Community paramedics coming to Wangaratta

HMS Community Paramedic Services in partnership with the local community sector will soon be operating a community paramedic service in Wangaratta. HMS Community co–founder and Beechworth local Annie Wilkinson said the service provides in home...

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22 Aug 2022

Council

Keeping footpaths clear for all pedestrians

RESDIENTS are being reminded that it is their responsibility to maintain their gardens so they don’t encroach onto footpaths. The Rural City of Wangaratta has, over recent weeks, issued notices to some householders about the need to trim back their...

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19 Aug 2022

Environment

Diversity in spotlight for 2022 Landcare Week.

THIS week Landcarers will come together to celebrate the diversity of landcare people and projects across Australia for 2022 Landcare Week. Landcare chief executive officer Dr Shane Norrish said that he was excited to see the range of stories and...

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03 Aug 2022

People and Lifestyle

From St Josephs, Beechworth to award winning researcher

BEECHWORTH product Adrian Spencer has spent his lifetime turning curiosity into accessible information for others, resulting in him recently winning AgriFuture Australia’s 2022 Researcher of the Year. The award is for a research project undertaken in...

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06 Jul 2022

Education

Volunteers sought to open the books on Australian history

SINCE 2009, Trove has been making recorded history easier to find online. Volunteers have been accurately transcribing text from scanned historical newspapers, magazines, books and journals that can then be searched by the Trove search engine. Trove...

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24 Jun 2022

Environment

Attack of the drones

DRONES can be a fun toy, an exciting hobby or a useful tool for farmers and other commercial activities, but for others they may create privacy, noise and safety concerns, especially when flown near people and houses. There are rules that govern the...

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17 Jun 2022

Environment

Electrical appliances welcome at St Vinnie’s

ST Vinnies has started a Green Sparks program that aims to stop thousands of electrical items going to landfill. Electrical appliances donated to the Wangaratta store will be tested and tagged by trained volunteers and then put on sale. The store will...

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15 Jun 2022