PREMIUM News What’s your favourite part of the school holidays? By Gabriel Garcia Apr 17, 2023 Good times: Olivia Clifton, aged 10, said it was having time to spend with family and friends. Photo by Gabriel Garcia The Cobram courier visited Barooga this week to ask local kids what they’ve been enjoying most about the school holidays. Fun: Jack Smerton, aged 11, said the highlight for him was playing at the Barooga playground. Photo by Gabriel Garcia Great day out: Juliet Smerton, aged 5, said she got to visit Kidstown in Shepparton. Photo by Gabriel Garcia News Asha Mustica raises thousands for Good Friday Appeal News Seventy per cent of Moira kids at increased risk of transport-related injuries News Gallery | Community Fun Day a great success By Gabriel Garcia
News Strategic decisions pay offFrankie and Fiona Mills, from Kilmany, have made some strategic decisions to get through the past two failed springs and ongoing drought. By Jeanette Severs
News Gippsland’s ongoing drought ignored, say farmersGippsland farmers in drought conditions and desperate for water have received the same news about additional allocations of irrigation water, two months apart. By Jeanette Severs
News Drought package lacks helpJason Roberts, a dairy farmer at Yarragon in southern Victoria, doesn’t see anything that helps him in the Victorian Government’s drought response package. By Jeanette Severs
News Support page helps farmers face droughtTwo south-west Victorian women are spearheading a campaign to ensure local farmers struggling through the worst drought on record are getting the support they need. By Rick Bayne