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“The wind is coming from the north, and you want to stop [it] from taking the moisture out of our soil.”
The funding follows earlier pedestrian crossing upgrades and will target roads identified as safety priorities in 2023.
“All my phone calls, he made me answer on speaker. He made me cut off my parents.”
One of the best ways to beat the cold is an adventure in art.
"It could be someone’s first date, it could be a marriage proposal, who knows what goes on in those booths.”
Agriculture Victoria is advising producers to keep track of water levels, with farmer Jamie Pepper already making contingency plans if significant runoff doesn't arrive by the end of July.
Plus: The best art galleries to visit this winter
Historic lows in the national flock and renewed overseas demand are pushing wool prices to their strongest levels in years, offering producers a welcome boost.
One councillor has branded the adjustment “immoral” while another said she found no evidence ratepayers are owed a cent.
A change to the timing of the majority of a $9.8 million funding allocation has reshaped the budget's bottom line on paper from an original forecasted surplus of over $700,000.
The change comes after an 18-month trial that showed reduced wait times, but one councillor expressed concern about an erosion of “democratic oversight”.
Plus: Carbon, cattle and climate resilience.
