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Bendigo Advertiser July 20, 2024: Pam Scherger credits a local support group with helping her adjust to an acquired disability. Now, as government policy around the complicated sector continues to evolve and advocacy organisations campaign for urgently needed funding increases, that support group has closed down. Some of its members have been “devastated” by the … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser, December 30, 2023: Bendigo pharmacists are welcoming the news they will be able to provide customers with a range of vaccinations free of charge from January 1. “For the patients, it’s brilliant,” White Hills Pharmacy owner Sanjay Jhaveri said. “I’m 100 per cent in favour of it.” “For my clientele, it will be … Continue reading
THREE out of 14 Bendigo aged care homes have received unsatisfactory ratings in the federal government’s new online aged care star rating system, indicating “improvement [is] needed.” Despite teething problems with the new system, including claims its ratings are out of date, experts say it is a good first step in providing transparency and accountability … Continue reading
District health services continuing to experience potentially dangerous delays in blood testing and matching given the failure of Australian Clinical Labs to reopen its Kerang pathology lab after COVID-related closure. Gannawarra Times, June 19, 2020 ”Temporary” lab closure continues’ Gannawarra Times, January 12, 2021 New pathology contract with public provider
Pyramid Hill community will form a working group to collaborate with the Loddon Shire Council on options for use of the town’s aged care facility after an emotional meeting with the commercial operators, who made the shock announcement they would close the home a fortnight ago. Loddon Times, September 24, 2019 Read more
IT WAS around 40 degrees in Kerang, northern Victoria, when Ruslan Shakin jogged into town pushing a pram one Tuesday afternoon in January.The 38-year-old Russian, who lives in Los Angeles, was approximately 3000km into a 4300km journey from Perth to Sydney, which he deliberately embarked on in the hottest months. “I wanted to feel the thirst,” … Continue reading
Numurkah Leader, 7 March 2018: Police say two drivers who were trapped in their cars after a serious collision in Numurkah last Wednesday are lucky to be alive. A Nissan Patrol rolled and landed on its side after colliding with a Toyota Hilux ute at the intersection of Fuzzards and Boothroyds roads around 5pm on … Continue reading
Numurkah Leader, 28 February: A FIRE that destroyed a house in Numurkah on Friday afternoon was caused by an electrical fault, police say. The fire, at 24 Pinnuck St, started at around 1.40 pm and was attended by eight firefighting units, which took about 20 minutes to control it. After investigating the possibility of an … Continue reading
Numurkah Leader, 21 February: THE Victorian Farmers Federation is calling for a depoliticisation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan after a vote in Canberra last week blocked changes proposed by the Basin Authority and prompted threats by Victoria and NSW to pull out of the $13 billion scheme. Victorian Farmers Federation Water Chair Richard Anderson … Continue reading
Numurkah Leader, 7 March 2018: The state opposition would suspend the installation of wire rope barriers on Victorian highways if elected and instead spend the money on road repairs and maintenace, the Nationals said last week. Wire rope barriers heated up as an issue in state parliament last week, with Nationals and Liberal MPs questioning … Continue reading
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