Man and woman allegedly caught in same room of COVID-19 medi-hotel arrested
Police arrest an 18-year-old woman and 22-year-old man at an Adelaide COVID-19 quarantine hotel, after being caught in the same room.
View ArticleIs automated shearing the answer to the shearer shortage?
Kilmore sheep grazier Kevin Butler is turning to technology to help tackle the shearer worker shortage, and to save his back.
View ArticleAlex the sheep gets new fleece on life after losing 40kg in close shave
It is not unusual for animal sanctuary owner Pam Ahern to receive phone calls at all hours about distressed or injured farmed animals, but this call was a little different.
View ArticleReturn-to-work suit sales boom, along with changing waistlines, sending wool...
Wool producers Hannah and Jeremy Phillips say the price for their wool has doubled as workers across the world lay out for new attire for their return to the office.
View ArticleFarmers enjoy golden run with once-in-a-century string of good seasons
An agricultural market analyst says producers across Victoria and southern NSW are perfectly placed to hit a tight global market battered by international crises.
View ArticleStable fire kills 12 horses in central Victoria, leaves harness racing...
Twelve horses have died in a stable fire in central Victoria at a property on Kilmore-Lancefield Road in the early hours of this morning.
View Article'What they do have they will give': Family overwhelmed by support after...
More than $130,000 has been raised to help the Burnett and Mifsud families rebuild after the devastating blaze last week.
View ArticleFamilies left scrambling as private Victorian boarding school goes into...
Hundreds of Victorian students will be forced to move after finding out the school, north of Melbourne, had been placed into administration.
View ArticleExclusive boarding school announces shock closure
Melbourne's Colmont School in Kilmore has blindsided students, announcing it has been placed into administration and most classes will wrap up this week.
View ArticleMonths-long bushland hunt for elusive staffy ends in capture
The hills of Victoria are known for black panther sightings and bushrangers, but the town of Killmore's latest search mission has ended in a lost staffy finding a loving home.
View ArticleThis pocket-sized gadget could be the answer to stopping livestock theft
Farmers say it's like having a shepherd guarding stock the whole time. Eartag satellite-tracking technology could save them millions of dollars and a lot of heartache.
View ArticleOne person dead after fire at retirement village in Kilmore, north of Melbourne
Victoria Police confirm an elderly man has died in a fire at a retirement village at Kilmore, north of Melbourne.
View ArticleMan accused of murder appears in court after fatal house fire north of Melbourne
The body of a 60-year-old woman was found in the burnt-out house at Goldie, near Lancefield.
View ArticleMobile coverage 'worst nightmare' realised as sons remember mum lost to house...
A man who was among the first on scene to a fatal house fire says he had to leave to make a call to triple-0 because there was no phone coverage.
View ArticleVictoria's country firefighters face a bushfire season with ageing vehicles...
Close to 200 vehicles used by Victoria's volunteer firefighting organisation are more than 30 years old, leaving some rural brigade leaders worried about the safety of their teams heading into summer.
View Article'I must go punch that baby': Meet the Aussie writer behind Emma Stone's best...
He's the screenwriter behind The Favourite, Cruella and The Secret Life of Us. Now Australian Tony McNamara is up for an Oscar for his work on Poor Things.
View ArticleResearchers designing 'smoke alarm for the power network' to stop electricity...
Powerlines have started numerous bushfires, including the Black Saturday catastrophe. Malcolm Hackett lost his home in the inferno and hopes new research into powerlines will help others survive.
View ArticleI'm reassessing my friendships in my 40s. And things are looking up
Friendship burnout is definitely real. So how do you meet friends when you and your kids are all grown up?
View ArticleDriver dies after school bus crashes in Victorian town of Kilmore, north of...
The driver of a bus carrying school students has died after a crash at Kilmore. The school says none of its students have been injured.
View ArticleBody of Victorian farmer found a month after he was reported missing
The search for a former real estate agent who had not been seen since late May has ended with the discovery of his body in central Victoria.
View ArticleTravellers back calls for mandatory motorhome and caravan driver training
Road safety groups and travellers say training for drivers towing large vehicles — and even a special licence — should be implemented across Australia.
View ArticleDriver arrested after abandoning critically hurt passenger in Victorian crash
Police have arrested a driver who fled after a car plunged down an embankment and hit a tree at Kilmore, north of Melbourne.
View ArticleVictorian driver charged after allegedly abandoning hurt passenger in crash
Police allege the Kilmore East man was unlicensed when he veered off the road and crashed into a tree, leaving his female passenger with life threatening injuries.
View ArticleSummer snow as Victoria experiences coldest February night on record
Victoria receives a "temperature whiplash" with summer snow and record cold temperatures after days of heatwave conditions.
View ArticleGrass fires flare north of Melbourne in hot, windy conditions
A grass fire near Kilmore has been brought under control after more than 30 fire crews attended the blaze, while the CFA says a separate grass fire contained in outer Melbourne was a "close call".
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