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  • Investigating emergency animal diseases

    Investigating emergency animal diseases

    With the current exotic disease threats to Victoria and Australia, you may be wondering whether Agriculture Victoria has already been on the lookout for diseases,…

  • $10M biosecurity boost

    $10M biosecurity boost

    New portable sample testing and mobile incident centres are among a suite of work the State Government is delivering to bolster the state’s response to…

  • Three… Facts on the late Olivia Newton-John

    Three… Facts on the late Olivia Newton-John

    1. Olivia nearly didn’t take the role of Sandy in the hit Musical Grease, fearing that she was too old (28) to play the role…

  • Q and A with Balla Balla Community Centre ‘Scribe Tribe’ leader and author, Rod Grigson

    Q and A with Balla Balla Community Centre ‘Scribe Tribe’ leader and author, Rod Grigson

    Tell us a fun fact about yourself! I have travelled to over 55 countries so far in my lifetime.   What do you love about what you…

  • VEC calls for casual staff

    VEC calls for casual staff

    The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) is looking for casual staff for the 2022 Victorian State election. Election casuals don’t need any prior experience, with full…

  • Heroes need your votes

    Heroes need your votes

    Three finalists have been chosen to share in a chance to win $20,000 thanks to Westfield’s Local Heroes community recognition and grants program. Now in…

  • The principal who ’hated school’

    The principal who ’hated school’

    Ironically, the enduring Dandenong North Primary School principal Kevin Mackay OAM hated school as a kid, and “wasn’t much of a student”. “I used to…

  • Norma makes a century

    Norma makes a century

    Being able to find humour through life’s ups and downs is what has helped Norma Allen through her 100 years of life. Celebrating her 100th…

  • Fight for new seat

    Fight for new seat

    The seat of Bass would have changed hands in the 2018 state election, and Labor would have picked up Pakenham, as a result of an…

  • Diverse health obstacles

    Diverse health obstacles

    An exploratory paper on the health of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia has found the CALD community often faces greater challenges when…

  • Building and adapting

    Building and adapting

    Farmers are seeking out sustainable farming practices and are sharing their ideas amongst one another – leaving their land better than how they found it.…

  • Supporting NSW’s parasite response

    Supporting NSW’s parasite response

    Agriculture Victoria staff members are heading north to assist in the NSW varroa mite response. Brett Davidson and Greg Ferrier were part of Agriculture Victoria’s…

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