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Town by town snapshot Harcourt

The size of Harcourt is approximately 28.5 square kilometres and has one park covering nearly 0.6 per cent of total area. The population of Harcourt...

Home prices to keep rising despite higher rates: REA

NATIONAL property prices are expected to increase by up to five per cent in 2023, having already lifted more than two per cent since...

Industry groups urge backing for ‘vital’ housing fund

HOUSING lobby groups have thrown their support behind a multibillion-dollar social and affordable homes fund as Labor tries to push the proposal through parliament. The...

Union urges speedy ban of stone benchtops

AUSTRALIA'S construction union is ramping up calls for a nationwide ban on engineered stone benchtops to protect workers from deadly diseases. Products with high silica...

Market buffered against doom and gloom forecasts

THE property market has been as edgy as it has ever been in recent years with COVID kicking off a roller-coaster ride that hoodwinked...

Bendigo blitzes Ballarat race

ATHLETICS Bendigo Region’s number one men’s team blitzed rivals in last Sunday’s running of the On-backed cross-country action at Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree. The Bendigo team,...

Kerr coy on fitness after making Matildas return

AUSTRALIA'S superstar striker Sam Kerr is keeping her fitness status close to her chest after coming through unscathed in her return from injury for...

Pies called out for arrogant approach

KANE Cornes has called out Collingwood for their decision to let Hawthorn captain James Sicily do as he pleased in last Saturday’s thirty-two-point loss...

Walls pleased Carlton backed Voss but…

CARLTON legend Robert Walls was glad that the Blues stood firm amidst calls for Michael Voss to be sacked mid-season. Walls was one Carlton figure...

MBH digital edition, 11 August

Full digital edition, 11 August

A better and fairer way for women

-EDITORIAL I WALKED into a supermarket toilet a few years ago to find a woman who looked just like me washing her hair in the...

Price rises hitting hard at the checkout

Dear Editor, Supermarket prices are continuing to bite all Victorians right when they can least afford it. Victorian families are struggling to put food on the...

Sink your heart into Chompers!

Chompers is the sweetest most loving boy you will ever come across! This boy came into the shelter as a stray which no one came...

Town by town snapshot Marong

The size of Marong is approximately 76.1 square kilometres and has two parks covering nearly 1.8 per cent of total area. The population in 2016...

Cooking with gas no more as state heads for net zero

GAS connections will be banned in Victorian homes built from next year in a move that's divided providers, environment groups and other stakeholders. All new...

Rate rise reprieve urged as inflation falls

WITH many homeowners are weighed down by the burden of a mortgage, so it’s no wonder there is some fear in the market after...

PM throws down gauntlet on stalled social housing fund

PRIME MINISTER Anthony Albanese has challenged the Greens to back a multi-billion dollar housing package or risk sending voters to an early election. The Government...

Matildas buy Sam Kerr an extra time to prove fitness

MATILDAS superstar Sam Kerr has until early next week to prove her fitness for the Women's World Cup knockout stages but can take heart...

Cook says Roos and Eagles should fix self-inflicted woes

ONE of the game’s longest-serving and most respected administrators isn’t a believer in AFL assistance packages to clubs. Carlton CEO Brian Cook has aid both...

Questions asked after head clash

THE AFL will be asking questions of Port Adelaide following the sickening head clash between Power teammates Lachie Jones and Aliir Aliir in Saturday’s...

MBH digital edition, 4 August

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Voter numbers reach record highs

A RECORD number of Australians are enrolled to vote ahead of the upcoming referendum on the Indigenous voice to Parliament. The estimated national enrolment rate...