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THIS year marks the 10th anniversary of the Little Gallery, which was originally established as an artist collective in 2010.

HEPBURN Matters, a community advocacy group, was launched at the Daylesford Town Hall on June 22 in front of more than 100 people.

WHEN well-known and much-loved local John Hungerford started sharing Facebook posts about his beautiful wife ‘Dear Fay’, he never expected the outpouring of emotions from friends and strangers alike. John and Fay were well known in the Newlyn and wider district with Newlyn Antiques and Nursery and their shared love of people.

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Since April 2018, Agriculture Victoria and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have worked together to produce The Fast Break newsletters, the Very Fast Break YouTube clips and Climate Outlook webinars; products which outline the climate indicators and forecast model predictions for Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Southern NSW.

Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) is arguably the biggest move seen in agriculture, with consumers demanding a high level of product integrity and proof of source.

Foxes and wild dogs are 'declared' established pest animals in Victoria. They cannot be eradicated from the state and require ongoing management by all public and private landowners.

The art of seasonal risk decision making In this special two-part podcast episode of My Rain Gauge is Busted we hear from Think Agri’s Kate Burke.

Climb on board and join us for the next virtual climate bus trip.

Agriculture Victoria is working closely with both the pig and horse industries in response to Japanese encephalitis.

Entries are now open for the WorkSafe Awards - Commitment to workplace health and safety on a farm – until 15 July.

Campfire – the National Centre for Farmer Health’s (NCFH) digital meeting place for issues on the land – will now be available for listeners at any time.

Calling all small-scale and craft producers.

A portable molecular lab developed by Agriculture Victoria has opened in Timor-Leste to boost local animal health and help safeguard Australia from exotic animal diseases.

Agriculture Victoria’s Pathways to Export team has joined up with Global Victoria to present a special webinar for food and agriculture businesses looking to enter the export market or expand their current export activities.

Agriculture Victoria has partnered with the Australian Table Grape Association to improve trust in the supply chain.

I am sad to see my close friends and long-time colleagues – James Merlino, Martin Foley, Lisa Neville, Martin Pakula and Richard Wynne – retire from the Ministry and, at the end of the year, the Parliament.

Council has voted to adopt the Budget 2022/23 and Council Plan 2021–2031 (Year Two Actions 2022/23) at this week’s Scheduled Council Meeting.

Agriculture Victoria has welcomed the guilty verdict for a farmer from Walkerville, who has been fined $50,000 and banned for 10 years from owning any farm animal or being a person in charge of any farm animal.

Jeroen Weimar has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee – the organisation charged with overseeing the build-up to and delivery of the event.

The State Government is putting lived experience at the heart of an Independent Review that will dive deeper into the criteria, regulations and future legislation for compulsory mental health treatment, as part of the reform of Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system

The State Government is backing small-scale and craft producers to expand their product lines, increase export opportunities and create new jobs.

The State Government is today making the biggest single investment in student mental health in Australian history – delivering the support young Victorians need to grow up happy and healthy, and catching mental health concerns earlier so children aren’t slipping through the cracks of the system.

Grassroots creative organisations are being supported to deliver creative content to more Victorian audiences, providing stable funding and new opportunities.