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| UpdatedAn ancient Aboriginal settlement and aquaculture site in south-west Victoria is a step closer to being named a UNESCO World Heritage site, after the Federal Government submitted it to be included on a tentative list.
Topics: community-and-society, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, heywood-3304, vic, australia
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Two men are on the run after an armed robbery and several high speed chases in Victoria's south-west.
Topics: armed-robbery, police, warrnambool-3280, hamilton-3300, heywood-3304
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A site in south-west Victoria where Aboriginal people settled and developed a sophisticated aquaculture system moves one step closer to UNESCO World Heritage listing.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, heywood-3304, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe area known as the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in Western Victoria could be Australia's next World Heritage site.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, awards-and-prizes, heywood-3304
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Topics: aboriginal, heywood-3304
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| UpdatedA Victorian surfer says he is lucky to be alive after being attacked and bitten by what is believed to be a bronze whaler shark off the coast of Portland in south-west Victoria.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, tyrendarra-3285, portland-3305, heywood-3304
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| UpdatedThe family of a man killed in an alleged assault in Victoria's south-west pleads for a change in community attitudes towards alcohol.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, alcohol-education, alcohol, heywood-3304, portland-3305
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| UpdatedThe homicide squad is investigating the death of a man in his 40s who was allegedly assaulted following a football match at Heywood, in Victoria's southwest.
Topics: assault, police, heywood-3304, vic
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| UpdatedPolice are investigating whether the dumping of a dead koala outside a police station in Victoria's south-west with $50 stuffed in its mouth is linked to a crackdown on drug crime in the region.
Topics: police, animals, animal-welfare, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350, portland-3305
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South-west Victorian opponents of unconventional gas say they are pleased with a meeting they had with Premier Denis Napthine.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-management, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, hamilton-3300, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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A group of residents along the Woolsthorpe to Heywood road in south-west Victoria has welcomed a multimillion dollar State Government commitment to fix the ageing road.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, emergency-planning, programs-and-initiatives, heywood-3304, woolsthorpe-3276, ballarat-3350
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Fire has destroyed a house in Heywood, in Victoria's state's south-west.
Topics: residential, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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The State Emergency Service (SES) says it has wrapped up operations in south-west Victoria after several days of wild weather.
Topics: weather, storm-event, emergency-incidents, portland-3305, ballarat-3350, heywood-3304, warrnambool-3280, port-fairy-3284
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Tasmanian timber company Gunns has sold its Victorian sawmill for $28 million.
Topics: company-news, timber, tas, hobart-7000, heywood-3304, launceston-7250
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The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) says south-west Victorian communities are in support of its extensive fuel reduction burning program.
Topics: fires, emergency-planning, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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The Victorian Government says the community of Heywood, north of Portland, has been crying out for a round-the-clock police presence.
Topics: police, programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350, portland-3305, horsham-3400
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Plans are advancing by ElectraNet to boost the capacity for electricity flows between South Australia and Victoria.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, company-news, industry, wind-energy, mount-gambier-5290, heywood-3304
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Residents of Heywood are confused about where Victorian Government funding will be directed.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350, portland-3305
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| UpdatedA coronial inquest has found the poor condition of a road near Portland caused a fatal bus crash that killed three people in 2009.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, courts-and-trials, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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The Victorian Coalition will build a new $500,000 police station at Heywood, north of Portland, if it is elected later this month.
Topics: police, elections, states-and-territories, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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| UpdatedCountry Fire Authority crews in Victoria are working to contain fires that have broken out at Dorodong, north west of Casterton and in the Cobbobonee National Park near Heywood.
Topics: bushfire, fires, heywood-3304, vic, casterton-3311
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The Glenelg Council has approved plans for a $25 million wood pellet mill at Heywood, north of Portland.
Topics: timber, industry, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350, portland-3305
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| UpdatedThe company behind a wood pellet mill planned for south-west Victoria wants to proceed with the project, despite difficulty in securing a site.
Topics: company-news, manufacturing, heywood-3304, ballarat-3350
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RSL branches across western Victoria are preparing for tomorrow's Anzac Day services.
Topics: anzac-day, ballarat-3350, coleraine-3315, digby-3309, dunkeld-3294, glenthompson-3293, hamilton-3300, heywood-3304, horsham-3400, penshurst-3289, portland-3305, warrnambool-3280
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A church group in south-west Victoria says it is devastated by the death of one of its members in a bus crash last week.
Topics: death, accidents, road, portland-3305, vic, ballarat-3350, heywood-3304, horsham-3400