Rachel Hayter
Rachel Hayter is a journalist for ABC Western Victoria based in Horsham. She joined the ABC in 2016 after working in commercial radio in Goulburn, Canberra and Sydney. Follow her on Twitter: @_rachelhayter
Elite glider pilots race in grand prix over Victoria
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Fourteen elite glider pilots land in a north-west Victorian town to race in the World Sailplane Grand Prix Racing Series.
Topics: community-and-society, offbeat, human-interest, horsham-3400, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Indigenous elders to watch over tiny farming community
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Four Aboriginal faces will soon watch over the tiny farming community of Sheep Hills in north-west Victoria, as another large-scale work of art is produced on the disused silos of Victoria's far west.
Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, street-art, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, regional, rural, sheep-hills-3392, brim-3391, patchewollock-3491
Former prisoners bake biscuits for school children
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In a tiny church kitchen in rural Victoria, a group of former prisoners busily produces jam drops for primary school children, describing their baking as a quest for redemption.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, religion-and-beliefs, education-collaborative-projects, community-education, stawell-3380, ararat-3377
Cake fight: The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph in hosting dispute
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The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph is on the move from Merbein to Birchip, but not without a fight from Mildura Rural City Council and the original owners Ouyen.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, food-and-cooking, merbein-3505, mildura-3500, birchip-3483, ouyen-3490
Drunk man breaks into pharmacy
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A man has been fined for breaking into a pharmacy and falling asleep in a chair.
Topics: crime, horsham-3400
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