Eye catching: Subaru has added yet another model to the burgeoning sub-compact SUV class, but its new XV won't get lost in the crowd. Find out more.

Eye catching: Subaru has added yet another model to the burgeoning sub-compact SUV class, but its new XV won't get lost in the crowd. Find out more.

One dead in Balliang crash

A WOMAN has died and four others, including three children, have been injured after their car crashed into a tree on a rural road west of Melbourne.

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Two die in plane crash

TWO people are dead after a vintage plane clipped trees and exploded in a fireball at an airstrip in central Victoria yesterday.

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Govt urged to declare natural disaster

The NSW Government is being urged to declare a series of natural disaster zones in the state's flood-hit north.

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Fire-hit towns try to shed the past

AS the third anniversary of the Black Saturday fires approaches, the mayor of the worst affected communities says they no longer want to be defined by the disaster.

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Thousands party at Tamworth

It doesn't get much more country than the annual cavalcade at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

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Activists burn Aussie flag

Protesters burn the Australian flag today.

INDIGENOUS activists have burned the Australian flag in an angry response to condemnation of a riot by Aboriginal tent embassy activists.

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Foreign raiders reporting cap rises

Foreign investment reporting trigger has risen to $244m.

THE threshold for reporting foreign investment in Australia has increased from $231 million to $244 million this month.

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Avian influenza detected in ducks

Duck farm in quarantine.

A COMMERCIAL duck farm on two sites north-west of Melbourne are in quarantine after birds tested positive to Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

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Two hurt in Lake Eildon fire

Two flown to hospital after boat house fire.

TWO people have suffered serious burns in a houseboat fire at Lake Eildon.

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Ducks strip rice crops

Rice crop.

RICE growers have walked away from 4500ha of crop after duck and wind damage in the Riverina.

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Hulls to quit Vic politics today

Rob Hulls with his boys Nick, 5, Tom, 3 and Jack, 8.

DEPUTY Labor leader Rob Hulls is to retire from politics today.

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Stawell hospital in the dark over rape claims

Doctor acquitted of rape but hospital didn't know of allegations.

THE medical regulator failed to tell a Victorian hospital its only obstetrician was being investigated over rape allegations.

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Dairy Week 2012

Pictures: More pictures from International Dairy Week at Tatura, Victoria.

Cattlemen's Cup

Pictures: Thousands flocked to Merrijig for the Mountain Cattlemen's Cup.

Ouyen Pacing Cup

Pictures: Harness racing returned to Ouyen in northwest Victoria.

Ballarat Beer Festival

Pictures: All the action from the inaugural Ballarat Beer Festival.

Insurance premiums soar

Sally Mitchell faces a hefty rise in her insurance premiums.

TORUMBARRY dairy farmers Sally Mitchell and Barry Ashwin were shocked last October when their insurance bill rose almost $2000.

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Rabbit funds fury

Farmers threaten to drop the fight against a new plague of rabbits in Victoria.

FARMERS have threatened to withdraw from the fight against a new plague of rabbits in Victoria's northwest.

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ID is key for cattle future

Andrew Ogilvie.

NEW live export protocols tracing Australian cattle along the supply chain should prevent any future trade shutdowns.

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Beefed up Aussie exports

Beef exports

AUSTRALIA's beef industry will export 975,000 tonnes this year, setting a new record.

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Eat Australian campaign launched

Push to eat Australian produce on Australia Day.

AS the hours tick down to Australia Day shoppers are being asked to fill their plates with Aussie produce.

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No fire plan? Big risk

The CFA asks everyone to devise a fire plan now.

WORRIED firefighters have launched a campaign to convince Victorian homeowners to help save their own lives.

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Flower supply goes in house

King Proteas growing on his Longford property.

FLOWER wholesaler and exporter Adrian Parsons has a whole lot more respect for farmers and their production issues.

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Girls footy in O&M

Girls football

THE popularity of girls football continues to grow with the Ovens and Murray league announcing a new competition in 2012.

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Celebrate Australia Day

Australia Day means a lot to rural communities.

RURAL communities are celebrating Australia Day in marvellous ways, writes SARAH HUDSON

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Wide load on the coast

Tree load

READER Patty Farnell sent in this picture we presumed was in some crazy country with lax road rules.

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Eat well for our economy

Kooka's Country Cookies

DONALD must fight to save a local food producer from disappearing, writes GRAEME HARRIS

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Barley prices hard to predict

Barley

GRAIN markets are a balance between capturing price peaks and selling to the best price of the day.

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Vetch crop in demand

Hay talk

THE hay market has turned the corner and although the bulk of the demand is yet to appear, prices are firm.

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Levy lift crucial for dairy

Dairy levy

FARMERS must support a much-needed increase in the Dairy Australia levy, writes KERRY CALLOW

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Bushfire escape plan crucial

Fire safety warning

PROPERTY can be replaced; lives can't, writes JOHANNA LEGGATT

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