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No 1:1753
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
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POSITIVE LIVING & AGEING WELL NEWSLETTER
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INSIDE: ■ Letter to the Editor | page 27 ■ Trades & Services | page 29 ■ 7 Day TV Guide | page 30 ■ SEN - Shepparton’s Home of Sport | page 31
Will Northern Victoria’s water vote matter? By Aaron Cordy LAST year the Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek celebrated the first anniversary of the ‘bill to rescue the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) passed in Parliament.’ This was a month after the Federal Government invested more than $150M to deliver the Great South East Irrigation Scheme and drive economic growth in Tasmania, and another $160M that will go to NSW communities in the MDB to create jobs and boost local Continued Page 25 economies.
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Rarely-shown works and largescale loan works in
new exhibition at SAM By Deanne Jeffers BORROWING its name from 1933 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells, the brand new Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) exhibition, The Shape of Things to Come, offers a window into an unknown future where artists investigate ideas of progress, transformation and adaptation through diverse Continued Page 8 mediums and bold visions.
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CLOSING SOON… Carmel Robertson’s Wish you were here solo exhibition (main photo) closes March 2. Don’t miss this opportunity to see familiar buildings and streets reimagined by Robertson’s unique style. New exhibition The Shape of Things to Come opened to the public on February 22, providing a glimpse into an unknown future using diverse mediums and bold visions. Photos: Supplied
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