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Loddon HERALD Vol 4 No 16, THURSDAY MAY 2, 2024 ISSN 2653-1550
BRUTAL Razor Budget fears for our local hospitals
The State Government on Monday refused to guarantee the future of Inglewood and Boort health services. A predicted horror Budget to be handed down next week could see hospitals north of Bendigo rolled into a single health service as the state tries to rein in spending. Murray Plains MP Peter Walsh says the Budget could mean brutal cutbacks in country towns. REPORT - PAGE 3
Anzac services well attended HUNDREDS of people have attended Anzac Day commemorations across the Loddon. From Dawn Services at Wedderburn, Bridgewater and Tarnagulla to traditional town acts of remembrance later in the morning, RSL leaders across the region have praised communities for their participation in commemorations on the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops. Parents with young children joined veterans of the Vietnam War, standing for the Last Post and Rouse after wreaths were placed on local memorials by RSL members, school students and community group members. Stories of local soldiers and nurses were recalled by guest speakers including Wing Commander Stuart Waldon who addressed the Wedderburn’s Dawn Service. Descendants of Rheola district soldiers who served in World Wars One and Two and in Vietnam were part of a special service held at the local cemetery. Inglewood’s Barry Giles recalled his deployment to Vietnam and his father who had survived being sunk in the waters off Tobruk in World War Two.
St Mary’s Inglewood students Jordy Pickering and Kiarah McEwan lay a wreath at the Anzac Day commemoration. LH PHOTO
ANZAC DAY IN THE REGION - PAGES 12 & 13
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