Articles by Ruby Manson

  • ARTS FOCUS: Childhood interest rekindled

    Apollo Bay artist Jo Dunsmuir has used time confined to her home to rekindle her childhood love of painting, though it has taken a different turn.

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  • Wet season threatens canola

    Canola croppers say record prices could offset losses from waterlogged paddocks, and are hoping for a mild couple of months to ensure a bumper harvest.

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  • Events endure woolly period

    Irrewillipe sheep farmers Chris and Paula Riches are disappointed at the cancellation of two major events in the sheep calendar due to coronavirus.

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  • Pickers’ pay under debate

    A labour union is pushing for a guaranteed minimum wage for farm workers. Otway Blueberries’ Wayne Knight said the proposed change wouldn’t affect his business, but warned of impacts on low-value crop producers.

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  • Creativity flows from lockdown

    The COVID-19 pandemic has given Apollo Bay artist Sarah Doyle the time to hone her incredible raw painting talent.

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  • State refutes backdown claim

    The State Government has quashed claims that it has backflipped on giving campers access to Crown land river frontages, but remains tight-lipped on how it will regulate campers.

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  • Farm injury impacts on whole family

    October 1, 2020 is a day Swan Marsh’s Mulheron family won’t easily forget.

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  • Online project against weeds

    The Wye to Wongarra Landcare Group has created a video to inform the Otways community about some of the area’s most noxious weeds.

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