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Some are cheering the extra income from a proposed renewable energy transmission line, while others are vowing to lock their gates against electricity provider Transgrid.

A community meeting for the VNI West powerline project was shut down yesterday by a group of "100 to 120" protesting farmers with fire trucks in tow.

Protesters hung signs before entering a VNI West transmission line community meeting to heckle speakers and throw pamphlets.

Brian O'Donnell, 74, is resting at home after being left with his "slipper full of blood and pants half torn off" when attacked by a large, male kangaroo on his St Arnaud property on Saturday.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service community transport service is a driving force across Victoria, putting thousands of patients back in touch with their doctors.

For the first time since 2011 a farm in south-west New South Wales is baiting for mice and a plane has been called in to help get the job done.

Professionals say they would "rather not risk" sending their children to underperforming regional state schools, and it's leading to a skills shortage.

After describing community consultation regarding the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West renewable energy project as "tokenistic at best", Nationals leaders are pushing for a senate inquiry into the overhead powerline project, which would run through farms.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.

Farm groups and locals from St Arnaud say they are "appalled" by the lack of transparency over plans to build powerlines from the Northern Grampians, over broadacre cropping areas, to Echuca.

A regional Victorian amateur prospector is celebrating a $240,000 find after unearthing a 2.6kg nugget. As an ounce of gold reaches $2,984, the attraction to pick up a metal detector is tempting for more and more Victorians.

Investigators say about $139,000 worth of sheep have probably been taken interstate in four-decker trucks after a well-planned rustling operation in rural Victoria.

The chief economist of the Regional Australia Institute says the federal government needs to ensure enough overseas migrant populations are flowing into non-metropolitan areas.

Meet the people voting in Victoria's most marginal electorate this weekend.

With several governments around the world pursuing limits on nitrogen fertiliser use, the Australian agriculture industry has much to consider. But how would farmers adapt?

Well-known and much-loved mayor Tony Driscoll has passed away.

The record temperatures in Britain have had mixed results on Australia's Commonwealth Games hopefuls, with the opening ceremony now just a week away.

A regional Victorian seat, which the opposition holds by a margin of 0.02 per cent, will get its hospital revamped if the Coalition wins Victoria's November election.

A one-year study concludes that reintroducing passenger rail between Mildura and Melbourne is the region’s most critical transport requirement, with social benefits to outweigh any economic burden.

After missing four games, Abby took to the footy oval for the first time this season after the AFL granted her an exemption to play in a mixed competition.

Abby Weir's love of football began when she was six. But playing with the local team came to an end when she turned 15 thanks to an AFL rule.

The Victorian government says its Murray Basin Rail Project is on track and ahead of schedule. But rail and freight industry figures say a key component that was dropped when the project ran out of money needs to be done for the sake of the environment, farmers, and road safety.

Tourism and accommodation have overtaken agriculture as this wine town's major industry, but businesses say the lack of reliable drinking water holds back economic potential.

They might only meet once a year, but these farmers are the custodians of a movement that's changed landscapes across the world.

David Bush has been Santa for the little town of Rupanyup for decades, granting some incredible wishes for Christmas.