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US sprint star's path to LA leads through Stawell

US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has a laser-like focus on the LA Olympics and will use the Stawell Gift as part of her long road back to the global showpiece.

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Stawell Gift 2025: silk singlets, a power blackout and Gout Gout add to fun of historic race

This year’s edition attracted a crowd almost as big as the population of the small country Victoria town where it is held – and they didn’t leave disappointed

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Kennedy, Gout Gout star attractions at Stawell Gift

Either Lachlan Kennedy or Gout Gout will have to do it the hard way if they are to salute at the 2025 Stawell Gift.

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Residents say a 2021 Grampians Health merger is failing at urgent medical services

A frustrated resident says the "wheels are falling off' regional medical services, with a Grampians Health merger leaving sick locals feeling they have "nowhere to go".

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Ni-Vanuatu workers are putting Pacific values into practice in regional Australia through community service

From helping the elderly with their gardening to moving furniture, Pacific Islander workers are creating a sense of connection and camaraderie far from home in the regional Victorian town of Stawell.

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Stawell loses three GPs in two months amid rural doctor shortage, contract dispute

A Victorian MP calls on the state government to intervene in contract negotiations between Grampians Health and a Stawell GP whose resignation has devastated residents.

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Stawell's first rugby club fosters sense of camaraderie and a home away from home among Pacific migrants

From the balmy Samoan village of Asau to country Victoria, Storrs Ualesi has always carried rugby in his soul.

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The search for dark matter

In a gold mine at the edge of a rugged mountain range, scientists are searching for something no-one has ever seen.

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Laboratory to study dark matter opens 1km under Australian town – with no bananas allowed

From deep inside a gold mine in Stawell, Victoria, researchers are hunting for the invisible substance thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe

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Woman sues Grampians Health after developing life-threatening blood clots

A Stawell woman sues Grampians Health for medical negligence after she nearly died from blood clots that she claims were preventable.

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Grampians Health axes emergency care surcharge in Stawell

Grampians Health says a merger of services has allowed it to bring Stawell hospital under a different funding model.

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Stawell aged care facility in lockdown as COVID spreads through Northern Grampians

Eventide Homes says the first case was confirmed on Friday, July 1. Now at least 44 residents have been infected.

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Rising gas prices blamed as Advance Bricks says its oven will go cold after 82 years in Stawell

Once-thriving Advance Bricks in Stawell goes to the wall, wiping out 23 jobs because it can no longer afford the power bill to fire its oven.

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Frew Foods International to create 250 jobs in Stawell, company hamstrung by housing shortages

An upgrade of Frew Foods International's Stawell lamb-processing plant is set to create 250 new jobs and nearly double the site's production capacity.

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Tributes flow for Ambulance Victoria paramedic Pauline Smith who died in Western Victoria crash

A small Victorian town is united in grief after beloved local paramedic Pauline Smith was killed in a two-car collision on the Western Highway.

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Social worker billed $200 for midnight visit to Stawell Regional Health's urgent care centre

A social worker has been billed hundreds of dollars for an after-hours visit to a Victorian town's hospital, sparking outrage from the Rural Doctors Association.

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In Stawell, these orange-clad SES volunteers need new members to cope with a rise in rescue requests

With an ageing member base and an increase in tourists, in time these mountain rescuers might not always be a phone call away.

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