User Profile

Alistair Finlay

Editor of the Sunraysia Daily. Likes my dog, bikes, water, sunshine, trucks, reading, ice hockey and yoga. Established the Broken Hill Times, as well as Ballarat Times, Bendigo Times, and Golden Plains Times, and saved the McIvor Times. Tours of duty at the Latrobe Valley Express, The Advocate in North-West Tasmania, and the Westlock News in Alberta, Canada.

Politics

Webster wins in Mallee, Ley likely in Farrer

NATIONALS MP Anne Webster has secured a third consecutive term as the Federal Member for Mallee on what became a bad night for her Coalition colleagues. As of midday yesterday she had more than 48,100 primary votes, and was not required to go to...

06 May 2025

News

Hosking takes top job at VFF

QUAMBATOOK mixed farmer and industry leader Brett Hosking is the new president of the Victorian Farmers Federation while Peter Star – who has been the VFF Livestock vice-president since 2022 – has been elected as deputy. The current...

21 Jan 2025

News

Fire warning as harvest heats up

WITH harvest season in full swing in some parts of the state, Victorian Country Fire Authority members are calling on farmers to be aware of the risk of conflagration in combine headers. Jack Hewitt is a hay, cereal and sheep farmer and also a Group...

20 Nov 2024

News

New push to sell the Murray

By Alistair FinlayA NEW campaign by Murray Regional Tourism is set to sell the region and its people, from Albury to the South Australian border. The push, named Mates of The Murray, is seeking to showcase the river and communities that surround it...

20 Jun 2024