Incentives to hire more staff and other top stories.

• Incentives to hire more staff

  

  An Albury retailer has welcomed the renewal of a grant available to small business owners who take on additional employees TRADING: Albury small business owner Judy Hayhoe has welcomed a renewed incentive to take on more employees from the NSW budget. Picture: DERRICK KRUSCHEAN ALBURY retailer has welcomed the renewal of a grant available to small business owners who take on additional employees. NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian unveiled in Tuesday’s budget small business could ap..

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• Driver's life had 'gone to pieces'

  

  A Thurgoona man who got drunk then drove has held onto his licence An esteemed former teacher from one of Melbourne’s most prestigious private schools has kept his licence despite a high-range drink-driving offence.Defence solicitor Chris Halburd said it was the first time he had made such a submission.But Gerald Francis Moylan’s case was so unique, he said, it justified a bond without conviction.He argued in Albury Local Court on Tuesday that Moylan, 65, was suited to such a rare..

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• Andrew Smith, Andrew Cowhan and Joe Silafau all unlikely to return ...

  

  Albury unlikely to regain the services of key trio this season. INJURED: Albury prop Joe Silafau is unlikely to return this season due to an ankle injury.ALBURY captain-coach Ben Jeffery has ruled out three key players from taking any part in the battle-scarred Thunder’s campaign for a place in the Group Nine finals.With Albury in the midst of a dogfight for a spot in the top five, Jeffery is treating quality props Andrew Cowhan and Joe Silafau and creative Andrew Smith as long-te..

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• Tough contest ends in draw

  

  Albury Strikers and Goulburn play out draw in Capital League hockey June 21, 2016, 11:48 a.m. Albury and Goulburn can't be separated in their round eight Capital League hockey encounter ALBURY drew with Goulburn 3-all in a hard-fought round eight Capital League encounter at Albury on Saturday.LOOKING FOR OPTIONS: Albury's Ness Purtell, in her 150th game, assesses the situation during the home match against Goulburn on Saturday. In ideal playing condit..

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• Good call

  

  Soon-to-be Hall of Famer Simon Bone says the league is making the right call by introducing a salary cap FATHER AND SON: Mick Bone will be joined in the Ovens and Murray Hall of Fame by his son Simon. Bone played in the Wodonga Raiders' 1998 flag. Picture: CHRIS YOUNGTHE Bone family will become just the second in Ovens and Murray history to have a father and son inducted into the Hall of Fame.Simon Bone will join his father Mick when he, alongside five others, is formally inducted..

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• Libraries get glimpse of Bhutanese life

  

  The Albury Wodonga Resource Bureau is running a new cultural exchange program in the Border's three libraries to engage families from multicultural backgrounds. COMPETITION RETURNS: Albury's Som Nath Subedi and Narapati Adhikari face off in six star, a traditional Bhutanese game, at the Albury Library Museum through a new cultural exchange program. Picture: ELLEN EBSARYBhutanese men are revisiting traditional games for the first time since immigrating thanks to the Albury Wodonga ..

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