Last Top Stories: Hothouse Theatre: getting up close and personal in the regions

• Hothouse Theatre: getting up close and personal in the regions

  

  The cast of Hothouse Theatre company's Between the Clouds. Making theatre in regional Australia requires getting up close and personal with the audience. It's no place for the auteur, says Hothouse Theatre's new artistic director Lyn Wallis."If you are not giving people want they want, or they don't like what you do, you know it very quickly, there is no buffer," Wallis says. "We are always thinking about our audience."Formerly Director of Theatre at the Australia Council and manager of the ..

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• Walking against violence

  

  Walking against violenceByBLAIR THOMSONNov. 23, 2015, 1:14 p.m.Police urge people to take part in Wednesday's march to fight scourgeUNITED: Alicia Langman and Tony Chamberlain will bring NSW and Victoria together to fight domestic violence on Wednesday.POLICE are urging people to take part in a symbolic march to fight domestic violence.Officers from Albury and Wodonga and members of the public will meet at the Porta sculpture on the Lincoln Causeway on Wednesday.The Victorian march will start ou..

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• Patient sues surgeon Roland van Marburg over ear damage claims

  A WANGARATTA woman is suing Albury-based surgeon Roland von Marburg over claims he injured important parts of her ear in surgery but didn't initially tell ...

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• Vicious assault, house torched

  

  A Lavington man attacked his partner then set their home on fireAxel Georg ReimersA Lavington man set his house on fire moments after a heated argument with his partner that culminated in a serious assault.Deliberately lit: Firefighters outside the Webb Street house that Axel Georg Reimers tried to burn down.Axel Georg Reimers had put his arm around her throat and squeezed hard, hampering her breathing.Albury Local Court was told on Monday how the woman – who was visiting the house on the aftern..

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• NSW bridge cash risk

  

  Greg Aplin says Victorian Government dragging chain on Yarrawonga-Mulwala bridge fundingByDAVID JOHNSTONNov. 23, 2015, 11:22 a.m.NSW Government funding for Lake Mulwala bridge could be pulledCOUGH UP: Member for Albury Greg Aplin, left, and NSW roads minister Duncan Gay want Victorian counterparts to come good on bridge funding.MEMBER for Albury Greg Aplin has turned the heat up on the Victorian Government for failing to confirm matching funding in its announcement of the preferred route for the..

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• Border Mail Casual Cook call-out

  

  Nikita Tidd with her dish salmon en papilloteEric Kerr preparing his salmon and couscous salad in his kitchenCathy Sharp making sconesLeah GrayKate Schilg with ingredients for her Beef Casserole for casual cookDiana Prosser making her veal saltimboccaValerie Ratcliff and her family. L to R Valerie, Melissa, 13, Summer, 12, Zeke, 6, Ariel, 9, Brook (husband), and Christina, 11. She is cooking Soft Tacos with the whole family's helpThurgoona, casual cook is Kim Healy, recipe is a sponge cakeNatal..

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• Star duo chasing gold

  

  The Australian Junior Basketball Country Cup hits Albury once again, featuring some of the best young talent from all over Australia and New Zealand, and ...

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• AuctionsPlus sells more cattle in spring despite shrinking national herd

  CATTLE are moving huge distances across Australia and in greater numbers, according to the nation’s online stock auction portal.AuctionsPlus has sold 37 per cent more cattle in spring this year despite a shrinking national herd.And movements across Australia are not unusual, with some stock moving from Western Australia to the eastern states, and from Queensland to northern Victoria.AuctionsPlus chief executive Anna Speer said 16 per cent of users each month were new.“This has been consistent al..

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• Tears for our lollypop lady

  

  Tributes flow for Halbrook Public School lollypop lady, Pat McKinnonNov. 23, 2015, 11:52 a.m.Pat McKinnon was as much a staple of Holbrook school life as the school bell.SADLY MISSED: The late Pat McKinnon (second from right) in the place she loved, helping Holbrook Public School students navigate the perils of Albury Road.SHE was as much a staple of Holbrook school life as the school bell, a big-hearted lollypop lady who was loved by staff and students alike.So when Pat McKinnon died suddenly f..

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• SIRU sets deadline as teams consider split

  

  SIRU sets deadline as teams consider splitByRebecca FistNov. 23, 2015, 3:21 p.m.AS THREE clubs weigh up the pros and cons of leaving SIRU and joining a different competition for 2016, they must reach a decision by December 10.IN ACTION: Temora's Hayden Philp trying to get away from CSUs Jake Busby in the first grade final in September. Picture: Laura HardwickAS THREE rugby union clubs weigh up the pros and cons of leaving SIRU and joining a different competition for 2016, they must reach a decis..

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