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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: Kaniva College students Roxy Maddern, left, and Sylvia Nemschich flank the 18-carat gold Lexus Melbourne Cup trophy along with classmates at Kaniva Town Hall. Students had an opportunity to view the cup and speak with ambassador and former chief steward Des Gleeson during an afternoon tea to celebrate the 2021 Melbourne Cup tour stopping in the town. Story, more pictures, page 16. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
Call for patience W
BY DEAN LAWSON
est Wimmera mayor Bruce Meyer has urged communities on the Victorian-South Australian border to be patient and positive as they bear an abrasive edge of an extended lockdown.
Cr Meyer said staying positive was the main message for people trying to navigate daily life amid cross-border complications.
His plea, also echoing leadership sentiment across the broader region, came as the Victorian government extended the latest COVID-19 statewide lockdown until July 27 and tightened restrictions on interstate travel. South Australia also went into lockdown from 6pm last night. COVID-19 identification at Mildura is part of heightened Victorian regional and border concerns.
It and other virus contact points across the region have limited opportunities for authorities to separate regional and metropolitan Victoria through a previous ‘ring-of-steel’ system. A third of primary contacts for the virus are in regional Victoria. A Victorian-South Australian community ‘travel bubble’, in contracting from 70 to 40 kilometres and with a broader lockdown scenario, is set to
amplify pressure on communities that regularly access services on either side of the border. West Wimmera Shire towns Kaniva and Edenhope are inside the bubble but others, such as Harrow and Goroke and other small settlements, are outside. “We’re getting a similar situation over and over again, being seriously inconvenienced and can’t help but feel like we’re taking the brunt for
others’ mistakes. But all we can try to do is stay as positive as we can,” Cr Meyer said. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel, although the tunnel seems to get longer and the light dimmer at stages. “But I believe there are plenty of other situations that are many times worse off than we are.” Continued page 3
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