Moira Shire Council chair administrator Graeme Emonson PSM said working with Campaspe Shire Council on the expanded brochure was a natural progression.
“The Silo Art trail doesn’t stop at shire boundaries,” Dr Emonson said.
Campaspe Shire Mayor Daniel Mackrell also welcomed the new brochure.
“I’m delighted that, in collaboration with Moira Shire Council, the stunning silo murals across our shire are now featured on the Melbourne to the Murray Silo Art Road Trip map,” Cr Mackrell said.
Thirty thousand copies of the new brochure have been printed, with 10,000 copies for distribution in Melbourne and other areas of regional Victoria, and 10,000 each for Moira and Campaspe to distribute to visitors in the region.
Vale Ron Boswell
Former National Party MP, Ron Boswell, has died at the age of 85.
Mr Boswell, AO, was a Nationals Elder and statesman who championed small business and family issues.
He served in the Senate for The Nationals and later the LNP for more than 30 years.
Mr Boswell was Leader of The Nationals in the Senate for 17 years and successfully held numerous parliamentary positions in Opposition, from Shadow Minister for Regional Development to the portfolios of Northern Australia and External Affairs.
In government, he held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Transport and Regional Services Minister.
Mr Boswell passed away on January 6.
Farm fined
Two companies were fined in Korumburra Magistrates Court for offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act on December 10.
One was convicted and fined $40,000 after being found guilty ex-parte of a single charge of failing to provide safe systems of work, while another was fined $25,000 without conviction after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to provide and maintain safe plant and one charge of failing to provide adequate information, instruction and training.
Both companies were also ordered to pay costs of $5641.
In June 2023, a labour hire provider sent a worker to the host employer’s farm, where she was tasked with removing onion stems using an onion grader machine.
The court heard that during her first shift at the farm, the worker approached the upper section of the onion grader to dislodge two onions, believing her co-worker had shut down the machine.
As she reached inside, the worker’s hand became entangled in the machine’s rotating rollers.
Hearing her screams, the co-worker pressed the emergency stop button.
The worker was transported to hospital, where she had multiple fingers on her right hand amputated.
A WorkSafe investigation found that there was no guarding around the machine’s rotating rollers and sizing belt, and that neither company had provided the worker with an induction or training in how to operate the machine, nor any information about its danger points.
The court found it was reasonably practicable for MJ Dijamco to have reduced the risk of entanglement by having a system that ensured the host workplace had provided labour hire workers with such information, instruction and training by requesting records.
New NFF chief executive
The National Farmers’ Federation is pleased to announce Michael Guerin as its new chief executive, effective March 23, 2026.
NFF president Hamish McIntyre welcomed the appointment, pointing to Mr Guerin’s proven leadership capabilities and passionate ag advocacy work.
"Mike brings extensive experience to the NFF CEO role, through his current role as Acting CEO of NSW Farmers, and as the eight years he spent as AgForce CEO,” Mr McIntyre said.
Mr Guerin said he was honoured to take on the role.
“The NFF is agriculture’s peak national body, and I am truly humbled to be selected as its chief executive,” Mr Guerin said.
“I’m looking forward to taking a national lens to the agricultural issues I’ve rallied for.”
Mr Guerin will take over from NFF’s interim chief executive, Su McCluskey.
Mr McIntyre thanked Ms McCluskey for her contributions to the NFF.
