Portland
Dry thunderbolts in the night set the hair on end
A massive electrical storm swept in to south-western Victoria at midnight. It felt like the prophecy of a day of catastrophe for Victoria.
- Tony Wright
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- Walk for Truth
- Yoorrook Justice Commission
A message stick, aching feet and great expectations as truth walk ends
A 500-kilometre Walk for Truth is complete, and those who have told their truths expect a treaty.
- Tony Wright
- Tony Wright’s column
- Indigenous
Waiting for rain as an ancient world files past, hoping truth matters
A downpour brought the wild, vain hope of an end to a crippling drought as the bearers of ancient knowledge walked by, aiming for justice through truth-telling.
- Tony Wright
- Aboriginal Australia
- Indigenous justice
Long walk begins where an ancient world ended for many in blood
Hundreds have begun the Walk for Truth from Portland, where Victoria’s first European settlement began in 1834 – marking the end of the world as Aboriginal people had known it.
- Tony Wright
- News feature
- Yoorrook Justice Commission
After 191 years, Victoria’s Indigenous people will walk 400km for truth
A Melbourne primary school with almost half its students Indigenous Australians has played a key role in the trek to mark the end of the Yoorrook truth telling commission.
- Tony Wright
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Publishing
Reports of the death of country newspapers are distinctly premature
Kristy McDonald’s little newspaper, the Casterton News, was about to close. So she bought it. She is among those determined to keep country newspapers alive.
- Tony Wright
Sea-change and tree-change towns with deepest property price discounts
Sellers who expect boom-time prices are finding they need to cut back their expectations to meet the market.
- Tawar Razaghi
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Publishing
Across much of western Victoria the local news, more than a century in the making, slips quietly away
The slow death of local, rural and regional newspapers continues. Portland, Hamilton and Casterton will lose their old and reliable newspapers by Christmas.
- Tony Wright
New deal to power up Alcoa’s Portland smelter until 2035
Aluminium giant Alcoa has locked in a new electricity deal to power its Portland smelter in Victoria’s south-west, strengthening the outlook for the plant’s future.
- Nick Toscano
My ancestor knew more about atrocities against Aboriginal people than he let on, inquiry told
Atrocities during the Frontier Wars must be honestly acknowledged, a writer and a landowner have told the state’s truth-telling commission.
- Tony Wright