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Artist’s vision for Shepparton Art Museum By David Lee WITH the first stage of community input for a new Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) coming to an end today, the Kialla Artists’ Group shared their opinion with Greater Shepparton City Council, putting forward their own vision for the ‘gallery.’ While the group agrees that a new art gallery is needed, their proposal outlined differences in the building’s style and dimensions as well as an addition of buildings for commercial lease that would help to fund the building’s operating costs. Continued on page 19
LET TELSTRA HELP YOU CONNECT TO THE NBN… From left, Telstra Store Shepparton Service Manager, Glen Kelly and Telstra Customer Advisors, Hailey Saunders and Luke Ellison in Mooroopna, where 2,500 more premises have just gained access to the National Broadband Network, along with a further 2,600 new premises gaining access in Shepparton’s north. Photo: Alicia Niglia.
5,100 more premises go live on the NBN Telstra helping region lead the way to super fast internet By David Lee GREATER Shepparton is fast becoming one of the first areas across Australia to have large scale access to the National Broadband
Network (NBN) and now with Telstra, residents and businesses across areas in Shepparton’s north and central Mooroopna will now Continued on page 14 have access to the super fast network.