http://evenings.in evenings.in - Music | Moives | Cine News | Media | Vidoes | English Albums | Video Songs Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:24:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The wife of Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid has suffered a broken back and broken neck, and his daughter a neck injury and facial cuts in a car accident in Washington. Landra and Lana Reid "are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening," ... http://evenings.in/top-us-senators-wife-daughter-hurt-in-car-crash/ Victoria was dismissed for 382 on the third morning of its Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG before ripping through Tasmania's second innings. The Tigers' top order wilted and took the embarrassing total of 6 for 30 into the lunch break, still trailing Victoria's first innings by 130 runs. Damien Wright (3 ... http://evenings.in/bushrangers-close-in-on-huge-win/ The Premier, John Brumby is defending the employment of several of his relatives in Labor offices. Four of Mr Brumby's relatives are employed in electorate offices, including his daughter, who works for the Attorney General Rob Hulls. Mr Brumby says one of his sisters-in-law has been employed in an electorate office for ... http://evenings.in/premier-says-relatives-are-exemplary-employees/ ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher has rejected accusation she is covering up details of an investigation into workplace bullying in Canberra Hospital's maternity unit. The Government last month ordered two external reviews of the Canberra Hospital's obstetrics department after allegations of workplace bullying were made. Nine obstetricians have resigned from the hospital ... http://evenings.in/gallagher-denies-maternity-review-cover-up/ The Central Land Council (CLC) says the Northern Territory shires system has disenfranchised Aboriginal people living in communities. The council says the shires system that began operating in 2008 provides basic services but does not have the same function as the previous community councils. The community of Santa Teresa, outside Alice Springs, ... http://evenings.in/land-council-wants-shires-alternative/ South Australia is battling to avoid the follow-on during day three of its Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the SCG on Friday. In response to the home side's 9 for 550 (declared), the visitors are 7 for267 at lunch on day three with Mark Cleary (28 not out) ... http://evenings.in/redbacks-battling-to-avoid-follow-on/ Former Australian Idol contestant Lisa Mitchell has won the Australian Music Prize for 2009. Mitchell beat out a field of eight other short-listed Australian artists - Bertie Blackman, Sarah Blasko, Black Cab, Oh Mercy, The Mess Hall, Kid Sam, Lucie Thorne and Urthboy - to win the $30,000 award. A judging panel ... http://evenings.in/no-idol-but-musical-mitchells-a-winner/ South African Charl Schwartzel survived Doral's Blue Monster to earn a one-stroke lead after the opening round at the USPGA Tour event . Schwartzel tamed strong southerly winds to record the day's only bogey-free round, a 5-under-par 67 in the World Golf Championships event. "I didn't think 67 was out there at ... http://evenings.in/schwartzel-seizes-first-round-lead-at-doral/ Sheffield Shield finalist Queensland has put itself in position for another stunning Gabba comeback victory after ripping through the Western Australia top-order on Friday. Last-placed WA needs only 106 in its second innings to send outgoing coach Tom Moody out a winner but stumbled to 6 for 44 at lunch on ... http://evenings.in/bulls-poised-for-stunning-win/ The Member for Eyre, Graham Jacobs, says plans to install a new CT scanner at the Esperance hospital are progressing. The community has spent two years raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy the machine which has also been partially funded by money from the Royalties for Regions scheme. Dr Jacobs ... http://evenings.in/ct-scanner-plans-on-track/ A 43 year old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a 53 year old man in Northam overnight. Police say the men had a dispute at a house in Millington Street just before midnight. It is alleged the 43 year old then left the house, returned with a ... http://evenings.in/man-charged-with-attempted-murder/ The operators of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit have appeared in court over the death of a worker last year. The 54-year-old woman was critically injured in an accident at the mine last January. She was flown to Perth for treatment, but died a day later in hospital. During a brief appearance in the Kalgoorlie ... http://evenings.in/kcgm-faces-court-over-worker-death/ Queensland coach Ewen McKenzie says the changes he has made to his squad to face the Western Force are largely designed to maintain competition for places in the Reds' line-up. McKenzie predictably returned Digby Ioane and Peter Hynes to his starting XV to meet the Force at Lang Park on Sunday ... http://evenings.in/mckenzie-keeping-reds-on-their-toes/ Parts of the western New South Wales region no longer eligible for Exceptional Circumstances (EC) assistance are being reassessed as part of a bid to regain the aid. The National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) is visiting a number of areas next week, including Molong, Ulan in the mid-western region, Gilgandra, Dubbo ... http://evenings.in/drought-group-hopes-for-ec-rethink/ The President of East Timor says it is embarrassing for Australia that Northern Territory police took five years to test remains believed to be those of the country's first prime minister, Nicolau Lobato. The remains were sent in 2004 but were not tested until recently and the results were inconclusive. Northern Territory ... http://evenings.in/east-timor-bones-affair-embarrassing-for-australia-2/ The President of East Timor says it is embarrassing for Australia that Northern Territory police took five years to test remains believed to be those of the country's first prime minister, Nicolau Lobato. The remains were sent in 2004 but were not tested until recently and the results were inconclusive. Northern Territory ... http://evenings.in/east-timor-bones-affair-embarrassing-for-australia/ Homeowners on the New South Wales mid-north coast are being urged to have their insulation jobs checked. The Government did a random audit of homes insulated under its insulation program and found 7 per cent presented safety concerns. Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott is encouraging people with concerns not to wait until the ... http://evenings.in/homeowners-urged-to-address-insulation-fears/ Coffs Harbour police have intercepted what they believe is a hidden drug lab. After getting a warrant, police searched a premises in Toormina Place and allegedly found equipment consistent with that used to manufacture drugs. Specialist police from Sydney and fire brigade Hazmat teams dismantled the equipment and took a number of ... http://evenings.in/police-uncover-alleged-backyard-drug-lab/ Two students at a high school in Sydney's west have been taken to hospital with third degree burns after an accident in a science lab. The accident happened shortly after 9:30am (AEDT) this morning at Norwest Christian College at Riverstone. The Ambulance Service says the 15-year-olds suffered burns to 18 and 12 ... http://evenings.in/students-severely-burnt-in-science-lab-explosion/ A man has admitted causing the deaths of two friends by dangerous driving last year. A lawyer for Ben Jerimah Harkin, 23, of Mount Barker, told Adelaide Magistrates Court the man wanted to plead guilty as early as possible despite full details of the case not yet having been provided. Harkin admitted ... http://evenings.in/accused-pleads-guilty-to-twin-fatalities/ Swan Hill residents have been revealed as the highest water users across Victoria. The State Government says last year people living in Swan Hill used 412 litres per person a day, up 65 litres on the previous year. Mildura residents use 334 litres of water per person, while those living in Stawell ... http://evenings.in/swan-hill-tops-state-in-water-use/ Two Mildura councillors facing charges under the Local Government Act will not be required to stand down while legal proceedings are underway. Councillors Mark Eckel and Susan Nichols are due to appear again in court in April on charges of failing to make declarations as required by the Act. The Mildura Rural ... http://evenings.in/charged-councillors-wont-be-standing-down/ The police officer at the centre of a death in custody at Palm Island in north Queensland has denied applying force to the prisoner during a scuffle. Cameron Doomadgee died from massive internal injuries in the Palm Island police watch house in 2004 and an inquest has reopened into the death. Senior ... http://evenings.in/police-officer-grilled-for-second-day/ An inquest into the death of a newsreader on anti-depressants has heard there is an 'under-reporting' of the side effects of prescription drugs in Australia. The inquest has heard that Channel 10 newsreader Charmaine Dragun changed her depression medication three weeks before her death in 2007. She was withdrawing from the drug ... http://evenings.in/dragun-inquest-hears-drug-side-effects-under-reported/ The Grant District Council says anyone opposed to its approval of 46 wind turbines being constructed in south-east South Australia will have about two weeks to appeal. Construction of the $172 million project near Allendale East is expected to begin over the next two years. The council's director of planning and development, ... http://evenings.in/deadline-looms-for-wind-farm-say/ A man in his 20s has been shot at a house at Mount Barker in the Adelaide hills. South Australian police say he suffered a gunshot wound to the groin, buttocks and a finger and is in a serious but stable condition. The Ambulance Service took him to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. http://evenings.in/man-hurt-in-hills-shooting/ An Adelaide woman has pleaded not guilty to murdering her husband by setting him alight at their Unley home in 2008. Rajini Narayan, 45, wept in Adelaide Magistrates Court as she denied a charge of murder and another of arson. It has been alleged she poured methylated spirits on her husband's genitals ... http://evenings.in/murder-accused-wife-weeps-in-court/ Britain's Laura Davies continues to set the pace in the second round of the Women's Australian Open at Melbourne's Commonwealth Golf Club. Davies is two shots ahead of her rivals after her first-round 68. There is a group of seven players grouped behind her in second place, including the leading Australian Rebecca ... http://evenings.in/davies-still-in-charge-at-open/ Sydney FC will again be without Socceroos defender Shannon Cole for Saturday night's A-League preliminary final against Wellington Phoenix at the Sydney Football Stadium. Cole is still suffering from a hamstring injury he picked up while playing in Australia's 1-0 win over Indonesia in Brisbane last week. Sydney coach Vitezslav Lavicka said ... http://evenings.in/cole-sidelined-for-phoenix-clash/ A former Scientologist who says she was a "child slave" and alleges she saw a six-year-old boy chained up in a ship's hold is disappointed the Senate has blocked a full inquiry into the religious organisation. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has been calling for a full inquiry into the church since ... http://evenings.in/scientology-insiders-nightmare-childhood/ Former late night talk show host Conan O'Brien has unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour US and Canadian theatres starting next month. The 30-city tour, titled Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television, will start on April 12 in ... http://evenings.in/conan-takes-his-show-to-theatres/ Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has pledged to cut $100 million from the government advertising bill if elected on March 20. She says Mike Rann committed in 2001 to a review of advertising, but spending had seen no cut since. Ms Redmond says all campaigns of more than $50,000 would be assessed by ... http://evenings.in/redmond-plan-to-cut-government-ad-spend/ The Grant District and Mount Gambier councils have signed off an agreement that will allow the city's residential areas to be expanded. The city was running out of areas to develop and the Grant council has agreed to hand over an area to the north of the city to allow for ... http://evenings.in/councils-agree-on-boundary-shake-up/ South Australia's Fresh Fruit Growers Association says allowing more residential houses to be built in horticultural zones would be hugely detrimental to growers. Chairman Dino Cerrachi says there are indications that the three Riverland councils are considering a proposal to change their development plans and allow more residential land use. He says ... http://evenings.in/growers-fear-housing-threat/ After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and Golden Girl Betty White has confirmed she is taking her motherly brand of humour to Saturday Night Live. White, 88, is a six-time Emmy winner and has been a TV star going back to the 1950s. She has frequented TV game shows such as Match ... http://evenings.in/golden-girl-to-host-saturday-night-live/ The Liberal candidate for Chaffey, Tim Whetstone, says a $1.3 million investment in the Renmark Hospital was not designed to cover the reopening of an after-hours service. The Member for Chaffey, Karlene Maywald, has criticised the pledge, saying more than $8 million would be needed to employ enough doctors for the ... http://evenings.in/hospital-pledge-a-first-step/ An international team of scientists who have arrived back in Hobart from Antarctica say they have evidence the icy continent once had a tropical climate. The team studied ice and mud cores from the Antarctic sea floor. The crew of the integrated ocean drilling program drilled more than 3,000 cores showing a ... http://evenings.in/antarctica-once-had-tropical-climate-scientists-say/ Labor says it will fund $37 million of improvements to Adelaide public transport if it wins on March 20. Visiting Labor's most marginal seat of Light, Premier Mike Rann said there would be an extra 20 transport security officers and all officers would be police-trained. He says Labor is promising 20 more ... http://evenings.in/public-transport-boost-pledged-by-alp/ The chief executive of the Southern Mallee Council, along with the Mayor, will be in Canberra on next week to discuss regional road issues with other councils from high agricultural areas. Chief executive Rod Ralph says while high levels of funding are being injected into routes closer to Adelaide, roads in ... http://evenings.in/land-use-change-pressuring-rural-roads/ Police are hoping the public can help them find a man who has absconded from a mental health facility at Randwick in Sydney's east. They are concerned he may be a risk to himself or others. 37-year-old Michael Dabrowski was last seen at about 5:30pm (AEDT) on Thursday afternoon at the facility ... http://evenings.in/appeal-for-man-missing-from-mental-health-unit/ The Tourism and Transport Forum expects the price of property to soar around the Gold Coast light rail line. The lobby group has released its transport position paper - The Benefits of Light Rail. Executive director Brett Gale says the value of land within 30 to 400 metres of similar systems in ... http://evenings.in/light-rail-on-track-to-spark-property-boom/ The State Emergency Service (SES) says it will complete all repair jobs from last Saturday's freak hail storm by this weekend. Melbourne was pelted with huge hail stones, some the size of tennis balls which caused widespread damage. The roof at Southern Cross Station and Docklands stadium were damaged, as were hundreds ... http://evenings.in/ses-almost-finished-storm-clean-up/ A Reserve Bank report estimates the major banks have enjoyed a 20 to 25 basis point increase in interest margins during the financial crisis. It is not the first time the RBA has put out a report showing how the big four banks have managed to maintain profits during the global ... http://evenings.in/business-bears-brunt-of-interest-margin-increase/ There has been no sign of a 23-year-old Gold Coast man feared missing in waters off earthquake devastated Chile. Mitchell Westlake's training cruise from Ecuador was due to dock in Chile on the day the earthquake struck. Ernie Westlake says his grandson is an experienced sailor but his family is worried. "DFAT [the ... http://evenings.in/gold-coast-sailor-still-missing-after-chile-quake/ The new commandant of the RAAF College in Wagga Wagga says he is glad to come back to his birthplace. Group Captain Bob Rodgers was born in Wagga and has served in numerous Air Force roles for 25 years. He has served in Afghanistan and most of Australia's capital cities and in ... http://evenings.in/raaf-college-boss-brings-world-experience/ The Victorian and Federal Governments have announced details of a $10 million business stimulus package for bushfire-affected communities. Grants of between $50,000 and $4 million will be available for new and existing businesses. The funding is part of bushfire assistance packages announced in October. royal commission http://evenings.in/business-grants-on-offer-for-fire-affected-communities/ New figures show Victoria is attracting more tourists from New Zealand, China and the United Kingdom than from any other country. Tourism Victoria says the number of Chinese visitors has soared 320 per cent over the past decade. New Zealand visitor numbers have jumped 63 per cent in the same period. http://evenings.in/chinese-visitor-numbers-soar/ A Riverina grower group says attempts to police a new horticulture award may not work unless contract labour suppliers are targeted. In the past week, Fair Work Australia has sent 15,000 letters about the new system to growers across the country. The department says it plans 1,000 random audits in May and ... http://evenings.in/doubt-cast-over-horticulture-award-policing/ A Parliamentary inquiry into a leaked government strategy memo has been suspended in farcical circumstances. The inquiry was gate-crashed by the Planning Minister, Justin Madden. The inquiry was convened to investigate the contents of a document written within Mr Madden's office, which proposed a sham consultation for the Windsor Hotel redevelopment. The author ... http://evenings.in/mps-walk-out-of-madden-email-inquiry/ The Police Minister, Rob Johnson, has dismissed criticism by a senior federal Liberal MP of the state's proposed stop and search powers. Joe Hockey says he believes the laws go too far and impinge on people's civil liberties. Mr Johnson says Mr Hockey has no idea of the problems confronting police ... http://evenings.in/day-to-day-random-searches-not-planned/ A Tasmanian court has been told that evidence used to convict a former Tasmanian dairy farmer was shabby, flawed and amateurish. Roderick Neil Mitchell has appeared in the Burnie Magistrates Court where his lawyer Tom Maloney is applying to have his client's case re-heard. Mitchell was convicted in January of 14 animal ... http://evenings.in/cattle-cruelty-farmer-seeks-new-hearing/ New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally says her meeting with the Prime Minister over his planned federal hospitals funding takeover this morning has allayed her concerns about the impact of the yet-to-be released Henry tax review. Kevin Rudd has begun meeting with state leaders in a bid to get their support ... http://evenings.in/rudd-woos-keneally-on-hospitals-tax/ A man who allegedly assaulted two people with a home-made baton in a Nightcliff hotel last night also threatened staff with a knife, police say. The 26-year-old man allegedly hit two men with a metal baton covered in leather at the Beachfront Hotel about 9pm yesterday. Police say he was involved in ... http://evenings.in/two-men-bashed-with-home-made-baton/ There is still no news on plans to expand the Lake Cowal gold mine almost two years after Barrick Gold first applied. The original plan was to almost double the size and life of the mine near West Wyalong. But late last year Barrick reduced the scope of the development. Its latest application ... http://evenings.in/gold-mine-expansion-plans-still-stagnant/ The National Basketball League (NBL) has postponed an announcement on the make-up of teams in next year's competition. The clubs to be granted licenses to play in the 2010/11 season are now expected to be announced next Thursday. Basketball Australia says only those that can prove long-term financial viability will be included. http://evenings.in/nbl-delays-expansion-decision/ A man from Romsey, in central Victoria, has been remanded in custody over charges relating to the alleged torture of a 15-year-old girl. Craig Campbell, 43, was arrested earlier this week and has been charged with two counts of false imprisonment and one count of intentionally causing serious injury. Yesterday, he appeared ... http://evenings.in/man-accused-of-torturing-teen/ A Victorian mother of two convicted of drug trafficking has escaped a jail term. Jessica Hink was arrested last October as part of a series of drug raids in and around Bendigo. Yesterday in the Bendigo Magistrates Court she pleaded guilty to all six charges of possessing and trafficking ecstasy, amphetamines and ... http://evenings.in/drug-trafficking-mum-avoids-jail/ Coliban Water says the increase in water usage around Bendigo is not surprising. The Government's latest water figures show between 2008 and 2009 Bendigo's water consumption increased. Coliban managing director Gavin Hanlon says the increase is due to an easing of water restrictions. But he says water consumption varies widely among the authority's ... http://evenings.in/bendigo-water-use-jumps/ Worse than a bull in a china shop, a man with an axe has caused thousands of dollars damage to a pet shop in Adelaide. Authorities said the man bought a bird from the shop at Elizabeth days earlier, but it died. No-one was injured but they said customers were in shock ... http://evenings.in/pet-death-prompts-axe-wielding-outburst/ Geelong star Mathew Stokes will have to return to court next month after failing to have his drug case resolved. Stokes, 25, is charged with possessing and trafficking cocaine, after allegedly buying one gram of the drug, and passing it on to friends. Stokes' lawyer told the Geelong Magistrates Court it was ... http://evenings.in/case-against-cats-star-adjourned/ A campervan fire yesterday forced the closure of the Stuart Highway, police say. The road was closed for about 1.5 hours while emergency services put out the fire, 25 kilometres north of the Three Ways. Duty Superintendent John Emeny says the campervan's owner had only bought the van three weeks ago and ... http://evenings.in/blazing-campervan-forces-road-closure/ The tax fraud trial of Banjo's bakery founder Mark Saxby has heard there was nothing wrong with Saxby taking money from the till. Saxby is facing trial in Hobart accused of defrauding the Commonwealth of more than $300,000 by filing false tax returns. Opening the defence case, lawyer Peter Faris QC said ... http://evenings.in/court-told-nothing-wrong-with-till-dipping/ Police are searching for a man who escaped from a low security prison in Townsville this morning. 27-year-old Luke Robert Crisp was serving more than four years for break and enter offences. He is described as 175 centimetres tall, with a dark complexion, brown hair and a moustache. He has Chinese symbols tattooed ... http://evenings.in/burglar-on-run-in-north-qld/ A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife - twice. Sandy Telford ran over her husband, Terry, as she backed down the driveway of their rural property in the Hawke's Bay region, 350 kilometres north-east of Wellington, the Dominion Post newspaper reported. Not realising what ... http://evenings.in/woman-runs-over-husband-twice/ Students at another Mackay High School may have been exposed to asbestos fibres. Last Tuesday the ceiling in a classroom at Mirani State High School, west of Mackay sagged, causing dust to fall into the room. Twenty students were in the class at the time and were ordered to shower with their ... http://evenings.in/third-asbestos-scare-in-mackay-schools/ Four British lawmakers have told a judge they will use a 320-year-old law as a defence against prosecution over allegations they dishonestly claimed parliamentary expenses. In their first court appearance since being charged in a scandal that has rocked the British political establishment, the parliamentarians said they would argue that their ... http://evenings.in/expense-scandal-mps-invoke-320-year-old-law/ The 23rd asylum-seekers' boat to arrive in Australian waters this year has been intercepted by the Australian Navy. A statement from Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor says staff from the HMAS Glenelg boarded the boat about 200 nautical miles west of the Tiwi Islands last night. Mr O'Connor says the group of ... http://evenings.in/navy-intercepts-another-asylum-boat/ A drunk driver who pleaded guilty to causing his girlfriend's death in a car crash in Adelaide has been remanded in custody. The District Court was told he had not been contactable at his home address. The court previously heard Eugene Dennis Gray, 23, was in a coma after he crashed into ... http://evenings.in/fatal-crash-driver-taken-into-custody/ An inquiry has heard allegations that sailors from HMAS Success were involved in a public sex act which was witnessed by several of their colleagues. Retired judge Roger Gyles QC is presiding over the inquiry, which will probe allegations of inappropriate behaviour on board HMAS Success as well as the Defence ... http://evenings.in/sailors-accused-of-public-sex-act-inquiry/ Taronga Zoo's new infant Asian elephant has had a restful night in the elephant barn and zoo keepers continue to be amazed by its progress. The calf, which has been nicknamed 'Mr Shuffles' by staff, was born at the Sydney zoo to mother Porntip early on Wednesday. Zoo keepers and veterinarians say ... http://evenings.in/baby-elephant-shuffles-along-path-to-recovery/ A group representing Queensland doctors says more operating time in the state's public hospitals should be devoted to specialties like neurosurgery. The Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) says there were 226 people waiting too long for the surgery in January. State Parliament yesterday heard about a Brisbane man who has waited seven ... http://evenings.in/public-hospitals-need-more-specialist-surgery-amaq/ A political dispute has erupted in the New South Wales South East over a Monaro Nationals Party function to be held in the ACT. The Member for Monaro, Steve Whan, has criticised the Nationals for holding what he says is the first fundraiser for their new Monaro candidate outside the electorate, ... http://evenings.in/nat-fundraiser-prompts-labor-backlash/ There is concern over the amount of household rubbish being dumped in a Bega Valley State reserve in the New South Wales South East. Around 20 people have cleaned along the Snowy Mountains Highway on Brown Mountain, west of Bega, finding household appliances, electrical goods and asbestos sheeting. Organiser Euey Collins, from ... http://evenings.in/bega-valley-reserve-dubbed-rubbish-dump/ Inverell-based Nationals' Senator John Williams will investigate whether Bundarra farmers can appeal against the decision to refuse them Exceptional Circumstances (EC) drought assistance. Yesterday, the National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) decided Bundarra's circumstances did not constitute a severe and rare climatic condition. Senator Williams says he is severely disappointed by NRAC's decision. He ... http://evenings.in/drought-aid-snub-for-bundarra-farmers/ Some children as young as three years old are waiting for months for counselling for sexual abuse in Victoria. The Children's Protection Society says a lack of funding means it does not have enough counsellors to deal with the number of children under 12 who need help. The average waiting time is ... http://evenings.in/child-sex-abuse-victims-wait-months-for-counselling/ State Opposition MPs have admitted drinking alcohol during a late-night sitting of Parliament this week but deny they were disciplined by the party whip. Controversial land valuation amendments were debated until after midnight and one MP missed the vote. Moggill MP Bruce Flegg says he was celebrating his birthday with colleagues Glen ... http://evenings.in/lnp-denies-late-drinks-affected-job/ The Caroona Coal Action Group (CCAG) says the Supreme Court's ruling on mining access agreements will force mining companies to behave more responsibly. The court voided BHP Billiton's access agreements on Liverpool Plains farmland because the company failed to notify the banks, which owned the land. The New South Wales Minerals Council ... http://evenings.in/coal-action-group-backs-access-agreement-ruling/ A major food manufacturer has announced an $18 million expansion of its Baranduda factory near Wodonga. Vitasoy Australia says the expansion will allow a doubling of soy milk production at the plant. The company currently employs 70 people and it expects to employ another five after the upgrade is complete. Vitasoy Australia's general ... http://evenings.in/vitasoy-plans-18m-factory-expansion/ The State Emergency Service (SES) has finished urgent repairs on homes and businesses in the Shepparton area after last weekend's storm. The SES has responded to 700 calls for help since the violent storm hit the Goulburn Valley on Sunday afternoon. Incident controller Pat O'Connor says it only has minor jobs left. "Emergency ... http://evenings.in/ses-completes-major-storm-repairs/ Shepparton residents are using less water than in 2001 but they still consumed the second most amount of water per person in Victoria last year. Shepparton household usage was 411 litres per person, per day, one litre less than the biggest water user, Swan Hill. Places in the state's south used the ... http://evenings.in/shepparton-named-vics-second-biggest-water-user/