Sunraysia Daily

New mayor says ‘I won’t let you down’

FIRST time Mildura Rural City Council Mayor Cr Helen Healy has vowed to not let the community down as she begins her time in the top civic post. Cr Healy last night held off a challenge by 20-year local government veteran and seven-time mayor Cr...

6 hours ago

News

What’s on this weekend?

Wentworth Twilight Christmas MarketsDarling Street - 4pm-8pm WITH a wide range of unique market stalls, as well as extended late-night shopping hours there will be plenty of opportunity to get a head start on Christmas shopping. Live music and...

8 hours ago

Police & Courts

Midweek road carnage

EMERGENCY services were quick to respond to reports of a crash between a car and a school bus in Cabarita on Wednesday afternoon. A Mazda CX-5 collided with the 16-seater bus at the intersection of Seventeenth Street and Ontario Avenue at about...

8 hours ago

News

Water report tells deeper story

A REPORT prepared with the aim of better understanding climate-related risks at Margooya Lagoon in the Robinvale Plains bioregion has combined First Nations knowledge and hydrological analysis. The Tati Tati Purinya Kaiejin Marnmarnepu Report (Tati...

11 hours ago

Health

Hep B treatment waning

FEWER than one in five Mildura residents living with hepatitis B are receiving life-saving care and treatment. The Doherty Institute’s Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project national report estimated that of 291 Mildura residents living with chronic...

15 hours ago

News

Fire jumps highway, hits crops

FIRE crews were put to the test on Saturday as they worked through extreme weather to contain a number of spot fires along the Calder Highway. Firefighters said a faulty wheel bearing on a trailer was responsible for starting the fire, which ignited...

15 hours ago

Video

News

Fire guts 11th Street house

AUTHORITIES have responded to a building fire on Eleventh Street in Mildura just before 9am this morning. At least seven Fire Rescue Victoria units, supported by CFA members tacked the blaze that’s believed to have started in a shed at the rear of...

01 Oct 2024

Videos

Pooncarie Cup winner

One of the outsiders Our Destrier wins the Pooncarie Cup. Trained at Gawler by B Campbell and ridden by Alan Lai

21 Sep 2024

News

Derelict building goes up in flames

A “SIGNIFICANT” suspicious fire at a derelict Deakin Avenue building known to be frequented by squatters could have turned to tragedy had anyone been caught inside, according to police. The two-storey former Tschirpig Bakery and RSPC...

22 Aug 2024

Jolly jingles at Wentworth

BELLS will be jingling and kids will be giggling next month at the Wentworth Christmas Eve Street Party and fireworks display. Wentworth Regional Community Project Association’s treasurer David Tunkin said the event is a great opportunity to unwind...

15 hours ago

News

Retired veteran’s story immortalised

VETERAN and retired meteorologist Dave Morgan is set to release a new book that’s immortalising the stories of 38 veterans, including Wentworth’s own Don “Bluey” Baird. Never Forgotten is Morgan’s fourth book, and the first he’s written that captures...

19 hours ago

Farming and Environment

Help get wine online

WINE industry stakeholders are being called on to have their say on the make-up of a new nationwide database covering producers in the sector. Known as the National Vineyard Register, or NVR, the database is being described as a “game-changing...

19 hours ago

News

Big finale for kinder’s end of an era

ST Margaret’s Kindergarten will mark the end of an era this weekend. A celebration will be held on Saturday with all community members, past and present, who have walked through the kindergarten’s gates invited.“It’s always held a special place in...

19 hours ago

Sport

Horse Racing

History in the making

THE Sandra O’Connor-trained Powersofpersuasion claimed a historic win at Friday’s 100th anniversary Mildura Harness Racing Club meeting at Mildura Recreation Reserve. Wayne Hill drove the four-year-old pacer to victory in the Grace Hepworth Ladies...

14 hours ago

Bowls

Ouyen stay in touch

OUYEN have stayed in touch with the top four by taking down Irymple at Blackburn Park in Midweek Pennant bowls. The Two Blues’ Sue Kelly, Ken Graham, Lorraine Hickmott and Matthew Martin were too good for Lorraine Millward’s rink...

19 hours ago

Golf

Coomealla’s pennant three-peat

A THIRD consecutive Murray Darling Golf Association women’s pennant flag has been taken back to Coomealla Golf Club. After the club entered two teams in this year’s competition, it was Coomealla White who earned victory over Red Cliffs in Sunday’s...

20 Nov 2024

Golf

Decade drought over for Red Cliffs

RED Cliffs Golf Club’s first Division 1 pennant flag for a decade is a special moment to savour for team captain Daryl Morgan. Breaking into the A Grade side as a teenager before moving away and then returning to the district five years ago, Morgan...

20 Nov 2024

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Real Estate Guide 22-11-2024

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14 Nov 2024

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07 Nov 2024

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31 Oct 2024

Feature Publications

Digital Editions

North West Farmer - November 2024

15 Nov 2024

Feature publications

Robinvale Centenary 100 years, 1924-2024

25 Oct 2024

Digital Editions

North West Farmer - October 2024

18 Oct 2024

Digital Editions

North West Farmer - September 2024

20 Sep 2024

Opinion

Cartoons

Broelman’s cartoon: November 18

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18 Nov 2024

Opinion

Climbing limits point to bigger issue

LABOR’S shutdown of rock climbing at Mount Arapiles in the state’s west should be a wakeup call to all regional Victorians. It may be a world-renowned rock formation, but figuratively this is the tip of the iceberg. Cultural heritage laws are the...

17 Nov 2024

Letters

Not on tap

THIRTY-nine million dollars for water infrastructure up grades, wow that is great but what about drinking water quality to all those that live in rural areas of Red Cliffs, Merbein, Mildura , Robinvale, down to Swan Hill that have no drinking...

17 Nov 2024