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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Jail warning for banned driver

A MILDURA man with a “terrible” history of drug and driving offences came “perilously close” to being sent to jail this week after again being nabbed by police on similar offending. Thirty-two-year-old Deon Brown fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court...

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News

Sex sentence appeal bid denied

A 76-YEAR-OLD man jailed for almost eight years for having sex with his granddaughter has been refused leave to appeal his sentence. The Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal was told the man had sought leave to appeal more than three months out...

2 hours ago

Police & Courts

Jail for assault of good Samaritan

A MILDURA man who assaulted a good Samaritan after he came to the aid of a woman suffering a mental health episode has been jailed on a raft of offences. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 31-year-old Jade Fell had a “terrible”...

22 Feb 2025

News

Safer school fire risk zones

THE Victorian Education Department says concerns raised about students from a Mallee school having to relocate to other townships during days of “high” fire risk due to substandard infrastructure have been rectified. The Tempy Primary School council...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

DNA found on jerry can

DNA traces from three men were found on a jerry can suspected as being used in a fatal fire at Red Cliffs two years ago, a court has been told. The Supreme Court of Victoria sitting at Mildura heard one of those men was accused killer David...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Sedatives detected in fire victim

SEDATIVES, alcohol and traces of marijuana were detected in the body of a man who was discovered following a house fire at Red Cliffs two years ago, a court has been told. The Supreme Court of Victoria was told on Wednesday that 52-year-old David...

19 Feb 2025

Community

Future of healing centre uncertain

THE future of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that aimed to prepare Aboriginal men to re-enter the community in a “healthy and proactive way” is unknown following its sudden closure last year. The Wiimpatja Healing Centre had been lauded by...

19 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Fuel not excluded in fatal house fire

A WITNESS who described herself as 8/10 drunk when a house burnt down at Red Cliffs killing a 52-year-old man has told a murder trial she did not know what a “potential suspect” meant when he said “I’m the one who...

19 Feb 2025

Community

Get out and clean up

MILDURA Rural City Council has put the call out to residents to help clean up the Etiwanda Wetlands as part of Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 2. Volunteers can register prior to the event at Clean Up Australia-Etiwanda Wetlands Clean Up...

18 Feb 2025

Community

Works begin on Trail of Lights

INTERNATIONALLY-acclaimed artist Bruce Munro admits the nerves are building ahead of the launch of his latest large-scale light installation in Mildura. The Trail of Lights featuring 12,500 “firefly” lights among other attractions at...

17 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Accused ‘all erratic’ after fatal house fire

A BACKPACKER regarded as a “potential suspect” in a house fire at Red Cliffs in which a resident was killed tried to hide a can of fuel before the blaze fearing what the man now accused of murder might do with it, a court has heard. The trial of...

15 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Mildura driver blows 0.304

MILDURA police have nabbed a man and impounded his car after he allegedly blew more than six times over the legal blood-alcohol limit. The 48-year-old Mildura man was allegedly seen by passerby’s driving erratically on Magnolia Avenue about 4.30pm...

14 Feb 2025