Victorias fire risk extended

FOR the first time since 2019, Victoria’s Fire Danger Period (FDP) has been extended beyond May 1 in some parts of the state due to elevated fire risk, largely driven by ongoing near-record rainfall deficits and warmer than average autumn conditions. The risk is most prominent in bushland and grasslands in the South West, West […]

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  • Culture and colour at Holi Mela

    Culture and colour at Holi Mela

    CULTURES will colourfully combine at the Sunraysia Indian Association's Festival of Colours Holi Mela 2026 at Nowingi Place from 11 am Sunday, 8 March. In…

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  • Date declared for Farrer by-election

    Date declared for Farrer by-election

    THE by-election for Farrer will be held on Saturday 9 May, following the recent resignation of Sussan Ley who had held the seat since 2001. Nominations will close 13 April…

  • Council assets still drenched

    Council assets still drenched

    THE Mildura Landfill and other Rural City Council assets are still closed after last weekend’s downpour brought destructive floods to the region. The weather event saw the equivalent of Mildura's…

  • Minimal rise for river

    Minimal rise for river

    RIVER levels are expected to remain below the minor flood level as flows rise upstream and downstream. Last weekend’s rain resulted in flooding through Victoria’s north and saw the river…

  • Farmland move ‘outrageous’

    Farmland move ‘outrageous’

    MEMBER for Mildura Jade Benham has accused the Victorian Government of giving regional Victorians “the finger” after laws allowing farmers’ land to be taken for transmission lines before the completion…

  • Severe weather delays FOSO opening

    Severe weather delays FOSO opening

    THE official opening of Wentworth’s Fibre Optic Symphonic Orchestra has been delayed due to recent severe weather across the Wentworth and Mildura region. The joint initiative between Wentworth Shire Council…

  • Wellbeing day at the Workers

    Wellbeing day at the Workers

    PEOPLE in Sunraysia are not immune to cancer, as almost everyone is affected by it either directly or indirectly in their lifetime. Counterpart, a service of Women's Health Victoria, is…

  • Comedian recalls the good old days

    Comedian recalls the good old days

    IT'S been four years since comedian Joe Avati was last in Mildura, and he's spent that time touring the globe and gathering stories for his Good Old Days tour, which…

  • Brothers have charges dropped

    Brothers have charges dropped

    PROSECUTORS have withdrawn charges against two Sunraysia grape-growing brothers in the County Court sitting in Melbourne. Brothers Vincent John Littore and David Littore were facing charges including conspiracy to defraud,…

  • Pseudo bust, real arrests

    Pseudo bust, real arrests

    POLICE have seized more than 100 kilograms of a key ingredient in the manufacture of methylamphetamine concealed underneath floorboards of a shipping container at Euston. Two men were arrested by…

  • All systems go for St Joe’s

    All systems go for St Joe’s

    SAM Alexander, from St Joseph's College in Mildura, is coming up with some amazing ways to keep students interested in science. Ms Alexander is the science learning area facilitator at…