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Allan Murphy

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

Thieves target top shelf grog

A MILDURA man who targeted top shelf spirits to steal during two raids on the same alcohol outlet within a month has been jailed. Twenty-four-year-old Jarvis Kennedy was among a group of co-accused who attended the BWS outlet on Fifteenth Street in...

14 hours ago

News

Safety upgrade at key intersection

UPGRADES to a key Mildura intersection are expected to be finalised this Friday. The intersection at Walnut Avenue and Thirteenth Street has been closed to through traffic since Monday forcing the many people who regularly use the thoroughfare to...

22 hours ago

Police & Courts

Teen gets a driving lesson

A YOUNG motorist who lost traction in front of police while driving his father’s car has been ordered off the roads for five days to gain an appreciation about his obligations while behind the wheel. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the...

22 hours ago

Police & Courts

Home invader ‘has worth’

A MILDURA man involved in a violent home invasion has been warned to stay clear of drugs upon his release from custody after being sentenced to almost five years in jail. The County Court heard 28-year-old Jahmal Johnson twice went to the same...

22 hours ago

Police & Courts

Drug abuser ‘turned life around’

A SINGLE mother who became a heavy drug user and got involved with the “wrong people” has managed to turn her life around since leaving Mildura, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the woman became surrounded by bad influences...

27 Feb 2025

Community

Council to consider $3m Underbool pool upgrade

CHILDREN from Underbool Primary School have lent their support to a plan to spend almost $3 million to upgrade the town’s swimming pool. Councillors will this week consider seeking more than $1 million from the Victorian Government in addition to...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for dangerous driving

A MILDURA man who put members of the public at risk when he drove at speeds reaching about 100km/h on the wrong side of the road while evading police has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 26-year-old Jayden Day engaged in poor...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Murder trial jury discharged

A JURY of 15 in the trial of a Red Cliffs man accused of murder has been discharged with a new trial expected to start later this year. David Cartledge, 38, had been standing trial for the murder of 52-year-old David Butler whose remains were...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Thefts land man in jail

A MILDURA man jailed over a raft of dishonesty offences has acknowledged it was time he grew up and started acting his age. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was this week told 45-year-old Lincoln Floyd had been abusing multiple substances when he...

26 Feb 2025

Travel

Discount Qantas flights on offer

FLIGHTS between Mildura and Melbourne are among a raft of discounted flights currently being offered by Qantas. Sale fares are for travel from April 29 to June 26, July 22 to September 18 and October 14 to December 10, and are available until 11.59pm...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

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...

23 Feb 2025

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...

23 Feb 2025