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Early success for all abilities programs

MALLEE Sports Assembly’s All Abilities sports programs have concluded for term one. The organisation’s All Abilities Tennis program returned with great success for the first time since the Mildura floods, thanks to the continued commitment of the...

10 Apr 2025

Letters

Local women urged to check breasts

I RECENTLY received BreastScreen Victoria statistics indicating that in the period 2022-2024 nearly half of Victorian women aged 50 to 74 did not have a breast screen when they were due. In Mildura, only 48.9 per cent participated, compared to the...

09 Apr 2025

Letters

Australias rural collapse: the brutal cost of ignoring the bush

FARMERS across the Murray-Darling Basin - the lifeblood of Australia’s food and fibre production - are under increasing pressure. Government changes have reallocated 3200 gigalitres of irrigation water to environmental flows, much of it unmetered...

09 Apr 2025

News

Roulettes pop by for a fly by

THE Royal Australian Air Force’s acrobatic stunt team, the Roulettes, popped by Mildura late on Friday afternoon. With the troop making their way from the RAAF Central Flying School at East Sale to the Barossa Airshow on Sunday, Mildura Airport was...

08 Apr 2025

Horse Racing

Craven masterclass wins Cup

VICTORIAN harness racing trainer-driver Mattie Craven spent 18 hours on the road this week on a mission to win the Mildura Pacing Cup - but it was his superb drive on the track that saw him capture the time-honoured feature...

08 Apr 2025

Letters

Call to halt water buy-backs

SINCE the dawn of civilisation, humanity has constructed water-diverting and storage facilities to ensure survival during droughts, maintain food security, and protect against floods. Australia is a country of droughts and flooding rains. Time and...

08 Apr 2025

Letters

Light show praised

I EXPERIENCED the Trail of Lights on Lock Island on Saturday - it was a fascinating and mesmerising experience! Congratulations to all involved especially Mildura Rural City Council and Bruce Munro! The choice of venue, Lock Island is such a unique...

08 Apr 2025

Letters

The state of the river

REPLYING to David Landini’s letter (Sunraysia Daily, Saturday, March 29, Page 22, Riverina state sought):It is not politics. It is mathematics that is stopping more and more water being purchased and pumped onto permanent plantings. Mechanisation...

06 Apr 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Latest big reads!

THE Mildura Rural City Council Libraries have added some new titles to the large print collection that our readers may enjoy. Here is a selection for you to choose from.

06 Apr 2025

Letters

Lights show an economic boost

I WAS fortunate to attend the opening of Mildura’s Trail of Lights on Lock Island, which includes a breathtaking display featuring more than 12,500 firefly lights. This project is set to shine a well deserved spotlight on our region and is...

06 Apr 2025

Letters

More not less

INSTEAD of threatening to reduce, sorry downsize, the public service, Peter Dutton should try to contact Centrelink, for example. Wait time to talk to a person, 50 to 75 minutes. Seems like we need more, not less, public servants.

06 Apr 2025

Letters

Collaboration apparition

I CAN’T recall a single moment since the Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster) was elected in 2019 where she has shown a semblance of bipartisan support for any initiative introduced by the current Government. Instead of focusing her efforts on...

05 Apr 2025