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Wade Stephens

Millewa towns to mark a century worth celebrating

AN itinerary for a celebratory weekend marking the Millewa Centenary has now been decided upon by its organisers. Held across the King’s Birthday long weekend, as many as 1000 people are expected to converge on Werrimull, Meringur, Cullulleraine and...

18 hours ago

Business

Irymple micro brewery proposal

A PLANNING application has been lodged with Mildura Rural City Council seeking to establish a licensed microbrewery at the former Wooden Door Cafe in Irymple. A business named Sunneva Brewing is hoping to occupy the space at 2137 Fifteenth Street...

13 Apr 2025

Community

Winter game proves more than popular in Millewa

ORGANISED games of AFL in the Millewa are nearly as old as the townships themselves. This year’s Mega Day opening round coincides with the centenary year for many of the north west farming communities. When did it all begin?History shows that the...

13 Apr 2025

Community

Lots lined up for league’s century

TODAY’s League Celebration Day for the Millewa Football Netball League will be filled with events ensuring family fun, future focus and the honouring of tradition. Not only will the day involve two women’s AFL matches, three men’s AFL matches and...

12 Apr 2025

Politics

Seventeen on the ballot across Mallee and Farrer

EIGHT candidates will be contesting the seat of Mallee at this year’s Federal Election, and the ballot order has been determined. Drawing the top of the ticket is Greens candidate Nicole Rowan, ahead of incumbent Nationals MP Anne Webster in second...

12 Apr 2025

News

High tech gate allows wetland recovery

LAKE Gol Gol has received an environmental lifeline, as water is now flowing into it from Gol Gol North Creek. A newly installed telemetric flume gate was used for the first time on March 17, and has pushed 250 megalitres of water into the wetlands...

11 Apr 2025

Health

Better health at the heart of it

SOME of the country’s leading heart disease prevention researchers visited Mildura this week to detail a new initiative called CAD Frontiers. Cardiologists and researchers are hoping to reshape the detection and treatment of coronary artery disease...

11 Apr 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Taylor to tell stories through music

TAYLOR Sheridan has taken a step beyond being a support act, and is wrapping a tour of his debut solo album in Mildura and Broken Hill. The former Taxiride vocalist has featured on the national music circuit since 2015, touring alongside acts such as...

26 Mar 2025

Community

Soccer sessions to welcome new arrivals

INTEREACH has partnered with the Football Federation of Sunraysia to offer a program helping new arrivals settle into Mildura through sport. Leading up to the start of the soccer season, four ‘soccer for all’ sessions will be held each Wednesday...

26 Mar 2025

Squash

Squash Autumn 25 R7

Team One 2-7-139 defeated Team Four 1-3-128Ben McMillan 1-3-47 d Kevin Healy 0-0-40, Luka Baudewyns 0-1-47 lost to Wayne Sparks 1-3-58, Phil Baudewyns 1-3-45 d Brody Tanner 0-0-30Team Two 2-6-137 defeated Team Three 1-4-126Kevin Healy 1-3-47 d Sean...

26 Mar 2025

Travel

Flights not often cancelled to and from Mildura

LESS than one per cent of commercial flights between Mildura and Melbourne were cancelled in the past year. Of the 4796 scheduled flights on the route, a total of 46 were cancelled, and more than a quarter of the cancellations were in July. Data from...

24 Mar 2025

Politics

Rowan in re-run for Mallee

GREENS candidate for Mallee Nicole Rowan wants voters to consider education, health, childcare and climate change when they head to the polls in May. The Macedon Ranges-based tax lawyer has thrown their hat in the ring for the Federal election...

24 Mar 2025