Coronavirus
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Slow easing of border restrictions like ‘torture’
***UPDATE 3.30pm*** MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has likened South Australia’s slow easing of border restrictions for Victorians to “torture”. SA Premier Steven Marshall announced…
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SA border to remain shut
SOUTH Australian police commissioner Grant Stevens says there are no immediate plans to open his state’s borders for Victorians, despite New South Wales residents now…
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COVID-19 test numbers plummet in Sunraysia
COVID-19 testing at Sunraysia Community Health Centre has dropped to a fraction of the number seen just a couple of months ago. More than 2000…
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No easing of restrictions for regional Victoria as case average dips to 0.6
DESPITE its 14-day rolling coronavirus case average dipping to 0.6, Premier Daniel Andrews offered no further relief out of restrictions for regional Victoria on Sunday.…
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Optimism grows in Mildura as Melbourne case numbers drop
THE fate of regional centres like Mildura continues to be guided by coronavirus numbers in Melbourne. But there was reason for optimism on Sunday as…
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Mildura locals can again access Murray River, but tourists denied
Today’s announcement from the NSW Government that it will ease restrictions for border communities on the Murray River has sparked confusion and disappointment from some…
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Regional Victoria gets ‘ring of steel’ COVID-19 protection
MELBOURNE residents looking to escape tough COVID-19 restrictions and travel to regional Victoria will face a “ring of steel” around the city, the government has…
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Victorian Opposition calls for Royal Commission into COVID response
The Victorian opposition has called for a Royal Commission into Victoria’s response to COVID-19 pandemic The Liberal Nationals said in a statement that Victorians deserved…
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Support for struggling businesses welcomed
FINANCIAL support and the potential further easing of restrictions for regional Victoria has been welcomed by Member for Mildura Ali Cupper. Victoria will gouge a…
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Don’t travel to the country, Andrews tells Melburnians
ROAD checkpoints may be stepped up to make sure Melburnians don’t escape to the country. Victoria’s two weeks of low infection rates has prompted Premier…
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Daniel Andrews speaks on reopening Victoria’s regions
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews spent more than an hour this week in a Zoom hookup with regional journalists including Sunraysia Daily’s ALLAN MURPHY. Mr Andrews…
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Relief for regional Victoria ‘very soon’, says Dan Andrews
VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews has foreshadowed “substantial relief” for regional Victoria “very soon”. In a Zoom hookup with Victoria’s regional media on Wednesday, Mr Andrews…