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Helping kids stay safe online
HELPING young people to stay safe online is behind today’s annual worldwide event Safer Internet Day. The global awareness day encourages people to navigate the…
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Teachers keep eye on mental health
As Australian children get stuck into a new school year their teachers will be primed to detect if they are struggling emotionally. The vast majority…
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Tourism hotspots are being trashed
NEW council data has revealed Mildura’s key tourism hotspots are being trashed with high rates of rubbish, with one councillor fearing the rot will only…
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‘Include rates’ in drought support
VICTORIAN Nationals leader Peter Walsh has urged Premier Daniel Andrews to go further with support for Victoria’s drought affected farmers and provide shire rates relief…
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Farmers back commissioner pledge in NSW
NSW Farmers has welcomed the NSW Nationals’ election commitment to establish an agriculture commissioner who would offer more support for farmers when it comes to…
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Prison term after boozy crash
A MAN who damaged three cars when he crashed into the front yard of a Red Cliffs home while drunk, has been handed a 28-day…
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Less is more
THE future of horticulture may come in trees of a smaller size with a higher yield. International nursery Agromillora, which has a subsidiary in Mildura,…
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Another fish kill ‘likely’ — resident
THERE are fears that yet another major fish kill in the Darling River near Menindee may be just days away. A number of “really sick”…
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Subway plan debate rises
ROBINVALE residents are firmly divided about whether council-owned residential land should be sold for commercial development. More than 100 business owners, locals and council staff…
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It’s a $1 million lotto dream
A RETIRED Mildura woman has become an instant millionaire after winning Division One in the Monday & Wednesday Lotto. The local was “absolutely lost for…
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Drive on, James
FOR almost 20 years, James Dreyer has been a popular member of a “Dad’s Army” of volunteers at Red Cliffs Golf Club. Mr Dreyer, who…
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The basin crisis: MP puts his rescue package
ESTABLISHING a Federal Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin, a buyback of class A irrigation licences in the Barwon-Darling system and introducing a no-meter-no-pump rule…









