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Mildura Base Hospital set for the big rush
MILDURA Base Hospital’s accident and emergency department is gearing up for its busiest day of the year today.Emergency Department director Dan Turner yesterday said there…
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Post home, not away: Social media presents burglary risk
WHILE it has become the norm to splash holiday snaps across social media with platforms inundated across the Christmas and new year period, the practice…
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Wake up and heed message
DRIVING while fatigued has reached alarming levels in Australia with 20 per cent of drivers admitting they have fallen asleep behind the wheel at least…
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Hot cross buns already on the shelves in Mildura, but sales are hot
“IT’S the age-old fight, to hot cross or to not hot cross,” Coles Fifteenth Street store manager Michael Topp says.But for Mr Topp, the answer…
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Vandals ‘out of control’
A CONCERNED Mildura resident says she and her neighbours have had enough of “out-of-control” graffiti and vandalism in their area.An empty shopfront near Mildura Primary…
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Firefighting plane involved in a mid-air emergency
A LARGE air tanker in Mildura preparing for catastrophic fire conditions in South Australia was involved in an emergency of its own late Friday.The Avro…
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Advice at the ready: Independent body recommends real-time updates for Murray Darling basin
AN INDEPENDENT committee says the Murray-Darling Basin Authority hasn’t done enough to develop a system for real-time advice on environmental watering.The authority’s progress has also…
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The gap has to close, says Peter Walsh
NATIONALS Victorian leader Peter Walsh says more needs to be done to bridge the gap in health, education and employment outcomes between indigenous and non-indigenous…
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Water user to face court
THE top water cop in NSW says there are significant social and environmental benefits from the removal of a bywash dam that was blocking water…
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Assault, wine and drug ‘on train’
A MAN has faced court over an alleged assault on a V/Line conductor manning a Swan Hill-bound train.Police prosecutor Senior Constable Nik Probyn told Swan…
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50C in Mildura? Not quite, but don’t expect it to cool down
FORECASTERS expect Mildura to experience another heatwave by the end of the week but the Bureau of Meteorology isn’t suggesting it will break records. On…
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Have fun, be careful and stay safe on our biggest night of the year
POLICE and partygoers are gearing up for one of the busiest nights of the year as the region prepares to ring in 2019 tonight.Mildura police…













