News
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SuniTAFE and Dali University announce study programs
MILDURA and sister city Dali have further strengthened their relationship with the official establishment of two new study programs for Dali University students. A delegation…
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Nationals Mallee candidate calls for climate change action
THE Nationals must start taking climate change seriously or risk losing younger voters, one of the party’s Mallee preselection candidates says. Birchip accountant and farmer…
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Tour postponed, review on the way
THE Tour de Murray has been postponed for 2019 with a review to be held to determine the event’s future. The tour, which is jointly…
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Menindee artwork captures fish kill scene
IT’S been called an ecological disaster but, for some, this month’s mass fish kill at Menindee is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. Shots of dead…
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Law catches up with man
A FORMER Merbein man rode a stolen motorbike while attempting to hide from police in scrubland, has faced a string of old offences after being extradited…
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Victorian Youth Congress: New face of leadership
MILDURA’S Jack Smith is one of 19 Victorian youths inducted into the Victorian Government’s second Victorian Youth Congress (VYC) at the weekend. VYC members will…
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Catching up with the fun at Langtree Mall butterfly hunt
A GROUP of children answered the call of a fly catcher to help him find a mysterious giant butterfly this week. Siblings Alexandra, Mackensie and…
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Stock piling water should not be allowed
The situation for the Darling River is about cotton farms and how they are able to stockpile water and affect river flows. If the situation on…
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Mildura set to sweat through third straight 45C day
MILDURA is poised to record 45C temperatures on three consecutive days for the first time since 1939. The Bureau of Meteorology was forecasting a top…
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Winning a power struggle: Migrant’s long journey to being recognised as an electrician
SEVEN years of persistence is what it took for Turkish migrant Garip Ozer to become a recognised electrician in Australia. After moving to Mildura to…
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Little risk of Ross River virus from Murray River blue-green algae
THE slow running Murray River which has contributed to a spread of blue-green algae at Mildura is not enough to raise concerns about an outbreak…
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Wentworth’s Jarrod Brander goes back to work at West Coast Eagles
FOR the West Coast Eagles, there is not much talk about last year’s premiership, according to second-year key position player Jarrod Brander. The former Wentworth…











