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Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie not ruling out Mallee preselection bid
NATIONALS deputy leader Bridget McKenzie remains the most prominent contender for the party’s Mallee preselection.But many in the wide field of possible candidates, including Senator…
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Pro Tour shortfall puts Mildura Grand Tennis International in jeopardy
SUNRAYSIA is in danger of losing the Mildura Grand International tennis tournament and hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for the local economy because…
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Chick project turns Preps into eggheads
MILDURA West Primary Prep students came to a sweet surprise at school on Monday morning.Eggs they had been patiently looking after in an incubator for…
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Sex offender imprisoned: Paedophile handed eight years jail
A CONVICTED sex offender will serve a maximum of 13 years behind bars for preying on single mothers on dating websites with the sole intention…
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Local Libs want to run: Mildura branch seeks crack at Mallee seat
MILDURA’S Liberal Party branch is drawing up a list of potential candidates as it prepares to fight for the right to contest the federal seat…
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Inflation hits fund premiums
MILDURA Health Fund members will be hit with a 3.89 per cent rise in their premiums next year – a bigger increase than the national…
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Cupper enters Spring Street
ALI Cupper officially made history yesterday, being sworn in as the first female Member for Mildura.The 59th Victorian Parliament was opened yesterday with a special…
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LETTER: Ideologies lost out to real-world solutions
VOTER support for the Greens in the recent Victorian state election was significantly lower in most, if not all, country/rural areas than in larger urban…
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Peta Credlin on Liberals wishlist for Mallee
A RIGHT-WING Liberal Party figure has touted Wycheproof born Peta Credlin as a Liberal candidate for Mallee but the party’s local faithful aren’t sure it’s…
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School takes on council: VCAT fight looms over lots
IRYMPLE Primary School has challenged Mildura Council’s decision to approve a five-lot subdivision development, fearing it would create more traffic hazards around the school.The subdivision…
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Open field for election
FORMER Yarriambiack Shire mayor Ray Kingston wasn’t expecting to be among the national headlines when he announced his intention to run for the seat of…
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Writing with the flow
ADRIAN Wells calls wetlands the “unsung heroes of the river system”.But the Murray-Darling Basin has another team of unsung heroes – a group of mostly…








