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Time for a chinwag
IF performances are the heartbeat of a country music festival, the poets breakfast is the soul. A tradition of country music festivals across Australia, Mildura’s own…
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Farming: Water reaches catchments
THE northern Victoria resource manager has updated 2018-19 seasonal determinations. The Murray system moves from 78 per cent of high-reliability water shares (HRWS) to 82 per…
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Where is compo for smaller users, report asks: $40 million payout a precedent
A $40 MILLION payment to a major agribusiness has set a precedent for all lower Darling water users, including smaller irrigators, graziers and the Barkandji…
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Rodeo set to thrill
RIDERS will risk life and limb at the 11th Merbein Community Rodeo for their chance to win the popular belt buckle and prize money this…
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Growing incentives
VETERAN irrigator Owen Lloyd, a doyen of Sunraysia’s dried fruit industry, knows the importance of staying at the forefront of farm technology.He showed Victorian Water…
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Build it and they will come
LEGO has once again proved to be a “timeless” and popular past-time for children of all ages.Many eager youngsters lined up ahead of time for…
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A driving force
FOLLOWING a resurgence of interest in the bygone event of tractor pulling, hundreds of people are expected to turn out for this weekend’s annual Vintage…
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Wetland back from the brink
A DECADE ago, Bottle Bend, on the edge of Gol Gol, made national headlines for the wrong reasons.Scientists, politicians and reporters from around the country…
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Border bad news for event
THE Mildura Country Music Festival is out of luck when it comes to securing NSW Government funding, despite having a presence on both sides of…
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Savings go back to government
THE cost of 24 medications listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will be slashed from today, but a local pharmacist says it will have…
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Environment set to benefit from sale
MONEY from the sale of environmental water will be reinvested back into projects to help the environment.Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Jody Swirepik said the proceeds…
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Switching off for life skills
SUNRAYSIA teenagers will get a real and honest account of what’s in store for them post-high school at this week’s Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment…








