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Arj Barker in Mildura: Laughter in everyday life
AMERICAN comedian Arj Barker is prepared to have a Sunraysia audience in stitches when he performs his latest show – We Need To Talk –…
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Mildura candidate Ali Cupper cautious on passenger rail plan
INDEPENDENT state election candidate Ali Cupper says she would back whichever side of politics guaranteed Mildura a passenger rail service and a “real public hospital”,…
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Merbein to celebrate high school’s 50th anniversary
TO celebrate 50 years since Form 1A and 1B started secondary school at Merbein High School a reunion is being held next month.A group of…
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New recruits ready for frontline ahead of fire season
AN extra five project firefighters have been allocated to the Mallee ahead of what is predicted to be a “challenging” fire season for emergency crews. The…
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VIDEO: Fire at Mildura industrial building, residents evacuated
FIRE crews are continuing to monitor a blaze that engulfed an industrial building in Eighth Street, Mildura tonight. A CFA spokesman said it was believed…
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‘Aggressive’ wine industry growth paves way for development
THIRTEEN cranes were needed to erect two 100-metre by 50-metre, 120-tonne roof trusses at a major wine storage facility in Mildura on Wednesday. GTS Freight…
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Let the market decide, Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville says
EFFORTS to meet growing demand for irrigation water on the Murray River should not lead to governments “picking winners and losers”, Victoria’s Water Minister says.…
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‘We’ll bring train back’: Nationals make election promise to Mildura
MILDURA would have its passenger rail service restored as part of a $19 billion regional rail package announced by the state Opposition today but the Coalition…
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No bail over ‘brutal’ email
A SUNRAYSIA man accused of sharing a “sadistic” child rape fantasy over email has been refused bail. Mildura Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard Travis Dean Loughnan had…
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Exam delays trial
COURT proceedings for a Coomealla woman charged with the murder of her infant son have been further delayed while prosecutors await the results of a…
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More fund money up for grabs
COMMUNITIES across the Mallee can apply for a slice of $200 million under the next round of the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF). “Our…
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Hostel bid rejected
VICTORIA’S planning umpire has refused to allow a Nichols Point landholder to set up backpacker accommodation on his Morpung Avenue property, finding it contravened council…









