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Everyone should be in the water
SHOULD swimming lessons be compulsory?For those of us who did have compulsory swimming lessons in school, we remember the dreaded feeling of not being completely…
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Commissioner job opens
WHETHER Mildura becomes home to Victoria’s first cross-border commissioner will depend on a Sunraysia applicant making a successful application for the job.The Department of Economic…
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Road safety reward
SIMPLY wearing a helmet or riding on designated bicycle and scooter tracks could earn you a free coffee or burger this month.As part of Operation…
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Life inside the frame
SPEAKING to internationally acclaimed author and intrepid adventurer Robyn Davidson, there is no elephant in the room – camels, however, are a different story.“Honestly, if…
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Footy dress-up day to support Jack
MILDURA South Primary School students and staff dressed in their favourite football colours yesterday to support fellow student Jack Ough.The Grade 6 student was recently…
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Fast data gets answers out on the grapevine
STANDING in his vineyard with a smartphone in the hand, Merbein dried fruit grower Stephen Bennett takes a 10-second video of a vine post-pruning.Less than…
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Library cuts put shire under pressure
WENTWORTH Shire library services could be reduced due to State Government funding cuts, NSW Public Libraries Association president Dallas Tout has warned. Mr Tout said the…
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Rules push for solar farms
STATE election candidates Ali Cupper and Nicole Rowan have called on the State Government to introduce clear solar farm guidelines ahead of tomorrow’s objectors meeting…
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Helping Owen fight cancer
IRYMPLE’S Beattie family never realised the full extent of community until 11-year-old Owen was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma, a very aggressive form of cancer.For the…
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Feast of healthy ideas
A NEW generation of potentially healthy eaters are being educated in schools across Sunraysia.Several schools this week signed up to the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden…
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Hacking pathway to the future
THE innovative, fast-paced culture of Silicon Valley will be brought to the Mallee for the Mildura Hackathon on August 25 and 26. La Trobe University and…
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Sex pest jailed
A CONVICTED sex offender who invited a seven-year-old girl into his home on the promise of giving her a birthday present has been sentenced to…











