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Police investigate CBD fire
POLICE are investigating an industrial bin fire in Lintons Lane, next to the Royal Copenhagen store. Emergency services were called to the scene about 10.50am…
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Mildura councillors knock back PowerVault’s solar farm developments
COUNCILLORS have tonight refused to grant planning permits for all three of PowerVault’s Sunraysia solar farms at the council meeting. This was despite Cr Min…
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Power outage hits Mildura
12.20am: About 471 premises remain without power with the outage now located near Walnut Avenue. Powercor expects electricity to be restored by 6am. 10.45pm: Powercor says…
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Drugged driver thought he was ‘in a movie’: Heroes prevent school tragedy
THE actions of a drug-addled motorist who believed he was the getaway driver in a movie could have resulted in multiple deaths, a court has…
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Parkinson’s quest again
THE 55 members of the Mildura Parkinson’s Support Group are hoping to have a movement disorder nurse role reinstated in the district after funding ceased…
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In the Classroom: ‘Hotels’ open for business
MILDURA Senior College Year 11 business students got a taste of the “real world” this week.As part of the long-running Australian Business Week Program, students…
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Decision time on pool committees
COUNCILLORS will decide whether to close committees of management at Colignan, Underbool and Murrayville pools under an impending takeover by Aligned Leisure. Recommendations will be put…
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Down the years: Display of precious items gathered at Rio Vista
100 years agoMUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES: There is a fine display at Rio Vista, such rare and beautiful tokens should not be kept at home, so…
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School goes for the doctor
IRYMPLE Secondary College students celebrated the official opening of their own medical hub on the school grounds yesterday.Funded by the Victorian Government as part of…
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Truckies in danger
TRUCK drivers are 13 times more likely to die on the job than other workers, an Australian study has found. A Monash University analysis of more…
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No jail for fraud
A MILDURA woman who defrauded Centrelink out of $61,974 will not spend any time in jail despite a recommendation by the Commonwealth that an immediate…
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Carjack man vulnerable in custody, court told
A MAN who pleaded guilty to attempting to carjack a pregnant woman remains vulnerable in custody because of his intellectual disability, a court has heard.William Charles Mitchell’s…









