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Opposition vows to review water fees
THE State Opposition has promised to review rural water authority charges in northern Victoria to ensure storage and delivery costs are fair and equitable, if…
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Aldi verses Mildura Rural City Council: VCAT fight is on
SUPERMARKET chain Aldi won’t commit to the Fifteenth Street site intended for its first Mildura store until it knows the result of an appeal at…
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Come and get your money: Big sums owing in Sunraysia
DOES the State Government have $25,000 belonging to you? The State Revenue Office is urging Sunraysia residents to check whether they have unclaimed money, with…
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Truckie’s parole wait
A TRUCK driver jailed for transporting a $2.4 million haul of cash in his truck has had his parole eligibility delayed by three weeks.Adrian Brett…
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Man hospitalised after late night assault: Where’s the coward?
MILDURA police are calling for the public’s help to find a cowardly attacker who king-hit a man in the Mildura CBD early Sunday. Police said a…
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City blanketed by surprise dust storm
MILDURA managed to escape serious damage, but not a serious sooting, during a dust storm on Sunday evening. The city was blanketed by eye-watering dust, kicked…
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Nationals back Joyce . . . for now
THE man tipped to replace Barnaby Joyce as Nationals boss says there is no challenge to his leadership “at the moment”.Federal minister Michael McCormack has…
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Elderly abusers told to pay: Couple kicked out daughter after she became pregnant
A JUDGE has ordered an elderly couple, whose sexual abuse of their daughter left her pregnant, pay their victim almost $170,000 in compensation.The woman was…
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Wentworth ponders bold move
WENTWORTH Shire Council may reconsider its future as a member of the Riverina and Murray River councils (RAMROC) if it passes a motion to join…
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Stark warning from state’s anti-terrorism chief: Rural areas not immune to threats
THE head of the state’s counter-terrorism command department said people shouldn’t be naive to the potential for terrorism in regional Victoria while speaking in Mildura…
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NSW irrigators reject report
THE NSW Irrigators Council (NSWIC) says a report into how Murray-Darling Basin water efficiency programs could be implemented to recover an extra 450 gigalitres for…
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority backs data on water recovery
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has defended the science behind its recommendation to reduce the water recovery target in northern NSW and southern Queensland.It comes…









