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Times have changed in the shearing shed: Women shear off stigmas
THERE was nothing unusual as shearers, wool pressers and classers went to work at Benilkie Station halfway between Balranald and Ivanhoe this week – aside…
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Game watch: Rock of Ages II
I SUPPOSE I should say this game rocks.Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder builds on the wacky, pythonesque humour of its predecessor and improves…
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Chrissy chipping away
CHRISSY Jarrett is used to a surprised look from people when they find out she is a cabinet-maker – but she wasn’t expecting that being…
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Dancers open search for self
MILDURA Arts Centre’s 2017 dance season will conclude this month with a performance by one of the world’s most physical dance companies, Australian Dance Theatre.Be…
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Irrigators press for board seats
SUNRAYSIA irrigators are preparing to ramp up the push for the right to elect members to the Lower Murray Water board, ahead of next year’s…
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Application for funeral parlour
THE old Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council building (above) could soon become a funeral parlour.Documents have been lodged with Mildura Council to turn part of…
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Murray cod season over
RECREATIONAL fishers are being reminded the annual Murray cod and Murray crayfish season closed on September 1.The NSW Department of Primary Industries said the three-month…
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‘Time to test a water democracy’
A CUSTOMER-elected water board should be trialled in Mildura, table grape grower Greg Milner says.Mr Milner and fellow table grape grower Frank Dimasi recently gave…
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Cricket Council of India tightens team selection
THE Cricket Council of India (CCI) says it will change its selection process for this year’s Willowfest Australian Cricket Club Championships after half the squad…
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Public has say on basin
RESIDENTS in northern Victoria have been encouraged to have their say on 22 projects that will help deliver Victoria’s share of the recovery targets of…
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Push Karen’s law: ‘Nothing we can do’
THE Victorian Government says it cannot, as opposed to will not, intervene in the sentence given to Brandon Osborn last week.Attorney-General Martin Pakula said it…
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Fly fighting team grows
THE organisation formed to combat fruit fly in north west Victoria and south west New South Wales has undergone an expansion over the past few…
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