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The Mildura Fire Brigade wants you
MILDURA Fire Brigade is looking to recruit more volunteers like mother-of-four Joanne Audino to bolster Sunraysia CFA brigades. Ms Audino, 42, became a volunteer in preparation…
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Palliative home care set for trial
SUNRAYSIA Community Health Services (SCHS) will from next month trial a redesigned palliative service to give people more choice in their end- of-life care.SCHS has…
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Hospital feeling flu heat
MILDURA Base Hospital has warned of longer waiting times in its emergency department as it is hit by extreme levels of demand during the winter…
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Vietnam veterans honoured
MORE than 50 people, including Vietnam War veterans and their families, turned out for the Vietnam Veterans Day commemorative service yesterday.Held at the Seventh Street…
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Winter isn’t over just yet
LOWS of below 0C and frosts are expected across Sunraysia over the weekend.Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Peter Blake said some parts of the region could…
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Man sent woman 750 texts . . . in less than three weeks
A MAN who bombarded a woman he had never spoken to with 750 text messages in less than three weeks, said it was her own…
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Young Bodey set to kick on
BODEY Burnham might be young, but he’s already a national champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.The 12-year-old claimed the gold medal last weekend in the 13-year-old all…
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Wine taxes reform win
THE wine industry has praised all sides of politics for coming together in parliament this week to support reforms to the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET).Winemakers…
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Victims want lives back
A father carried his naked daughter to the church altar and left her there for Catholic priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale to abuse.“Jesus died for our…
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One step at a time: Firies break barriers
SINCE losing two colleagues to suicide in the space of a year, Martin Ryan says the barriers created by a culture of “bottling it up”…
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Makayla shocks doubters
FOR Makayla Harrison, it was clear from an early age that sitting at a desk was not an option for her future career.“I was raised…
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Rain increases inflows
ABOVE-average rainfall this month in the Mallee has helped produce the best flows in river systems in northern Victoria so far this winter.Goulburn-Murray Water resource…












