News
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Tractor challenge expected to pull a crowd
SMOKE, dust, and horsepower will be on display this weekend when vintage tractors, some more than 100 years old, compete at the annual Vintage Tractor…
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What’s on in Sunraysia
Friday Exhibition Old Ouyen Courthouse – 9.30am–4pm DISCOVER ‘Walpeup … the way it was’, a special exhibition that celebrates the centenary of the Walpeup Memorial…
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Child-care reforms help families, government says
SUNRAYSIA families are benefitting from child-care reforms that deliver cost-of-living relief, the Federal Government says. In the first week of the reforms, which kicked off on…
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Investigation into ‘runway incursion’ at Mildura Airport
THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a “runway incursion” at Mildura Airport, where two aircraft took off simultaneously from intersecting runways earlier this year. The…
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SES building for the future
PLANS to future-proof the Mildura SES unit for the coming decades are now in motion. A two-stage project is under way to enhance the functionality…
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Date changed for more ‘respectful’ Australia Day
AN inclusive Australia Day celebration next year, that acknowledges trauma for the First Nations community, has been endorsed by Swan Hill Council. Robinvale’s citizenship ceremony…
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Time for council to ‘face reality, plan for the future’
CELEBRITY cook and Mildura councillor Stefano de Pieri says it is only a matter of time before council will need to “look straight in the…
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Mildura plasterer the best in the business
A MILDURA plasterer has beaten out a field of thousands to win the Champion Plasterer Award at the Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards. JS…
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Traffic restrictions for water main works
TRAFFIC and parking controls are in place at the northern end of Langtree Avenue, as Lower Murray Water completes essential pipeline works. LMW has commenced water main…
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Getting to grips with life
SHANTELLE Thompson’s return to international competition might not have given her the result she wanted, but it gave her the lessons she needed. Thompson is…
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Rain timing ‘ideal’ for Millewa farmers
MILLEWA farmers are “relieved” to see significant rainfall in the dryland farming district this week, after hot and dry early-spring conditions had threatened to disrupt…
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‘Potentially misleading’ signage set straight
THE initial placement of some yes campaign signage in Mildura has been labelled potentially misleading by the Australian Electoral Commission. On Monday, two “Vote Yes”…













