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Sweet future for winemaker
THE Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show has been a great showcase for Trentham Estate, which has long been dabbling in the alternative wines scene. Over…
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New wines set for big future
MURRAY Darling winemaker Monak Wine Co is looking to debut three new Australian wine grape varieties at the 2023 Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show in…
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Alternative wines an open book
A BOOK chronicling the history of alternative wines in Australia has Mildura at its epicentre. Alternative Reality – How Australian Wine Changed Course details the…
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‘I won’t sit by and let my child die’
When two-year-old Jodi Gledhill was diagnosed with leukaemia in the 1970s, there was little support for Sunraysia families facing cancer battles made more daunting by…
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Vote integrity isn’t a political plaything
COMMENT: Michael DiFabrizio GOING after the integrity of Australia’s voting system is not a path any politician should pursue lightly. And if they do, at a…
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‘Unbiased’ Voice role for council
MILDURA Council will remain publicly neutral in the debate about the Voice to Parliament referendum. On advice from council’s Ngiwa Yarna Committee, councillors voted unanimously…
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Police lure recruits with Mallee roles
WE want you here – that’s the message Victoria Police is sending to potential recruits across the Mallee, via an initiative to support resourcing in…
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Blooms to beat the gloom at flower show
GARDENERS were in “the laps of the gods” as to whether their plants would flower ahead of this weekend’s Spring Flower and Floral Design Show, according…
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Caravan park to delay reopening
THE reopening of Buronga’s riverside caravan parkwill be delayed by several months while its operators work on a masterplan and improvements for the site. When…
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Plea for clues after man’s death
SWAN Hill police are seeking information about the final movements of Shubir Bakhori. The 46-year-old man was involved in an incident on the Murray Valley…
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Health blame a cheap shot: MP
THE Victorian Government is trying to deflect attention from its own policy failures by blaming the former federal Coalition government for the Mallee’s health crisis,…
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There’s an air force of angry birds out there
SPRING is in the air and so are those pesky and sometimes dangerous swooping birds of the Mallee region. While magpies get a bad rap…













