News
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Headspace leads footy mental health program
HEADSPACE Mildura has been selected as one of 16 organisations Australia-wide to deliver the Ahead of the Game youth mental health program. Led by Movember…
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Social housing bid for Merbein
AN organisation focused on affordable and transportable supported housing solutions will open an office in Mildura in coming months. Not-for-profit Carevillas Australia will locate its…
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Mallee kangaroo cull highest in state
THE number of kangaroos culled in the Mallee last year exceeded the recommended maximum quota and accounted for about 15 per cent of the region’s population.…
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Extra classes for school’s most popular pupil
SACRED Heart Primary’s new wellbeing dog is providing an increased sense of connection across the school community. Coco, a five-and-a-half-year-old Australian Cobberdog, was welcomed into…
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Students get their hands dirty for community
ST Joseph’s College students have rolled up their sleeves to revamp Meadow Grove Park as part of their Community Volunteer Program. The year 11 and 12…
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Accused murderer to plan his own defence
IT’S a short drive from Thomas Embling Hospital to the Supreme Court of Victoria in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and sprawling legal precinct. Even…
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New civic centre to be an ‘eye opener’
WENTWORTH Shire’s Civic Centre redevelopment should be complete by this time next year. Demolition crews and contractors have been working on the inside of the…
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Live dramas and lost loves of a TV pioneer
David Carson travelled the world as a TV technician, watching history unfold and leading a “wild life” in London in the 1960s. He tells LAURA…
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Surf’s up for Mildura’s inland life savers
MILDURA’S surf life saving club, the only one of its type in inland Australia, is continuing to defy the odds, with its inflatable raft boat…
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Hospital health check: We’re in pretty good shape, chief says
THE failure of the Victorian Government to follow through on its master plan for the region’s health care will not stop the development and expansion…
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Baby Melissa laid to rest at last
Nancy and Tony Trimboli staged an emotional vigil this week as their daughter Melissa was reburied at Robinvale cemetery, ending a decades-long fight for their…
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Yes or no: Voice cases laid out
DIFFERENT views are being put to Mallee voters about whether the Voice will be effective in closing the gap in outcomes for Indigenous people. Pamphlets…













