News
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Peeps in the Past: Farewell to ‘beloved’ Miss Murray
Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Ann Ziguras and Sue Kelly for the Mildura Rural City Council Library Service. June 7-13. 100…
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Mildura region’s tourism pitch goes on TV
A NEW television campaign to be launched in Adelaide and regional Victoria next week will urge people to start their holiday journey in Mildura when…
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Rex ‘reluctantly’ increases Mildura flights
REGIONAL Express (Rex) says it has “reluctantly” increased its Mildura flight schedule in response to QantasLink’s “aggressive” expansion of its services to the region. Qantas…
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Mildura airconditioning fight heats up
THE Victorian Government should view airconditioning in Mildura’s public housing as a matter of public safety and survival and not comfort, according to Member for…
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Mildura playground strategy survey
MILDURA residents are urged to share their thoughts on the development of playgrounds across the municipality. Mildura Rural City Council is working on a strategy…
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Free child care to end
Free child care will end on July 12 and early educators will stop receiving JobKeeper payments the following week. The coronavirus financial support will be…
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Art prizes on offer to promote breast cancer screening
ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander women from across the Mallee are invited to contribute artwork toward a project reinforcing the importance of breast cancer screening.…
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Mildura doctor receives Queen’s Birthday honour
MILDURA doctor Gerald Murphy has been recognised for his service to medicine in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list. Moving to Sunraysia 30 years ago,…
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Mildura’s winter chill arrives, but sunshine sticking around
MILDURA shivered through two consecutive mornings where the temperature fell below zero last week, signalling winter has well and truly begun. On Friday, a minimum…
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Study calls for Murray-Darling Basin rules transparency
A UNIVERSITY of New South Wales (UNSW) study has called for better transparency around the “idiosyncratic” water management rules governing water allocation in the Murray-Darling…
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Mildura houseboat owner goes with the flow
ERNIE Pelda always wanted to return to a life on the water. Having lived on a houseboat on the Murray River a few years ago,…
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Wentworth Shire eco-warrior collects 294,000 bottles and cans
AN eighty-one-year-old eco-warrior who raised more than $25,000 for his local skate park and other community programs in the Wentworth Shire by collecting bottles and…












