News
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X-ray service returns to Ouyen
AFTER more than 10 years without an x-ray service, Ouyen Hospital now has the form of diagnostic imaging available again. Provided by Mallee Track Health…
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Red Cliffs to get new state-run childcare
RED Cliffs is set to have a new Victorian Government-run childcare centre in 2027. The local announcement, made on Tuesday, was included in a wider…
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Floods bring lake back to life
ONE of the enduring happy consequences of the 2022-23 flood event is the revival of Fletchers Lake near Dareton. Last filled in 1976, the usually…
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Search still on for mystery winner
MORE than a week after the lucky numbers dropped, the search is still on for an as yet unknown lotto winner. The $1.26 million winning…
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Local advocate’s noble cause
A YOUNG victim-survivor advocate hailing from Mildura recently met Queen Camilla at a discussion on domestic and family violence. Conor Pall has been using his…
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Make a difference this Christmas
WITH the festive season just around the corner, one local welfare agency is launching its annual Christmas appeal. On Monday, the Mallee Family Care Christmas…
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Rail petition chugs along
A PETITION calling for a two-year trial of a Mildura to Maryborough shuttle passenger train has reached more than 1000 signatures in less than a…
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Advice issued for large Koorlong fire
FIREFIGHTERS are working to bring a bushfire in the Koorlong and Merrinee area under control. According to a 5.16pm VicEmergency update, 19 emergency-service vehicles were…
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Kudos for junior doctor
A JUNIOR doctor who credits her training in Mildura as the best time of her medical degree has been named the 2024 Rural Doctors Association…
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Pregnant with hope
THE Victorian Government is eager to get more people in Sunraysia referred to the state’s free public fertility care service. It has been two years…
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Fire not slowing developer down
A FIRE in an abandoned building on Deakin Avenue in Mildura in late August has done little to slow down the owner’s plans for redevelopment…
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Cable damage the cause of faulty boom gate
A DAMAGED cable caused the boom gates and lights at the Eleventh Street/Benetook Avenue rail crossing to trigger without warning at least twice over the…