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Sunraysia division cross-country day: Big fields in the running
SOME of the fastest students from regional schools took part at the annual Sunraysia Division cross-country day this week. Old Aerodrome Ovals welcomed hundreds of children…
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A fishy business boost for battling Menindee
A NATIVE fish hatchery will be built on the lower Darling River near Menindee in another positive move for the town in its revival from…
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Embargo lifted after small inflows
WATER NSW has extended a pumping embargo on the Barwon-Darling River system after recent rainfall while lifting another one on the lower Namoi and Macquarie…
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Hot Stuff: Popular act stayin’ alive
FOR almost two decades The Australian Bee Gees Show has been regularly performed in Mildura.Founding member of the band Michael Clift, who plays Barry Gibb,…
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$1.5 million boost for major freight links
ONE of Sunraysia’s well utilised agricultural freight links will be upgraded following a $1.5 million investment.Regional Roads Victoria on Wednesday announced Mildura Council had secured…
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Focus on basin rail project, says Milne
FINISHING the Murray Basin Rail Project needs to be the next Member for Mallee’s rail priority, Rail Freight Alliance chair Glenn Milne said.The Mildura councillor…
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Rate rise a step closer
MILDURA ratepayers will have four weeks to pass comment on a proposed 2.5 per cent rate rise next financial year – the maximum allowed under…
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Independent spirit shines clearly at Mallee election forum
ANALYSIS RUPANYUP farmer Ray Kingston put himself on the Mildura map with the standout performance of Sunraysia Daily’s federal election candidates’ forum on Wednesday night.…
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Deaths double
THE number of people who have died on Victorian country roads so far this year has almost doubled 2018 figures, with complacency and driver distraction…
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CBD parking nightmare
TRAFFIC congestion and a lack of available parking around Mildura’s expanding CBD is getting so bad that one resident fears it is a fatality waiting…
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Emu killer jailed
EMU killer Jacob Scott MacDonald has been sentenced to 42 days jail for mowing down a mob of emus near Ouyen last year. Through his…
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New details delay court case
A COMMITTAL hearing for two men charged with armed robbery at an Irymple service station has been adjourned until August as new evidence this week…









