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Police appeal for brawl footage
VICTORIA Police Homicide Squad detectives are appealing to anyone with mobile phone footage of a Swan Hill brawl that proved fatal earlier this year to…
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Colourful end to school term at Mildura South Primary School
A SEA of rainbow colours and children flooded Mildura South Primary School’s oval as part of its annual fun run yesterday.Parents and staff also shared…
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Crunch time for students at Gol Gol Public School
GOL Gol Public School students took up the Big Veggie Crunch challenge last week, joining many other NSW primary schools in an attempt to break…
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Mildura unemployment rate hits new low at 4.5 per cent
MILDURA’S jobless rate has dropped to at least a nine-year low.Unemployment fell to 4.5 per cent in the Mildura local government area in the final…
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Select Harvests expecting improved almond yield
ALMOND grower Select Harvests expect improved yields and a strong market to offset an increase in water costs this year.In an update released by the…
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Hi-tech farming future on the horizon
A COLLABORATIVE $1.2 million project has set the ambition to train tomorrow’s agriculture workforce in Sunraysia and position the region as a global leader in…
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A different picture of the 70s at Mildura Arts Centre exhibition
ARTIST Solomon ‘Socrates’ Smith spent his childhood in Mildura, often capturing his surroundings in a series of photographs.Or did he? That is the question many…
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Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month: Get support, don’t suffer in silence
LOCAL people with Parkinson’s disease do not have to suffer alone.That’s the message from Mildura Parkinson’s Support Group leader Cheryl Barnes, who said the neurological…
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Federal budget regional spend ‘not enormous’
HOUSEHOLDS were winners in the Federal Budget, but the spend in regional Australia wasn’t over the top, an ANZ senior economist says.Canberra-based Cherelle Murphy was…
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End of daylight saving right time to check alarms
THE end of daylight saving will go hand-in-hand with a lazy Sunday morning this weekend, with the winding back of the clock allowing for an…
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Buzz around music festival
MUSIC lovers can enjoy more than 26 hours of live entertainment at this year’s Cullulleraine Music Festival.The annual event, from April 12 to 14, has…
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End-of-term fun at Pasadena Pre-School
COMBINED end-of-term and Easter festivities transformed Pasadena Pre-School into an abundance of colour and fun on Wednesday morning. Teachers, parents and children gathered in the pre-school…












