Politics
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“A fair go” needed
Dr Anne Webster Member for Mallee I RECENTLY enjoyed reading demographer Bernard Salt’s piece in The Australian, reminiscing about his Terang upbringing: reading the local…
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Upper House MP Wendy Lovell calls for faster drought support
LIBERAL Northern Victoria Upper House MP Wendy Lovell has called for answers from the State Government over claimed delays in approving farmers’ applications for access…
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Tyrrell backs adventure playground funding
MEMBER for Northern Victoria Region Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell has advocated in State Parliament for funding to complete the third stage of the Mildura Riverfront Development. Ms…
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Time to create a difference in schools for a safe future
Tanay Ashok Sonthalia is participating as a journalist in the Y Victorian Youth Press Gallery (2025 Y Victorian Youth Parliament). A YOUNG group from Mildura…
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Budget to face councillor scrutiny
MILDURA Rural City Council is expected to adopt its 2025-26 draft budget when councillors meeting on Monday night with an average rate increase of the…
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MP pushes for office return
NORTHERN Victoria upper house MP and member of Animal Justice Party, Georgie Purcell, has thrown her support behind calls for the return of independence and…
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Government gathers drought support
THE Federal Government has promised an extra $2 million to boost the Rural Financial Counselling Service in the face of the drought across southern Australia.…
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MP questions water register rollout
THE New South Wales Government is aiming to create a water register by October, Parliament has been told. Yet Member for Murray Helen Dalton said…
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Hospital pictures show what could have been
ARTIST impressions of a new but never built Mildura Base Hospital have drawn the ire of a local former state MP. The drawings, created by…
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Webster makes shadow ministry, defends Libs Nats split
MEMBER for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster, has received elevated shadow ministerial position following the brief breakup, and subsequent reformation, of the Federal Coalition. The announcement…
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‘No danger’ of Victorian Coalition split
MEMBER for Mildura Jade Benham has played down any speculation that the Victorian Nationals and Victorian Liberals would end their Coalition. After the Federal parties…
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Nats split from Libs in a ‘principled’ divorce
THE political marriage of the National and Liberal parties, known as the Coalition, is over at the federal level. The split was announced by the…