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Sunday, March 30, 2025

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A man with a difference who is making a difference

THERE are those who are deservedly recognised for their contribution to the community, and then there are those who contribute in a way that seems to go unnoticed. Whilst Brody Flowers is a person that is easily noticed, a lot of his...

9 hours ago
News

Plans afoot for idle hotel

PLANS are afoot to return the heritage-listed Robinvale Hotel -- which has been lying idle since a fire gutted the inside of the building a decade ago -- to its former glory. Swan Hill Rural City Council has received a planning permit application...

18 hours ago
Community

Praise for Early Years Hub

THE upcoming Early Years Hub in Red Cliffs has featured as part of the first stop in a 10-week national community engagement roadshow throughout the Wimmera-Mallee region. The listening tour is lead by Partnerships for Local Action and Community...

19 hours ago
Community

Festival awash with colours

MEMBERS of the Sunraysia Indian Association are inviting anyone interested in a fun and colourful time to come along to a Holi festival at Nowingi Place tonight. Holi is a major Hindu event celebrated as the Festival of Colours, coinciding each year...

29 Mar 2025
News

Strategy aims to drive change

MILDURA Rural City Council is seeking community feedback on a proposed strategy that aims to advance gender equality and prevent family violence. The draft Gender Equality and Prevention of Family Violence Strategy 2025-2029 aims to drive meaningful...

28 Mar 2025
Community

What’s on this weekend?

Life and Light Photography Competition Display Wentworth Visitor Information Centre - 8.30am-5pm WESTERN Local Lands Service will be displaying photography from the 2024 ‘Spirit of Country’ competition in the gallery. The Life and Light...

27 Mar 2025
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Walking for type 1 diabetes

MORE than a hundred people turned up to Ornamental Lakes on Sunday in support of One Walk, an annual campaign for Type 1 diabetes research and awareness. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune condition where the pancreas produces little to no...

27 Mar 2025
Business

Joe calls time on half-a-century of haircuts

AFTER more than 50 years in the business a local hairdresser has decided to hang up his scissors. Joe Pascale was about 17 when he first started out, having been unsuccessful in applying for the police force.“A couple of my sisters were hairdressing...

27 Mar 2025
Community

Soccer sessions to welcome new arrivals

INTEREACH has partnered with the Football Federation of Sunraysia to offer a program helping new arrivals settle into Mildura through sport. Leading up to the start of the soccer season, four ‘soccer for all’ sessions will be held each Wednesday...

26 Mar 2025
Community

Social workers acknowledged

MALLEE Family Care celebrated the impact that social workers have in the improved wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities on World Social Work Day last week. Chief executive officer and social worker Teresa Jayet said it was important to...

25 Mar 2025
Community

Nichols Point shelter opens

THE now Victorian Heritage listed shelter shed in Nichols Point was officially reopened on Saturday after 10 years of advocacy. First constructed as a rotunda in 1910 next to the original Nichols Point school building on the corner of Fifth Street...

25 Mar 2025
Community

Long lost war medal returned to family

A WORLD War I medal that had wound up in a local antique shop has been returned to the soldier’s descendant, after some sleuthing by the Mildura & District Historical Society. Mark Irwin bought the 1914-15 Star from a shop, only...

22 Mar 2025
Community

Record crowd tucks into longest lunch

A RECORD number of diners took part in the Longest Lunch event, fundraising for the Mildura Deakin Rotary Club. Under the vines along Langtree Avenue, 235 people enjoyed a three-course meal on a table stretching out the front of the Spanish Grill...

22 Mar 2025
Community

New year, new U3A

THE new committee of the University of the Third Age Sunraysia branch have begun planning for the year ahead. Run by volunteers, the organisation is designed to provide opportunities for semi-retired and retired members to keep an active mind, while...

21 Mar 2025
News

Slow walk for Parkinson’s population

THE Slow Walk for Parkinson’s Awareness will return to Mildura on Sunday, April 13, and take a familiar course. The Mildura Parkinson’s Support Group is encouraging community members to wear red, and join them on a venture from Henderson Park to...

21 Mar 2025
Community

Sewing seeds for successful market

SOCIAL enterprise SRS Benetook Farm will be hosting a family friendly twilight market this Saturday to raise funds for improvements of amenities and facilities. Local boutique stalls including pieces created by the participants of...

21 Mar 2025
Community

What’s on this weekend?

AWARD-winning photographer Leanne McPhee explores the connection between place and identity through a series of photographs taken at Merbein Primary School, captured after its closure in 2012. ImprintMildura Arts...

20 Mar 2025