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Sunraysia Daily

Stop the world. I want to hop off!

JUST about every edition of the Sunraysia Daily has a story about crime related to drugs or alcohol. It would seem the world would be a more peaceful place without illicit drugs and legal alcohol. As simple as the answer is, it is beyond our capacity...

09 Feb 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Pictures of the world around us

Sunraysia DailyThe Economics BookWHAT happens in a recession? How does money work? Why do we pay tax?Explaining the key milestones in the field of economics in a clear and simple way, The Economics Book answers these questions and more for the...

09 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the past: Ready to pass the torch

100 years ago PLANE: Captain F Roberts, Superintendent of Airways of the Australian Aerial Service Limited visited the Town Clerk, Mr N Wellington on the questions of telephone installation at the hangar to allow a de Haviland plane to be housed...

09 Feb 2025

Letters

Graffiti not cool

THE recent vandalism of the Mildura War Memorial in Henderson Park is an appalling act of disrespect that has rightfully drawn strong condemnation from community members. War memorials are sacred places of reflection, honouring those who made the...

08 Feb 2025

Letters

Having it both ways?

SO on the weekend Anne Webster claimed that government spending was the reason why everything costs so much (Pre-election pitch, Sunraysia Daily, Saturday February 1, Page 20) - instead of record corporate profits according to the OECD. Monday rolls...

08 Feb 2025

Cricket

Swallows so close

SCA Round 12 - Two-day matches - day one : Irymple v Coomealla Wentworth, Merbein v Mildura West, Mildura Settlers v Gol Gol, Mildura East v Nichols Point. WITH a last-gasp win under their belt against Nichols Point last week, Irymple need just one more victory to ensure they are playing finals again this season.

08 Feb 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Lessons in history and the home

In Your LibraryWhen the Shooting Stopped: August 1945Barrett TillmanTHIS fascinating history tells the story of the final weeks of the war, detailing the last brutal battles on air, land and sea with first-hand accounts from pilots and sailors...

02 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Gong but not forgotten

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society. Compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 years agoICE CREAM: Record sales of ice and ice-cream blocks for the months of December and January are reported at the Mildura Ice Works in...

02 Feb 2025

Cricket

Teams hit the run home

SCA MATCHESRound 11 – One-day matches***Nichols Point v IrympleNichols Point ReserveA HUGE game lies ahead with four rounds remaining in the season as Nichols Point and Irymple are only separated by three points on the ladder in second and third...

01 Feb 2025

Opinion

Pre-election pitch

AUSTRALIA is at a turning point. Sunraysia residents and their fellow Australians cannot afford to continue down the current path. Families and pensioners are struggling to make ends meet. Mallee residents...

01 Feb 2025

Letters

Metas moves highlights role of local papers

META’s plans for the removal of fact-checking services on content posted to its platforms and the government’s decision to introduce age limits for access to social media has brought a renewed focus on the importance of regional, rural and local...

01 Feb 2025

Opinion

Blame game back on

HERE we go again. The blame game’s back on. On the radio airwaves last week, Premier Jacinta Allan once again blamed floods for the shocking state of our regional roads. Driving around regional Victoria last week, I was genuinely shocked – again...

01 Feb 2025