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Student enters fiscal federalism debate

ROBINVALE College student Elizabeth Chirchiglia was one of 119 senior student delegates who debated the topic “Revisiting Sections 51ii and 90 to Reimagine Australia’s Fiscal Federalism” at Old Parliament House in Canberra. The debate was part of...

28 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Popular art is a Shaw thing

IRYMPLE Secondary College school captain Jasmine Shaw has won the People’s Choice Award at the 2025 Magenta Art Prize. The talented Year 10 student won both the Best Acrylic and People’s Choice Award for her painting named Sunbeam Seeker. She...

26 Apr 2025
News

Bubsie’s centenary road trip

HENDERSON College was the stop for a 102-year-old Citroën 5CV on Tuesday morning, ahead of a tour retracing the steps taken by the first car to travel around Australia. The original ‘Bubsie’ was driven initially from Perth to Darwin and then around...

26 Apr 2025
Anzac Day

Lake PS commemorate Anzac Day

THE Lake Primary School held a commemorative Anzac Day ceremony on Thursday, in front of the school’s new memorial garden. Representatives of the Mildura RSL were invited as special guests, including vice-president Brad McGlashan, secretary Scott...

25 Apr 2025
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13 Feb 2020
Education

Reason to smile at preschool

BRIGHT, healthy smiles are being seen throughout Pasadena Preschool which has once again engaged with Sunraysia Community Health Services’ Smiles 4 Miles program. An initiative of Dental Health Services Victoria, the program aims to improve the oral...

15 Apr 2025
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Education

The colour and the pace

Staff and students at The Lake Primary School capped off Term Two on Friday with a colour run fundraiser. Pictures: Paula Mastrippolito

08 Apr 2025
Education

Egg-cited students rise to occasion

JUDGES at Henderson College’s annual Easter Bonnet Parade had some tough decisions to make this year. Primary students from prep to grades 5 and 6 took part in the event, parading on a makeshift runway and showing off the designs created by the...

08 Apr 2025
News

Students sew seeds of empathy

STUDENTS at Red Cliffs East Primary School created an Empathy Garden as part of a school-wide undertaking of the Resilience Project. Centered on four principles of empathy, gratitude, mindfulness and emotional literacy, the Resilience Project has...

05 Apr 2025
News

Bunny bonnets hop to it

THE Easter Bunny made a special visit to Nichols Point Primary School for the annual Easter bonnet parade on Thursday. Prep, grade one and two students took part in the parade, high-fiving fellow students and showing off their hats to invited...

06 Apr 2025
Community

Helping make the world work

LA Trobe University’s Mildura campus’ students and staff marked World Social Work Day with a tree planting project that’s aiming to represent different groups including older adults, youth, First Nations peoples, those with disabilities, and from...

30 Mar 2025
Education

Students backed by MFC support

TWENTY-eight young people undertaking higher education or following their sporting dreams have been announced as recipients of this year’s Chances for Children scholarships. First offered 25 years ago, the program is run by Mallee Family Care and...

31 Mar 2025
News

Good to grow at TAFE farm

THE continuing redevelopment of the SuniTAFE teaching farm at Irymple reached another major milestone on Wednesday, with the Victorian Minister for TAFE touring the facility and officially unveiling a plaque to mark the occasion. Works at the site on...

28 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
News

Schools in perfect harmony

SCHOOLS across Sunraysia celebrated Harmony Day yesterday with activities, traditional attire and performances in recognition of Australia’s cultural diversity. Mildura West Primary School took part in the festivities with an...

23 Mar 2025
News

Shade thrown on grants program

THE Koorlong Primary community wants few things more than shade sails over the school’s basketball court, but repeated funding rejections have left students exposed to the sun. The small school, located in a bushfire-prone area and designated an...

17 Mar 2025
Education

Student leaders in their element

FUTURE and emerging leaders at Mildura West Primary School were awarded badges at a special ceremony on Friday. Mildura Mayor Cr Helen Healy was invited along to speak and meet with the student representatives, which she said was quite the honour...

11 Mar 2025