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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Police seek clues on man’s death

POLICE have renewed an appeal for public information following the discovery of a man’s body at Wentworth. About 9am on Thursday, January 16, officers from Barrier Police District were called to Log Bridge Road at Wentworth, following reports of...

10 hours ago

News

Caravan park plans not welcomed

RESIDENTS surrounding a proposed caravan park at Irymple have taken their objections to Mildura Rural City Council, claiming the development would spoil the amenity of the area. A planning permit for the park on Irymple Avenue has been submitted to...

05 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Bail refused for shop theft accused

A MILDURA man with an “alarming” history of committing aggravated burglaries has been refused bail on multiple charges of shop thefts just days after he was released following more than 100 days in prison. In a self-represented application for bail...

05 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Lost chances in prison death

A CORONER has found there were lost opportunities for a Mildura man who was “clearly” struggling with mental health issues before he was found unresponsive in his prison cell in 2018. Twenty-four-year-old Jayke Aleckson had been on...

04 Feb 2025

News

Free legal advice to community

LEGAL Aid NSW will be visiting towns in the Wentworth Shire this month. The Family & Civil Law Services for Aboriginal Communities will return to Wentworth, Dareton and Buronga to provide free legal advice to community members. The clinics are...

04 Feb 2025

News

Lawns closed for Lights Trail works

Mildura’s Lock 11 lawns will be closed on Tuesday as preparations continue for the upcoming Trail of Lights: Fireflies and Gone Fishing art installations.

03 Feb 2025

Community

Red Cliffs alive with Country Market shoppers

03 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Woman spared more jail time

A WOMAN who assaulted an elderly man with an iron bar in his Mildura home will not spend further time behind bars after a magistrate sentenced her to time already served. Tammy Slater, of Irymple, this week admitted the assault in Mildur...

02 Feb 2025

News

Emergency landing probe

THE pilot of a Mildura-bound flight from Queensland was forced to land on a highway after an engine caught on fire last week. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident which happened on Friday, January 24 about 28...

01 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for fatal crash driver

AN Indonesian national who caused the death of a friend when she failed to stop at a Stop sign in Merbein will spend almost a year in jail before being eligible for parole. Thirty-one-year-old Mella Christy had been sight-seeing on a day off from...

01 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Drug addict caught again

A MAN with 46 pages of criminal convictions has been questioned if he plans to continue using drugs his entire life. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 46-year-old Hong Van Nguyen’s life had been ruined by a long addiction to a range of drugs when...

31 Jan 2025

Police & Courts

‘Pathological’ man refused bail

A MILDURA man who spent Christmas in jail for persistently breaching a family violence intervention order is back behind bars following further contraventions of the ruling just days after his release. The 42-year-old is alleged to have made contact...

31 Jan 2025