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Allan Murphy

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

Green light for NDIS accommodation

MILDURA Rural City Council has imposed “more than enough” conditions on a proposed residential care accommodation for people with a disability in a Red Cliffs cul-de-sac to address the concerns of 27 objectors, a forum has been told. Councillors this...

19 hours ago

Police & Courts

Woman given ‘chance’ on bail

A MILDURA woman recently released from prison has whined that it was “not really necessary” for a magistrate to keep her behind bars after she absconded from a rehabilitation facility and allegedly committed further offending. The Mildur...

19 hours ago

Police & Courts

Police spat on, court told

A MAN accused of spitting at a police officer during his arrest for refusing to move on after he was refused entry into a Mildura nightclub due to his level of intoxication has had his bail extended to next appear in July. The Mildura Magistrates’...

12 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail refused for man wanted in three states

A MILDURA man alleged to have committed an aggravated burglary just days after being released from prison on similar offending has had an application for bail refused. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard that 21-year-old Jessie Johnson had eight...

12 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Sunraysia visitor faces deportation

A MAN from Vanuatu is likely to be deported after he admitted to assaulting a female retail worker when he grabbed her on the buttocks while she was serving him. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 23-year-old Marglu Rocroc had “gone missing” for...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Sentence looms for local footy coach

PROSECUTORS have called for a local footy coach, who trespassed at a Mildura home in 2023 and threatened to kill a woman, to be jailed. The man, who cannot be named to protect the victim, has been charged with aggravated burglary, making a threat to...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for ‘one-man crime wave’

A SERIAL thief described as a “one-man crime wave” who stole goods largely to maintain his addiction to heroin has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 46-year-old Matthew McTeare committed three burglaries, “countless” deceptions and...

11 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Mildura man blows 0.303

A MILDURA man blew more than six times the legal limit of blood-alcohol concentration after he drove to buy a late night snack, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 49-year-old had been consuming wine on November 12 last...

10 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

One dead in Euston truck crash

ONE motorist has died after two trucks collided on the Sturt Highway at Euston on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to the scene about 5.35pm that day following reports of a crash. Officers attached to Barrier Police District attended and...

10 Apr 2025

News

Man removed from Mildura flight

A SUNRAYSIA man had to be forcibly removed from a domestic flight from Sydney to Mildura over alleged aggressive and antisocial behaviour that resulted in the cancellation of the flight. The 32-year-old man from Coomealla was seated on an aircraft...

10 Apr 2025

News

Objections to NDIS Scheme build

PLANS to construct residential care accommodation for people with a disability in a Red Cliffs cul-de-sac has been met with 27 objections. Proponents are seeking a planning permit to construct the four-bedroom property in Joseph Court...

09 Apr 2025

Allan Murphy

Green light for NDIS accommodation

Woman given ‘chance’ on bail

Police spat on, court told

Bail refused for man wanted in three states

Sunraysia visitor faces deportation

Sentence looms for local footy coach

Jail for ‘one-man crime wave’

Mildura man blows 0.303

One dead in Euston truck crash

Man removed from Mildura flight

Bail bid denied for fire accused

Objections to NDIS Scheme build