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Aerial bait drop set for take off
AERIAL dog-baiting will get underway from next week with baits being dropped near Pooncarie. Western Local Land Services is undertaking its autumn aerial baiting program…
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WSC backing for Desert Dash
WENTWORTH Shire Council will provide sponsorship to the upcoming Pooncarie Desert Dash event following a request from Sunraysia Motor Sports Club. The event organisers initially sought $30,000 in sponsorship under…
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Renewed bowel screening push
FEWER than half of all eligible Mildura residents are taking up the offer of a free bowel cancer screening test. Residents aged 50 to 74 are automatically sent the test…
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Crime down in Mildura
THE number of criminal incidents in Mildura has fallen for the first time in a calendar year since the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 5904 criminal incidents recorded in the Mildura…
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Shire approves future funds
WENTWORTH Shire's councillors have approved a recommendation to borrow money to finance future strategic land acquisitions. The decsion followed report presented to council at the February Ordinary Meeting where the…
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Time to quit it
TOBACCO store fire bombings have been a plague on Victoria for over two years. There have been more than 200 of them, one of which saw an innocent life lost.…
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County Court to hear drugs charges
A MILDURA man accused of trafficking cocaine and MDMA and possessing anabolic steroids has failed in a bid to have the matter heard in the Magistrates’ Court jurisdiction. Police allege…
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Big time bowls rolling into region
THE local lawn bowls community is jumping for joy after it was announced Mildura will host a leg of the World Bowls Series. The event, to be called the Sunraysia…
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Golf day tees up donations
PROGRESS on the Mildura Base Public Hospital Foundation’s initiative for a purpose-built mobile screening clinic has been bolstered by support through the MBPH Foundation Charity Golf Day. Following more than…
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Friction follows committee meeting
DRAFT privacy, access to information, and complaint management policies have been endorsed for public exhibition following a meeting of Wentworth Shire's Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee in February. Councillors were…
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Report counts cost of 2022 floods
MILDURA and surrounds were more susceptible to the 2022 floods than other areas impacted by the event, according to new research. Published by the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)…