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John Conroy

Your chance to check out the new $2m health hub

A NEW and improved hub servicing family and child health needs opened in Mildura on Monday with the community invited to tour the facility later this month. Sunraysia Community Health Services’ Family and Child Hub will seek to allow the community...

55 minutes ago

News

Firefighters join Grampians battle

SUNRAYSIA based volunteer firefighters had an “eye-opening” deployment to the Grampians on the weekend. Country Fire Authority members from Sunraysia brigades as well as Ouyen, Southern Mallee and Swan Hill joined operations at Moyston on Saturday...

8 hours ago

Community

Gifts galore in bumper appeal

MORE than 500 children benefited from Mallee Family Care’s annual Christmas Appeal last month, with the community support group’s chief executive “deeply grateful” to donors. In total, Mallee communities donated more than 1600 gifts to the appeal...

8 hours ago

News

Bookies back as tote goes

MILDURA Harness Racing Club has trialled the return of trackside bookmakers at the venue after Tabcorp ended years of tradition by shutting down on-course tote facilities in late November. The move to take away the TAB totes at local tracks was one...

05 Jan 2025

Lifestyle

A story of true love and lawn bowls

AN Irymple lawn bowler has put a torrid few years behind him by taking gold at the Australian Transplant Games, an event which also put his experience into a wider context. Greg Brown became sick in late 2019 and immediately knew it was...

05 Jan 2025

January 2025

A story of true love and lawn bowls

05 Jan 2025

News

Melbourne wets whistle after five years

THE Paddle Steamer Melbourne took passengers cruising on New Year’s Day, the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a 6am inaugural journey for 12 diehards, the refurbished PS Melbourne took to the waters again at...

04 Jan 2025

Community

Mate taking MND fight to new heights

RICHARD Garlick is aiming will lead a strong Mildura fundraising charge for motor neurone disease this year, in the wake of the death of his footballing friend Mick “Hungry” Hogarth three months ago. Garlick, who played footy alongside Hogarth the...

04 Jan 2025

Police & Courts

Police on the case amid crime rise, but community support needed

MILDURA police have responded to a spike in recent crime numbers showing a 7.8 per cent rise over the past reporting year, saying the lift is a concern but also reflects proactive policing measures. Mildura police Inspector David Rowe has also given...

04 Jan 2025

Community

Fireworks light up NYE event

MILDURA’S riverfront was packed New Year’s Eve for the free community event which included fireworks, music, food trucks and kids activities. The Mildura Rural City Council event saw two fireworks sessions and a stacked line-up of musical acts.“The...

03 Jan 2025

News

Man cut from car after overtake crash

A MILDURA man had to be cut from his vehicle after a car crash on the Calder Highway near Carwarp on Friday night. The man, 53, was driving a Ford sedan towing a trailer, with a male passenger, 17, when the vehicle tried to overtake an Isuzu D-Max...

31 Dec 2024

Health

No smoke without concern

POOR air quality caused by bushfires is a concern for a majority of Australians, a survey has found, and an increasing danger for people with asthma. An Asthma Australia survey found 81 per cent of Australians are stressed about the impact of air...

30 Dec 2024