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Alistair Finlay

Editor of the Sunraysia Daily. Likes my dog, bikes, water, sunshine, trucks, reading, ice hockey and yoga. Established the Broken Hill Times, as well as Ballarat Times, Bendigo Times, and Golden Plains Times, and saved the McIvor Times. Tours of duty at the Latrobe Valley Express, The Advocate in North-West Tasmania, and the Westlock News in Alberta, Canada.

Farming and Environment

Help get wine online

WINE industry stakeholders are being called on to have their say on the make-up of a new nationwide database covering producers in the sector. Known as the National Vineyard Register, or NVR, the database is being described as a “game-changing...

16 hours ago

Community

Global foods taste great!

People and their tastebuds went around the world on Saturday as things got spicy at the Buronga Public School’s International Food Festival. Pictures: Paula Mastrippolito

18 Nov 2024

Community

Effort about dignity this Christmas

AN annual campaign aimed at supporting women in challenging situations over Christmas is on again, and seeking donations via a major hardware retailer. As part of Share the Dignity’s It’s in the Bag Christmas appeal, donations of essential items...

18 Nov 2024

News

More than two weeks to help make a change

WITH the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence effort set to get underway for 2024 next week, one regional organisation has put out an online resource to help people, groups and communities get involved. The team at Women’s...

18 Nov 2024

News

Aerobatics aces make stopover

IF you turned your eyes or ears to the skies over Mildura briefly on Sunday you might have caught the Royal Australian Air Force’s acrobatic stunt team. While the Roulettes were last in town for the Mildura Airshow in September, this time the flying...

18 Nov 2024

News

‘Dodged a bullet’, says local fire chief

WHILE the risk was so extreme that authorities declared Saturday a day of total fire ban for the Mallee, the high temperatures and strong winds didn’t produce any significant issues in the region. With Mildura registering slightly hotter than 36...

17 Nov 2024

Arts & Entertainment

New show about learning creativity

AN exhibit currently on show at a Red Cliffs gallery is putting those learning about the art of painting in the frame. Titled The Master Copy Exhibition: Learning the Language of Art, the event is currently on show at Workspace 3496 + Gallery. Works...

16 Nov 2024

News

Regulators build on workplace safety

BULIDING and construction sites are in the sights of Victorian and New South Wales safety inspectors, with a a five-day operation getting under way from Monday. As part of the cross-border effort, staff from WorkSafe Victoria and...

15 Nov 2024

Farming and Environment

Warning as harvest heats up

WITH harvest season in full swing in some parts of the state, Victorian Country Fire Authority members are calling on farmers to be aware of the risk of conflagration in combine headers. Jack Hewitt is a hay, cereal and sheep farmer and also a Group...

14 Nov 2024

News

River group offers help

The events are taking place between now and May next year and to register visit the MRT website

10 Nov 2024

News

State Gov chips in for swim lessons

APPLICATIONS for this summer’s VICSWIM Summer Kidz Program are now open. The program is backed by the State Government and offers reduced price swimming lessons for children aged between four and 12. “We’re making sure that kids have the swimming...

10 Nov 2024

News

$8.95m for new kinder

THE Victorian Government has announced millions of dollars for a new kinder and community centre at Nichols Point. Part of a statewide effort, $8.95 million has been set aside for an integrated early years centre at the site of old...

09 Nov 2024