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Allan Murphy

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

‘Flight risk’ denied bid

A MILDURA man in the grip of a serious drug addiction fled interstate to avoid detection on a raft of charges including dangerous driving while being pursued by police, a court has been told. John Ross Wilson, 31, faced Mildura Magistrates’ Court...

38 minutes ago

Police & Courts

Refugee facing sex assault charges

AN Afghan man was in Australia seeking refuge for less than a week when he sexually assaulted three Mildura females, including a two-year-old child, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 44-year-old Abdul Qayum Nawabi approached...

1 hour ago

Motorsport

Olympic Park hero in a coma

FAN favourite at Mildura’s Olympic Park Speedway and three-time Speedway World Champion Tai Woffinden has been placed in a medically induced coma following a high speed crash while racing in Poland. The 34-year-old British rider, originally from...

05 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Fine for woman’s affray plea

A WOMAN had “good intentions” of helping a friend when a gathering of associates got out of control with a street fight and the firing of a gun in a highly populated area of Mildura, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard...

05 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Jailed after ignoring court order

A MAN who breached court-imposed orders just days after a magistrate warned he faced longer periods of imprisonment for further offending will spend the next four months behind bars. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the man had spent two days in...

04 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail refused over ‘kill threat’

A MAN alleged to have threatened to kill a woman, who was forced to jump out a house window, has failed in an attempt to be released from custody on bail. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the pair had been at the woman’s Tenth Street address with...

04 Apr 2025

News

Push to halt reburials fails

A PUSH to halt the reburial of 108 Aboriginal ancestral remains in the Willandra Lakes Region, including for Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, has been dismissed. Traditional owner and senior Mutthi Mutthi man Jason Kelly sought a review in the Federal Court...

04 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Police, Council team up to take on youth crime

MILDURA police say they are working around the clock to reel-in a recent spike in youth-related crime. Superintendent John O’Connor said recent incidents including groups going from store to store shoplifting items had highlighted some of the issues...

04 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Charges follow car crash

A MILDURA man has been charged after crashing an alleged stolen car on Monday. Police spotted the Ford Wildtrak from a distance, driving south on Etiwanda Avenue just before 4pm before it left the road at a bend on Gordon Avenue and crashed into...

03 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Thief put on notice

A THIEF has been warned to do something about her drug habit or risk ending up in jail. The woman was identified from closed circuit television cameras stealing multiple bottles of perfume from chemists in Madura’s CBD that were likely to be...

03 Apr 2025

News

Rubbish rules force waste rethink

MANDATED changes to the way Mildura Rural City Council charges for waste services will have a “significant” impact on its 2025/26 budget, councillors have been warned. The Local Government Service Rates and Charges - Minister’s Good Practice...

03 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Man awaits bail bid decision

A SUPREME Court judge has reserved a decision on whether to grant bail for a Red Cliffs man charged with murder. David Cartledge, 38, had been on trial for more than two weeks on one count of murder as well as an alternate charge of arson causing...

02 Apr 2025