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Allan Murphy

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

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...

6 hours ago

Police & Courts

Bail refused for assault accused

A MAN alleged to have assaulted a woman, including lifting her body off the ground with his hands around her neck, and threatened to burn her house down has been refused bail. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 34-year-old Kerry King had...

21 hours ago

Police & Courts

Bail bid denied for fire accused

A RED Cliffs man awaiting retrial on a charge of murder after a jury was discharged without verdict has had an application for bail refused. David Cartledge, 38, had been on trial for more than two weeks on one count of murder as well as an alternate...

21 hours ago

Police & Courts

Sex offender appeal bid fails

A MAN sentenced to the longest term of imprisonment for sexual offending in Victoria -- including an attack on a woman at a Mildura motel in 2019 -- has been refused leave to appeal against sentence. Immigration agent Xiaodong (Frank) Hu pleaded...

08 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

‘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...

06 Apr 2025

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...

06 Apr 2025

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