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Allan Murphy

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

Region tops smoker numbers

MILDURA has one of the highest smoking rates in Victoria with almost one in five residents currently persisting with the habit. A new report from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the highest smoking...

06 Nov 2024

News

Mildura rehab facility questioned

AN inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia has been told Mildura does not have the population base to support a 30-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in the region. The Victorian Government announced in...

06 Nov 2024

News

Fire ban for the Mallee

FORECAST hot, dry and windy conditions with a possible thunderstorm throughout the Mallee has prompted the Country Fire Authority to issue a Total Fire Ban for the region on Wednesday. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast a top temperature of 37...

05 Nov 2024

News

Serial thief behind bars

A MAN know to “all the wrong people in town” has been jailed over a raft of offending including being in possession of a fake $50 note. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 43-year-old Michael Anderson had a long and serious criminal history when he...

04 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Man bailed over shotgun street fight

A MAN accused of discharging a shotgun during a daylight “ambush” in a Mildura street while bystanders watched on has been released on bail. Shaun Parker is alleged to have fired a single shotgun round in an unknown direction following...

03 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Man to challenge drive charge

A MAN alleged to have sped away from police driving at an “incredibly fast rate of speed” in Mildura’s CBD says it was his girlfriend, and not him, who was driving the car. Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told accused man Umit Kandemir was unlicensed...

02 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Man awaits likely jail term

A MILDURA man who terrified and traumatised his former partner during a period of significant family violence struggled to control his behaviour when affected by drugs and alcohol, a court has been told. The County Court sitting in Melbourne heard...

02 Nov 2024

News

Series of threats leads to jail

A WOMAN who threatened to slit the throat of a man and watch the blood drain out of his body has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Karina Straga bombarded the man and another male victim with abusive text messages in June and July...

02 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Accused drug trafficker bailed

THE prime target of a covert police operation that aimed to dismantle an alleged drug trafficking syndicate has been released on bail on conditions including that he attend a drug rehabilitation facility and stays away from Mildura. Forty-year-old...

01 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Motorists urged to take care

MILDURA police have urged motorists planning to make the most of a Melbourne Cup Day long weekend with a road trip to plan ahead and take extra precautions with an anticipated increase in like-minded people on regional roads. Victoria Police’s...

01 Nov 2024

Police & Courts

Drug user given blunt warning

A LONG-time drug user has been told he faces a fork in the road after he admitted an assault on his former partner in breach of an intervention order and threatening to use a scooter to damage a vehicle. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told there...

01 Nov 2024

News

Learner driver fined over crash

SEVEN adults were in a vehicle driven by an unsupervised L-plate driver when he sped through a stop sign and was T-boned by another car, causing significant damage to both vehicles, a court has been told. Police, Ambulance Victoria and Fire Rescue...

31 Oct 2024