Sand storm over Pooncarie excavation

THE unauthorised excavation of a canyon of sand from common land at Pooncarie is being investigated by authorities and has outraged traditional owners, who say it is a culturally significant site. Multiple truckloads of sand have been removed from a sandhill in a place where Indigenous people gathered for centuries and where scar trees, midden […]

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  • First total fire ban declared

    First total fire ban declared

    THE first total Fire Ban for 2025-26 fire season has been declared in the Mallee. The Country Fire Authority issued the ban for Thursday 16…