Festival salutes social change

A THREE-DAY national festival celebrating examples of community-led social change will be hosted in Mildura in March. Hands Up Mallee, Connected Beginnings Mildura and local Aboriginal Elders will work with Collaboration for Impact to facilitate ChangeFest24, hosted in six venues along the Mildura riverfront. The fifth staging of the event will mark the first time […]

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