Renewed bowel screening push
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Renewed bowel screening push
FEWER than half of all eligible Mildura residents are taking up the offer of a free bowel cancer screening test. Residents aged 50 to 74…
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Big time bowls rolling into region
THE local lawn bowls community is jumping for joy after it was announced Mildura will host a leg of the World Bowls Series. The event, to be called the Sunraysia…
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Golf day tees up donations
PROGRESS on the Mildura Base Public Hospital Foundation’s initiative for a purpose-built mobile screening clinic has been bolstered by support through the MBPH Foundation Charity Golf Day. Following more than…
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Friction follows committee meeting
DRAFT privacy, access to information, and complaint management policies have been endorsed for public exhibition following a meeting of Wentworth Shire's Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee in February. Councillors were…
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Report counts cost of 2022 floods
MILDURA and surrounds were more susceptible to the 2022 floods than other areas impacted by the event, according to new research. Published by the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)…
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New bishop anointed
THE region has a new Catholic Bishop following the ordination of a new cleric to the top job at the Diocese of Ballarat. Held on Thursday at St Patrick’s Cathedral…
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Sex offences a ‘very near miss’, court told
POLICE say it was “pure luck” that a convicted sex offender who set up a tent close to a Mildura riverfront playground while in possession of pornographic material, condoms, lubricant…
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Cultural dress is best at West PS
MILDURA West Primary School was a sea of orange and colourful cultural dress at their annual Harmony Day assembly on Friday. And grade six teacher, Maddison Mayne, said the day…
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Liquour and Gaming visits region
THE New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority visited Wentworth this week to touch base with stakeholders and community groups to discuss issues in the area as part of…
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Primary school students make Village visit
STUDENTS from Red Cliffs Primary School captured plenty of St Patrick’s Day fun in their latest visit to Jacaranda Village. Residents of the village welcomed Red Cliffs Primary School’s leadership…
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Green machines take pole position
SCIENCE is a big deal at St Joseph's College in Mildura. And teachers have encouraged student interest by using the 'Green Grid Challenge', a hands-on science, technology, engineering and maths…