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Open house for brand-new NDIS homes
FIVE modern, safe and accessible purpose-built homes plus supports will be open for viewing next Wednesday ahead of being finalised. Disability provider Aruma has partnered…
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Powered by knowledge
FARMERS from around Victoria and Australia met to share experiences and resources about diversifying farm revenue streams through energy production, large scale renewable energy development…
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Pushback continues
FOR the first time in the conference’s six years, protesters gathered out the front to decry transmission lines and renewable energy. Conference organiser Karin Stark…
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Toot toot! Red Cliffs steam train hits the tracks
THE closest Sunraysia will get to Puffing Billy is the Red Cliffs Steam Train Railway, which isn’t such a shabby second choice as it’s local,…
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Crime bosses in labour hire sights
LABOUR hire regulators say a criminal syndicate has infiltrated Sunraysia’s horticultural industry in a form of modern day slavery. Labour Hire Authority officers targeted unlawful…
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Police probe ‘bone’ find
POLICE are awaiting on findings from forensic specialists after a partial skull was found on a riverbank in Mildura this week. Officers attached to Barrier…
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Cash raised for Cambodian kids
CHARITY organisation Cows for Kids raised more than $20,000 at a Christmas in July auction-dinner earlier this month. The organisation raises education and support funds…
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Fishing forums drop local line
ANGLING clubs across Victoria will soon be the site of free fishing forums hosted by the Victorian Fisheries Authority with the aim of connecting recreational…
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Mildura still waiting in rain deficit despite wet weather
MILDURA experienced almost one-tenth of its annual rainfall over the weekend. From the wettest period on Friday night July 26 the Bureau of Meteorology recorded…
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New push to fix rating ‘scandal’
MILDURA Rural City Council will seek the backing of the state’s peak body for local government to address the rates disparity “scandal” between regional and…
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Young judge’s poultry in action
A YOUNG poultry judge from Merbein will represent Victoria at the 2025 National Championships, hosted by South Australian Country Shows. Josh Hancock, who has four…
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Honouring E. J. Kenny, the father of Merbein
THIS month’s Merbein Historian will honour the 100th anniversary of the death of Edward Joseph Kenny, commonly referred to as ‘The Father of Merbein.’ Bernadette…
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