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Pet owners warned of toxic treats
RSPCA Victoria has encouraged pet owners to be mindful of keeping toxic treats away from animals during the Easter and Anzac Day holiday periods. Veterinarian…
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Evening event a fundraising solution
NEWLY enforced legislation has the potential to significantly impact roadside fundraising activities, ahead of this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Rural communities have…
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Strategy and growth boss departs
AFTER 18 months in the role, Mildura Rural City Council’s first general manager strategy and growth Peter Alexander had resigned. During his tenure at council…
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Shifting into Easter gear
LOCALS and visitors alike were out and about in Mildura City Heart on Friday for the annual Show and Shine. The Good Friday event has…
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Egg-cited for Easter
THERE will be plenty of opportunity to find eggs hidden by the Easter Bunny this weekend. While some eggs will be waiting in the grass,…
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Sticky end for thief
A SWEET-toothed, serial thief with a penchant for top-end meat and flavoured milk, who smiled at supermarket staff when she left Mildura stores without paying…
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Nothing but net funds
HOMEBASE Hoops, a community-led basketball program has received $29,300 in funding through the Victorian Aboriginal Community Initiatives fund. The program is entirely free, including meals…
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Sign up to end youth homelessness
PEAK youth homelessness body Yfoundations has released a petition calling on state and federal governments to make ending youth homelessness a national priority. The call…
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Good Friday appealing
THE local branch of a fitness and training centre has teamed up with three other locations to raise funds for the Good Friday Appeal. BFT…
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Mildura 100 transforms into boat only event
This year’s Easter Mildura 100 Race will have a different look and be called the Mildura 100 Boat Race. It will be a boat only…
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Coalition pledge $8.7M for rural health school
SHADOW Assistant Minister for Regional Health and local Mallee MP, Anne Webster, has pledged $8.7 million to develop medical training facilities and teaching equipment in…
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Police plan holiday blitz
POLICE on both sides of the Murray River say they will leave no stone unturned in order to keep Sunraysia roads safe this Easter and…













