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Entries open for Pro Hart prize
AETISTS across Australia are being invited to submit their work for the 2026 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, with a total prize pool of $23,000…
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Confirmed: council getting out of early years services
AFTER consulting with early education staff and local families, the Mildura Rural City Council has decided to move out of providing childcare services. As part…
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Balranald local puts hand up for Farrer
A NEW runner has entered the race for Federal seat of Farrer. The latest person to seek to have their name added to the ballot…
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Call for animal foster carers
A SURGE in demand across the Sunraysia region is placing increasing pressure on volunteer rescue group Sunraysia Animal Rehousing Group, with the organisation now calling…
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Pair off to hot air balloon champs
MILDURA’s ballooning community will be proudly represented on the national stage next month, with pilots Ben Gowers and Kerry Frankel set to compete at the…
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The books stop with Suzy
SUZY Buck, from Suzy’s Books in Merbein, said her son thinks she’s running a library, not a business, as all of her second-hand books are…
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Global group backs cuts, rate rises
GOVERMENTS are being urged to cut unnecessary spending and avoid indiscriminately spraying cost-of-living support as oil prices surge. In a snap report prompted by the…
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Hats off to graduates
WHEN La Trobe University’s head of campus, Dr Sandy O’Connor, graduated alongside fellow students at Friday’s 2026 graduation ceremony, it proves that anyone can undertake…
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Metaphorical melee over ratepayer funds for FNC
THE allocation of ratepayers’ became the focus of heated debate at Thursday’s Mildura Rural City Council regular meeting. At the meeting, councillors agreed to give…
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Guilty plea for bar brawl
A MELBOURNE man has been sentenced to a community corrections order following a 2023 incident where he was involved in a brawl outside the then-Sandbar…
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Bail refused for second time in hit-and-run, stabbing
A PIANGIL man alleged to have deliberately ran over another man in a 4WD before stabbing a woman in February this year has been refused…
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Commerce chamber commences
DOZENS from the region’s business community were welcomed to the relaunch of the Mildura-Wentworth Chamber of Commerce and Industry, all eager to hear what the…













