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Guest speaker at SMECC morning tea
ALMOST 30 women from various cultural backgrounds attended the Women’s Empowerment morning tea at Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) on Friday. Former refugee, community…
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SRS workers put food scraps to good use
EVERY morning a team from Sunraysia Residential Services (SRS) Benetook Farm collects boxes of bread, fruit and vegetable scraps from a Mildura-based major supermarket. The…
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Good reads: Popular titles in dyslexic editions
LIBRARIES love sharing the joy of reading and for those who struggle with traditional books, we have audiobooks on CD, MP3 and Playaway. A new…
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Hands on learning experience in China
FORMER Mildura resident Lucas D’Errico is one of 24 university students across Australia travelling to China on Saturday for Huawei’s Seeds for the Future 2019…
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Pooncarie Public School: A town’s heart beats again
IN A town where the river has run dry and temperatures are already hitting the mid 40s, the resurrected primary school in Pooncarie is the…
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Dry humour on tap at Pooncarie Hotel
THE empty Darling River has become the ongoing joke at the local Pooncarie Hotel, although the punchline is anything but funny. Pooncarie a Darling River…
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Severe fire danger expected for Mallee on Monday
EMERGENCY response teams, on high alert for Thursday’s once in a decade Code Red fire alert, have praised the community for its response to the…
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Pooncarie a Darling River town on life support
POONCARIE is a town on life support. Pooncarie Public School: A town’s heart beats again Dry humour on tap at Pooncarie Hotel The Darling River…
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Big crowd walks against family violence in Mildura
THE message to the Mildura community at Friday’s Walk Against Family Violence was clear – step up, stand up and speak out. Want to buy…
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Mildura service providers receive rainbow tick
MILDURA is home to Victoria’s first “Rainbow Tick” accredited family violence specialist provider. Mallee Sexual Assault Unit and Domestic Violence Services (MSAU/MDVS) has been identified…
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Community-minded Kyle digging deep for Pooncarie
NINE-year-old Kyle Logan understood he could not make it rain in drought-stricken Pooncarie, but knew there had to be a way to help the rural…
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Merbein couple to call top secret war bunker home
A YOUNG Merbein couple will call a top-secret World War II bunker home after purchasing the unique Yelta property at auction at the weekend. The…













