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Noel Fisher

Governor set for visit

SWAN Hill City Council voted in a unanimous decision to accept the invitation of Governor Margaret Gardner to visit Swan Hill. The proposed dates for the visit are May 2 and 3 and Robinvale could be included. Regional tours are an...

25 Feb 2024

News

Locals do the heavy lifting

IT takes a heavy tow truck, a series of inflatable “sausage” airbags used as rollers and wooden chocks about the size of railway sleepers to drag a 127-year-old workhorse paddlesteamer out of the Murray River. Every three years PS...

19 Feb 2024

News

Million-dollar surprise in council surplus

COUNCILLORS were thrilled to find they had an unexpected surplus, but then were split as to what to do with it.

15 Jan 2024

Motorsport

The buzz of karting

DRIVERS from Mildura Kart Club were among 60 entrants in the 2023 Sun Centre Titles at the Swan Hill Motorplex track last weekend.

06 Jul 2023

News

Golden perch research eye-catching

SCIENTISTS have been investigating the movement patterns of juvenile golden perch, from spawning in the Darling River, through to dispersal and growth in the Victorian floodplains.

28 Jun 2023

News

Clem Blakes Ouyen weather station strikes gold

FOR five years Clem Blake’s Ouyen weather station has consistently won gold awards for providing more than 350 days of consistent weather observations to the Weather Observations Website.

27 Jun 2023

News

Test safety switches to avoid risk

WINTER has arrived and, typically, that signals the start of an increase in electrical fires. Firefighters in Victoria attend more than 300 electrical fires each year and in many cases old wiring that has degraded or can’t cope with the demands of...

13 Jun 2023

News

Pokies sign ban not enough, says Dalton

EXTERNAL gambling-related signs will be scrapped in New South Wales later this year, in what Member for Murray Helen Dalton describes as only “a very, very small step forward”.

27 May 2023

News

Fall incidents high

WORKSAFE Victoria is concerned about the high number of fall incidents occurring on work sites across the state.

22 May 2023

Farming and Environment

Families seeking fun will have a field day

SINCE starting out as a “gadget day” that celebrated the ingenuity of dried fruit growers, the Mildura Field Days has grown far beyond its roots.

19 May 2023