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When life is about facing the music

FOR Rick Stephens, a life without music would be a life without emotion, something more and more relevant in today’s modern world where a lot of us don’t like to say what we feel. Instead, we go to music to help us through what we don’t understand...

8 hours ago
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Earthworks depot application debate

A DEVELPOMENT application for the use of RU1 Primary Production land on Low Darling Road at Wentworth as a depot for a sole-proprietor earthworks business has been approved after a public forum at Wentworth Shire’s November council...

9 hours ago
Health

Hospital’s new AI kit can save lives

By Lewis Nancekivell CHRISTMAS has come early for staff at Mildura Health Private Hospital with the delivery of a $900,000 state-of-the-art endoscopy system. The machine has a long thin tube with a small camera attached to the end, which medical...

9 hours ago
Community

Missionaries out to make a difference

A GROUP of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on mission in the region are trying to make a difference in Mildura by providing free manual labour to anyone in need. Kolton Mandeville said the group’s mission is simple...

11 hours ago
Arts & Entertainment

ARIAs covered by Mildura-born artist

THE biggest night in Australian music saw a Mildura-born graphic artist take home an ARIA Award for best cover art. Kylie Strachan’s introduction into the industry began through her art being noticed by Angus and Julia Stone, and...

15 hours ago
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MASP joins 16 Days campaign

STAFF at Mallee Accommodation & Support Program are joining the upcoming 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. With MASP staff, including acting CEO Charmaine Calis, taking part in last week’s Mildura White...

15 hours ago
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Healy wants to lead by example

WHEN Helen Healy was first announced as a successful Mildura Rural City Council candidate during a by-election five years ago, she was undertaking a leadership program in India. She had 24 hours to accept the nomination, and after some brief...

15 hours ago
Police & Courts

Growers face $20m fraud charges

TWO Sunraysia grape-growing brothers will face a five-day committal hearing next year over allegations that they defrauded almost $20 million. Mildura man David Littore, 56, and brother Vincent John Littore, 62, of Coomealla, appeared...

15 hours ago
Peeps in the Past

Adding up

REGIONAL Victorians will now have no choice but to pay $25 million a day to pay the interest bill on Labor’s debt that is set to rocket to $200 billion in the next two years. That’s correct, $200 billion of debt. Labor has no plan to pay down...

15 hours ago
Farming and Environment

Elders eyeing a Delta deal

THE Mallee and north-west Victoria’s leading agricultural agency business is about to go through its biggest shake-up in decades. Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million...

15 hours ago
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The sounds of nature

YOUNG regional Victorians have the chance to participate in a musical composition that incorporates sounds of nature and will be performed at Melbourne Recital Centre. The University of Melbourne’s Professor Kathryn Bowen said the initiative seeks...

15 hours ago
Health

Health board wants you

VICTORIANS from all walks of life who are interested in health services have been urged by the state’s Minister of Health to apply for medical service board roles. Positions available include board chair and doctor roles for services like Ambulance...

15 hours ago
Peeps in the Past

Peeps Into The Past - November 17 to 23

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO AEROPLANE SIGHTED: The new passenger aeroplane (De Haviland 50A) arrived in Mildura for the first time with the mall yesterday...

15 hours ago
Arts & Entertainment

Familiar themes, characters and people

WE are always adding new titles to the library collection, here are some of the newest arrivals. Items can be placed on hold using the website or by calling or visiting the library. JamesPercival EverettTHE Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved...

15 hours ago
Arts & Entertainment

Italian diaspora at heart of exhibit

THE experiences of Italian migrants in Mildura is at the forefront of a new contemporary exhibition at Mildura Arts Centre. First generation Australian Filomena Coppola’s five letters cinque lettere, is a body of work spanning the last decade. “I...

23 Nov 2024
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Mildura’s Stobie pole links revealed

AT a point in history, Mildura decided to make its own Stobie poles, which were apparently better made than those from Adelaide. The unique-looking power poles are a South Australian invention, first patented in 1924. Created by James Cyril Stobie...

23 Nov 2024
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Increase risk of not having a place to call home

STAFF at a local homelessness not-for-profit have said they were startled by a recent report that showed a significant spike in the risk of experiencing housing insecurity. The findings from Homelessness Australia revealed a more than 60 per cent...

23 Nov 2024