Police & Courts
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Crash, fire in busy weekend for emergency services
EMERGENCIES on either side of the Murray kept Sunraysia first responders busy over the weekend, but fortunately no one was injured in two serious incidents.…
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Mildura tax fraud bought girlfriend a Porsche
A MILDURA man who defrauded the Australian Taxation Office of more than $830,000, and spent part of the proceeds on a house and a luxury…
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Shoplifter needs to ‘get clean’, court hears
A SERIAL shoplifter who turned her hand to burglary has been urged to use time in prison to get clean of drugs and have a…
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34 drivers booked in four day police blitz
MILDURA police worked closely with motorbike officers from Bendigo to issue 34 infringement notices from Thursday to Sunday. Over the four days, police detected 14…
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Roo crash injures rider
A MOTORBIKE rider sustained serious injuries after swerving to avoid a kangaroo and crashing at Cullulleraine on Sunday evening. Red Cliffs police, State Emergency Service…
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No police pursuit before fatal crash, coroner finds
A CORONER has found that police had not engaged in the pursuit of a motorcyclist who died when he accelerated at speed and crashed in…
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‘Maniac’ driver warned
A MILDURA man has been warned he will kill himself or an innocent bystander if he continues to drive like a “maniac”. The Mildura Magistrates’…
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More drug drivers nabbed on Mildura roads
MILDURA police have expressed concern with the recent spike in drug drivers after four drivers were detected under the influence for a second weekend in…
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Family violence perpetrators found in police sweep
MILDURA police have tracked down 10 offenders who had been actively avoiding them during an initiative targeting family violence perpetrators in the first operation of…
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Police allege Egan fraud netted almost $800k
FORMER Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative chief executive Phillip Egan is accused of secretly pocketing almost $800,000 from supplier invoices paid by the Robinvale-based organisation. In…
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‘Feral’ mum told to ‘do better’
A WOMAN who acted like a “feral” when she repeatedly defied intervention orders and threatened to punch her former partner in the face in has…
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Traffic chaos as truck bursts into flames
HIGHWAY traffic was banked up for hundreds of metres as emergency services dealt with a truck fire near Gol Gol on Wednesday. It was not…
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