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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Push to halt reburials fails

A PUSH to halt the reburial of 108 Aboriginal ancestral remains in the Willandra Lakes Region, including for Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, has been dismissed. Traditional owner and senior Mutthi Mutthi man Jason Kelly sought a review in the Federal Court...

6 hours ago

Police & Courts

Police, Council team up to take on youth crime

MILDURA police say they are working around the clock to reel-in a recent spike in youth-related crime. Superintendent John O’Connor said recent incidents including groups going from store to store shoplifting items had highlighted some of the issues...

7 hours ago

Police & Courts

Charges follow car crash

A MILDURA man has been charged after crashing an alleged stolen car on Monday. Police spotted the Ford Wildtrak from a distance, driving south on Etiwanda Avenue just before 4pm before it left the road at a bend on Gordon Avenue and crashed into...

23 hours ago

Police & Courts

Thief put on notice

A THIEF has been warned to do something about her drug habit or risk ending up in jail. The woman was identified from closed circuit television cameras stealing multiple bottles of perfume from chemists in Madura’s CBD that were likely to be...

03 Apr 2025

News

Rubbish rules force waste rethink

MANDATED changes to the way Mildura Rural City Council charges for waste services will have a “significant” impact on its 2025/26 budget, councillors have been warned. The Local Government Service Rates and Charges - Minister’s Good Practice...

03 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Man awaits bail bid decision

A SUPREME Court judge has reserved a decision on whether to grant bail for a Red Cliffs man charged with murder. David Cartledge, 38, had been on trial for more than two weeks on one count of murder as well as an alternate charge of arson causing...

02 Apr 2025

News

Funds for Carwarp Hall work

THE importance of small communities having a gathering place has been highlighted by Mildura Rural City Council’s decision to support of the restoration of Carwarp Hall. The hall, under the management of the Carwarp Mechanics Institute Reserve...

02 Apr 2025

News

Suicide raises ex-prisoner housing concerns

A CORONER has raised concerns about housing options for newly released prisoners following the death of a Mildura man by suicide just days after being released from prison. The Coroners Court of Victoria heard the 38-year-old had served a sentence of...

02 Apr 2025

News

Riverfront added to ‘priority’ list

COMPLETION of the Mildura riverfront redevelopment has been added to a priority list for advocacy ahead of the May federal election. Mildura councillors were this week poised to endorse five projects as their Federal Government advocacy priority list...

01 Apr 2025

News

Bond for street brawler

A DISPUTE between warring neighbours has spilled into a street brawl during which kitchen knives and a machete were produced, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the feuding residents became involved in a minor dispute in the...

01 Apr 2025

News

Government ‘dismissive’ of council

THE Victorian Government has been accused of being “dismissive and condescending” of Mildura Rural City Council’s concerns following a statewide electoral structure review that saw last year’s council election split into nine single-councillor...

31 Mar 2025

News

Plans afoot for idle hotel

PLANS are afoot to return the heritage-listed Robinvale Hotel -- which has been lying idle since a fire gutted the inside of the building a decade ago -- to its former glory. Swan Hill Rural City Council has received a planning permit application...

30 Mar 2025