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Allan Murphy

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

Drug abuser ‘turned life around’

A SINGLE mother who became a heavy drug user and got involved with the “wrong people” has managed to turn her life around since leaving Mildura, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the woman became surrounded by bad influences...

6 hours ago

Community

Council to consider $3m Underbool pool upgrade

CHILDREN from Underbool Primary School have lent their support to a plan to spend almost $3 million to upgrade the town’s swimming pool. Councillors will this week consider seeking more than $1 million from the Victorian Government in addition to...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for dangerous driving

A MILDURA man who put members of the public at risk when he drove at speeds reaching about 100km/h on the wrong side of the road while evading police has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 26-year-old Jayden Day engaged in poor...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Murder trial jury discharged

A JURY of 15 in the trial of a Red Cliffs man accused of murder has been discharged with a new trial expected to start later this year. David Cartledge, 38, had been standing trial for the murder of 52-year-old David Butler whose remains were...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Thefts land man in jail

A MILDURA man jailed over a raft of dishonesty offences has acknowledged it was time he grew up and started acting his age. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was this week told 45-year-old Lincoln Floyd had been abusing multiple substances when he...

26 Feb 2025

Travel

Discount Qantas flights on offer

FLIGHTS between Mildura and Melbourne are among a raft of discounted flights currently being offered by Qantas. Sale fares are for travel from April 29 to June 26, July 22 to September 18 and October 14 to December 10, and are available until 11.59pm...

26 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Jail warning for banned driver

A MILDURA man with a “terrible” history of drug and driving offences came “perilously close” to being sent to jail this week after again being nabbed by police on similar offending. Thirty-two-year-old Deon Brown fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court...

23 Feb 2025

News

Sex sentence appeal bid denied

A 76-YEAR-OLD man jailed for almost eight years for having sex with his granddaughter has been refused leave to appeal his sentence. The Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal was told the man had sought leave to appeal more than three months out...

23 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for assault of good Samaritan

A MILDURA man who assaulted a good Samaritan after he came to the aid of a woman suffering a mental health episode has been jailed on a raft of offences. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 31-year-old Jade Fell had a “terrible”...

22 Feb 2025

News

Safer school fire risk zones

THE Victorian Education Department says concerns raised about students from a Mallee school having to relocate to other townships during days of “high” fire risk due to substandard infrastructure have been rectified. The Tempy Primary School council...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

DNA found on jerry can

DNA traces from three men were found on a jerry can suspected as being used in a fatal fire at Red Cliffs two years ago, a court has been told. The Supreme Court of Victoria sitting at Mildura heard one of those men was accused killer David...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Sedatives detected in fire victim

SEDATIVES, alcohol and traces of marijuana were detected in the body of a man who was discovered following a house fire at Red Cliffs two years ago, a court has been told. The Supreme Court of Victoria was told on Wednesday that 52-year-old David...

19 Feb 2025