Politics
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Works preserve Deakin Avenue rotunda, says Mildura Council
MILDURA Council says it consulted widely before agreeing to realign the steps of a 100-year-old Deakin Avenue rotunda as part of the centre plantation redevelopment.…
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Mildura Council defends waste fee hikes
MILDURA residents have expressed dismay at waste fee hikes, while Mildura Council says they are needed to cover costs. From July 1, residents will pay…
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Young leaders to represent Mildura in Youth Parliament
SIX of Mildura’s brightest young leaders have been selected to represent the region in this year’s Victorian Youth Parliament. Ella Beard, Tuyen Ngoc Dinh, Conor…
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Victorian Coalition regional MPs squabble over domain names
A SPAT has broken out within the Victorian Coalition over the “hypocrisy” of political parties buying up the domain-name websites of their rivals. Leaked messages…
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Mildura Regional Development welcomes state travel vouchers
MILDURA Regional Development chief executive Brett Millington has tentatively welcomed a Victorian Government travel voucher package announced on Sunday. Victorians who spend $400 or more…
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Mildura councillors debate: where’s our CBD?
MILDURA’S city centre has shifted out to Fifteenth Street as Langtree Mall and the “old” CBD remain stuck in a by-gone era, Cr Glenn Milne…
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Mildura’s Country Care wins cartel case over ACCC
MILDURA-based Country Care Group won a landmark case against the ACCC this week. In the Federal Court on Wednesday, following a 12-week trial, a jury…
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Move now on domestic violence program, says Cr Cyndi Power
MILDURA Council has been urged to implement a program that aims to address the scourge of domestic violence “as soon as possible”. The council was…
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Regional businesses left out in the cold, says Anne Webster
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison pleading for more support for regional businesses, which continue to suffer due to…
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Late easing of Sunraysia lockdown welcomed
CIVIC leaders have praised the Victorian Government’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions that will see the majority of Mildura businesses back up and running on Friday…
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Injecting rooms furore hits new heights
CLAIMS that the Victorian Government is advocating “very, very strongly” for a medically supervised injecting room in Mildura have been described as “ridiculous”. The Nationals’…
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Bring back the ‘ring of steel’, says Ali Cupper
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has called on the Victorian Government to reinstate the “ring of steel” around Greater Melbourne in the event of an…