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Wade Stephens

Midweek road carnage

EMERGENCY services were quick to respond to reports of a crash between a car and a school bus in Cabarita on Wednesday afternoon. A Mazda CX-5 collided with the 16-seater bus at the intersection of Seventeenth Street and Ontario Avenue at about...

6 hours ago

News

Water report tells deeper story

A REPORT prepared with the aim of better understanding climate-related risks at Margooya Lagoon in the Robinvale Plains bioregion has combined First Nations knowledge and hydrological analysis. The Tati Tati Purinya Kaiejin Marnmarnepu Report (Tati...

9 hours ago

News

Retired veteran’s story immortalised

VETERAN and retired meteorologist Dave Morgan is set to release a new book that’s immortalising the stories of 38 veterans, including Wentworth’s own Don “Bluey” Baird. Never Forgotten is Morgan’s fourth book, and the first he’s written that captures...

17 hours ago

Business

Cann Group packs it in

A NEW automated multi-head filler deployed at Cann Group’s medicinal cannabis facility in Mildura has reached a significant milestone. Since coming online in August this year, it has packed about 25,000 units. The company said the equipment is among...

20 Nov 2024

News

Who will be Mildura’s next mayor?

MILDURA’s newly-elected councillors will face their first test on Thursday, as they determine their leadership team for the coming 12 month period. Returning councillor Helen Healy will put her hand up for the role of mayor, and councillors Jodi...

20 Nov 2024

News

Robinvale farmer part of new council group

THE seven people elected to represent Swan Hill Rural City Council have been sworn inVote counting concluded last week, narrowing the field of 14 candidates down to seven. In the order they were elected, the declared councillors are Stuart King...

20 Nov 2024

News

Food safety deadline approaches

NEW food safety requirements will come into effect in New South Wales from December 8. The rules apply to businesses that sell or serve ready to eat unpackaged food that needs to be kept hot or cold to stay safe. Most school canteens, childcare...

19 Nov 2024

News

More to do on social media ban, says Milthorpe

A CANDIDATE running in the seat of Farrer at the next Federal election Michelle Milthorpe has labelled the Commonwealth Government’s proposed social media ban for Australians under the age of 16 a “quick fix” that fails to address social medi...

19 Nov 2024

News

The Living Murray celebrates 22 years

TWO decades of environmental restoration at Hattah Lakes has been celebrated by more than 50 of the groups and people involved. The Living Murray Program at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park has been a focal point of efforts for more than 20 years...

18 Nov 2024

News

The unexplained invasion of SA power poles

HIDING in plain sight in Mildura, as if to mock Victorian ingenuity, are 70 or so unique power poles that spark a number of questions. Clusters of South Australian power infrastructure known as Stobie poles are mixed in with standard issue power...

16 Nov 2024

Community

Kevin’s Christmas spirit lives on

A GENEROUS and kind community figure who’s life was as colourful and vibrant as his beloved gardens and Christmas lights was laid to rest last Saturday. Red Cliffs man Kevin Nolen passed away on October 29 surrounded by family at his Belar Avenue...

16 Nov 2024

News

Mallee Regional Partnership welcomes new members

TWO new members have been inducted into the Mallee Regional Partnership to help advocate on behalf of the region. Water industry representative Paul Northey and mining industry representative Bernie Hyde are the new appointees to the six member...

16 Nov 2024