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Wade Stephens

Students immerged in culture, outdoors

A TRANQUIL 4.8 hectare lot next to the Sturt Highway at Gol Gol is being used to introduce students in the environment, agriculture and Indigenous culture. The Gol Gol School Immersion Centre has been used as an outdoor education space, and as...

12 hours ago

Health

Rehab centre views aired

A VOCAL crowd aired their objections and support of a $36 million alcohol and other drugs treatment facility in Merbein during a community information drop-in session on Thursday. Representatives from the Health Department, Victorian Health Building...

12 hours ago

News

Suspicious fire shuts church

A FIRE was lit inside the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mildura on Tuesday, in what police have deemed suspicious circumstances. A parishioner was walking through the yard of the Eleventh Street property at about 12.40pm when he noticed smoke...

12 hours ago

Business

Two new power company recruits for Mildura

TWO new Powercor apprentices will be deployed to Mildura to help maintain the region’s power network. Zach Gove and Dane Burford are joining the team, and will each receive a mentor to guide them through the course, and their on-the-job training. More...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Drink drive suspension

A WINERY worker has had his driver’s licence suspended for 16 months, after pleading guilty to his second drink driving offence in two years. Darcy Douglass, who was 27 at the time of the offending, fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The...

21 Feb 2025

Politics

Webster responds to office criticism

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has pushed back on an ABC report that delved into her use of satellite office funding for a billboard-style advertisement. The report from last Wednesday revealed Dr Webster was using up to $24,852 of available taxpayer...

21 Feb 2025

News

Truck smashes into Buronga home

AN elderly Buronga couple has escaped injury after a B-Triple truck collided with their home before 6am on Thursday. The truck was at a service station across the road before it had rolled downhill, across the Sturt Highway, through a fence, and into...

20 Feb 2025

Business

Numbers add up for return

AFTER spending time in Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra, chartered accountant Adam Douglass has returned to Sunraysia. Originally from Red Cliffs, Mr Douglass did work experience with his current colleague Paul Meredith when he was 15, and spent time...

20 Feb 2025

Business

Cann Group chair quits

CANN Group chair Julian Chick has left the company, tendering an immediate resignation on February 10. Dr Chick was working both as chair of Cann Group and in a full-time executive role at ReNerve Limited, a company focused on tissue...

19 Feb 2025

Squash

Masterful effort on debut

THE first Masters squash tournament held at the Mildura Sporting Precinct has exceeded expectations. Both the tournament director and the president of the Victorian Masters Squash Association said the debut event ran smoothly and was...

19 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Bail denied over alleged breaches

AN unemployed drug user who allegedly poured motor oil on a Mildura woman and threatened to set her and her house on fire has been refused bail. The 25-year-old man was arrested on Monday night after allegedly breaching intervention order conditions...

19 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Fuel not excluded in fatal house fire

A WITNESS who described herself as 8/10 drunk when a house burnt down at Red Cliffs killing a 52-year-old man has told a murder trial she did not know what a “potential suspect” meant when he said “I’m the one who...

19 Feb 2025