Sunraysia Daily

Locals: watch this space for Lights prices says Mayor

MILDURA Rural City Council Mayor Cr Helen Healy has responded to criticism from the community, and within her own councillor ranks, over ticket pricing for the Trail of Lights at Lock Island. Currently, it costs $45 for an adults 13-years-and-older...

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Riverina representative reappointed

THE current chair of the Regional Development Australia Riverina branch has been reappointed for a new term from April 1, 2025 to December 27, 2027. RDA Riverina is involved with building regions by collaborating with all levels of government...

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New reconciliation plan launches locally

THE Mildura branch of not-for-profit community organisation Intereach have launched a practical and action-driven approach to reconciliation, aimed toward creating a culturally safe workplace. Reconciliation Australia has described the concept as an...

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Airline grants take off

A COMMUNITY grants program run by Australia’s largest airline is now accepting applications. Known as Qantas Regional Grants, the program offers $2 million each year to community groups and not-for-profits. The money comes as cash, airline tickets...

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Cartoons

Broelman’s Cartoon: March 31

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Digital Editions

Sunraysia Daily - Saturday, March 29, 2025

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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...

Students backed by MFC support

TWENTY-eight young people undertaking higher education or following their sporting dreams have been announced as recipients of this year’s Chances for Children scholarships. First offered 25 years ago, the program is run by Mallee Family Care and...

Artwork down to a ‘tee towel’

A MILDURA-based artist with a focus on food has recently collaborated with Greens Foods Australia on a commemorative tea towel. Jacklyn Foster said that when she was contacted by the company to design the tea towel in promotion of a new range of...

Music festival flexes muscles

A TARTAN muscle group will be part of the line-up at the upcoming Cullulleraine Music Festival next weekend. The three day event will feature a range of local, national and internationally acclaimed artists as well as various activities and...

Basketball

Basketball legend earns showcourt naming honour

THERE is no person more fitting to have their name emblazoned across the basketball court he has so regularly graced than Allan Morris. The Sunraysia basketball icon has spent almost as much time inside the walls of the Mildura Hothouse stadium as he...

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Cricket

Gol Gol claim SCA premiership

A CLINICAL performance from Gol Gol earned them their second Sunraysia Cricket Association first division premiership in two seasons todayFollowing an outstanding bowling innings, man of the match Sheldon Calarco’s unbeaten half-century led the home...

A man with a difference who is making a difference

THERE are those who are deservedly recognised for their contribution to the community, and then there are those who contribute in a way that seems to go unnoticed. Whilst Brody Flowers is a person that is easily noticed, a lot of his...

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...

Time called on fire danger periods

FIRE authorities on both sides of the river have advised of the end timeframes to regional fire danger periods. First to go off blanket restrictions is New South Wales’ Lower Western Zone, with the Statutory Bush Fire Danger Period coming to an end...

Cricket game about cracking key market

ON Tuesday afternoon, not far from the banks of the Murray River in Mildura, in the warm late afternoon setting sun, a game of cricket is taking place. There are all the things you’d expect in a high-stakes game; slogs and sledges; well placed shots...

Praise for Early Years Hub

THE upcoming Early Years Hub in Red Cliffs has featured as part of the first stop in a 10-week national community engagement roadshow throughout the Wimmera-Mallee region. The listening tour is lead by Partnerships for Local Action and Community...

Peeps into the Past: March 23 to 29: Skate park progress

PRESENTED by Mildura and District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries100 YEARS AGO: 1925WAGES: A question was asked at the Mildura Dried Fruits Association meeting last Saturday regarding the rates of wages that...