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Praise for Base

HAVING recently been a patient at the Mildura Base Hospital, I wish to convey my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the entire staff involved in caring for me. I could not have wished for better theatre staff and nurses that gave me such warm...

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Letters

Trail fail?

I’M all for fresh tourism ideas and the arts but concentric circles of Queensland fireflies around Lock Island. Three-million dollars tipped in by Department of Training, Mildura ratepayer contributions plus free labour already from 150 kind locals...

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Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - February 23 to March 1 : Big O so good

100 YEARS AGO: 1925 MOVING: In the presence of many spectators, particularly children, the third and last portion of the Convent of Mercy primary school was moved on Saturday morning from Walnut Avenue to the Catholic church grounds in Eleventh...

02 Mar 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Three great reads on three interesting people

EXPLORE these recent additions to Mildura City Libraries’ shelves, from biographies to tales to thrill, to keep you entertained. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in ScienceDava SobelFOR decades Marie Curie was...

02 Mar 2025

Letters

Over the plate

I WAS fortunate to recently attend the Sunraysia Softball Association Life Members & Sponsors Day, a celebration of the incredible achievements of this long standing sporting association and the dedication of the many individuals who work...

02 Mar 2025

Letters

What’s the deal?

FARRER’S Climate 200 candidate in the upcoming election, Michelle Milthorpe, needs to say whether she will support Liberal or Labor if there is a hung Parliament. The Albanese Government has been an unmitigated disaster for regional Australia, and...

01 Mar 2025

Letters

Water woes

YOU wouldn’t think fishermen in our southern oceans and farmers in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales would have much in common? But they do. Their livelihoods are all threatened by a Federal Environment and Water Minister, Tany...

01 Mar 2025

Motorsport

Waters pulls off Supercars wet whitewash in Sydney

RED-hot Cam Waters has completed a clean sweep at the Sydney 500 in wet weather to continue his barnstorming start to the Supercars season. The Tickford star completed three race victories from three pole positions at Sydney...

26 Feb 2025

Cricket

Sunraysia Cricket Association Junior Match Details

MILDURA HOMES UNDER 16 – ROUND 9Merbein Settlers lost to Mildura WestFirst innings – Mildura West 9/142First innings – Merbein SettlersDeclan Baldock c: R Gujral b: A Bell 5Louis Olsen b: J Driscoll 1Toby Scutcheon b: J Driscoll 0Nate Kiel c...

19 Feb 2025

Letters

Call for brain health

IN 2025 there are an estimated 110,600 people living with dementia in Victoria and without a significant intervention, this is expected to increase to an estimated 216,400 by 2054. That’s why Dementia Australia is leading a call for a national...

16 Feb 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Fact or fiction or both!

TIME to check out some of the new items Mildura Libraries have recently added to the collection. Out in NowhereFleur McDonaldLFET alone on the vast cattle station with her baby while her husband, Alex, works the farm, Hallie Donaldson is having...

16 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - February 9 to 15: All about the harvest

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1925 CASHED UP: In big centres cheques are not as freely cashed by shopkeepers as they have been in Mildura. In past picking...

16 Feb 2025