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Allan Murphy

Allan is a senior journalist at Sunraysia Daily. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Rubbish rules force waste rethink

MANDATED changes to the way Mildura Rural City Council charges for waste services will have a “significant” impact on its 2025/26 budget, councillors have been warned. The Local Government Service Rates and Charges - Minister’s Good Practice...

3 hours ago

Police & Courts

Man awaits bail bid decision

A SUPREME Court judge has reserved a decision on whether to grant bail for a Red Cliffs man charged with murder. David Cartledge, 38, had been on trial for more than two weeks on one count of murder as well as an alternate charge of arson causing...

17 hours ago

News

Funds for Carwarp Hall work

THE importance of small communities having a gathering place has been highlighted by Mildura Rural City Council’s decision to support of the restoration of Carwarp Hall. The hall, under the management of the Carwarp Mechanics Institute Reserve...

02 Apr 2025

News

Suicide raises ex-prisoner housing concerns

A CORONER has raised concerns about housing options for newly released prisoners following the death of a Mildura man by suicide just days after being released from prison. The Coroners Court of Victoria heard the 38-year-old had served a sentence of...

02 Apr 2025

News

Riverfront added to ‘priority’ list

COMPLETION of the Mildura riverfront redevelopment has been added to a priority list for advocacy ahead of the May federal election. Mildura councillors were this week poised to endorse five projects as their Federal Government advocacy priority list...

01 Apr 2025

News

Bond for street brawler

A DISPUTE between warring neighbours has spilled into a street brawl during which kitchen knives and a machete were produced, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the feuding residents became involved in a minor dispute in the...

01 Apr 2025

News

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...

31 Mar 2025

News

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...

30 Mar 2025

Politics

Election challengers face tough task

CHALLENGERS to the Coalition-held seats of Mallee and Farrer face one of the toughest tasks in federal politics ahead of the May 3 election. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended months of speculation on Friday when he announced the...

29 Mar 2025

Police & Courts

Bid for tenth bail refused

A MILDURA man who was on nine counts of bail when he is alleged to have produced a machete before punching a man numerous times to the head has failed in a tenth bid for freedom. Twenty-eight-year-old Clinton Barrett had previously been refused bail...

28 Mar 2025

News

Strategy aims to drive change

MILDURA Rural City Council is seeking community feedback on a proposed strategy that aims to advance gender equality and prevent family violence. The draft Gender Equality and Prevention of Family Violence Strategy 2025-2029 aims to drive meaningful...

28 Mar 2025

Police & Courts

‘Out of control’ meth man jailed

A MAN who was “completely out of control” on ice and could have easily killed someone by his “outrageous” driving has been jailed. The 22-year-old was using about three grams of methamphetamine a day and posed a serious threat to the community, the...

28 Mar 2025