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Denika Anderson

Flex-traordinary festival raises bar

THE audience at the Cullulleraine Music Festival this weekend will be entertained by members of the Tartan Muscle group and Vic Highland Heavy Events crew. The 2024 SMAI World Highland Games Champion Fran Fitzpatrick, 2025 IHGF International...

3 hours ago

News

Pitch perfect indie pop at festival

AN emerging indie pop artist with country roots will be taking to the main stage this Saturday at the Cullulleraine Music Festival. Jem Cassar-Daley released first single Letting Go in 2021, with much of her time since spent working on music and...

02 Apr 2025

News

Rev up bike skills

A FREE motorcycle safety and skills forum will be held this Friday, followed by an optional skills training day on Saturday. The forum will include presentations by Honda Australia Rider Training, or HART, as well as Victoria Police, Rural Ambulance...

02 Apr 2025

News

CFA marks 80 years

THE Country Fire Authority will mark 80 years of protecting and serving Victorians this week. The CFA was created following the findings of the 1939 Black Friday fires, bringing together volunteer brigades established as far back as the 1850s under...

01 Apr 2025

News

Budget ignores regions, says MFC

THIS year’s Federal Budget gave families and children in rural and regional communities little to celebrate, according to Mallee Family Care.“The need for a more comprehensive approach to reducing rural and regional disadvantage has been ignored,“...

01 Apr 2025

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Acute awards open for healthcare nominations

THE 20th Victorian Rural Health Awards are currently open for nominations throughout 13 different categories. They include outstanding contributions by rural medical specialists, allied health, outreach provision, health consumer advocates...

01 Apr 2025

News

Supermarket salads recalled

RECALLS of fresh cut salad products including spinach and mixed salad products sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA supermarkets across New South Wales and Victoria are underway. Multiple products with use-by dates ranging from March 26 to April 9...

31 Mar 2025

News

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...

31 Mar 2025

Community

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...

31 Mar 2025

News

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...

31 Mar 2025

Arts & Entertainment

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...

31 Mar 2025

Community

Helping make the world work

LA Trobe University’s Mildura campus’ students and staff marked World Social Work Day with a tree planting project that’s aiming to represent different groups including older adults, youth, First Nations peoples, those with disabilities, and from...

30 Mar 2025