Local News
10 Sep 09 | ROBERT and Jessica Versteeg tripled their chances of securing eternal love when they united in marriage yesterday.
10 Sep 09 | THE Victorian Government is increasingly unlikely to throw a financial lifeline to embattled Solar Systems Pty Ltd’s proposed $420 million Mildura solar power station.
10 Sep 09 | CHAFFEY Secondary students put a splash of colour into their lives when Air Brush Venturi came to town last week.
10 Sep 09 | MILDURA Rural City Council says it will press ahead with a planned trip to the US to explore solar development potential despite the collapse of the region’s solar power station proponent Solar Systems.
10 Sep 09 | GROWERS fear this weekend’s heatwave could be the final straw for wheat crops across the Mallee.
09 Sep 09 | RED Cliffs Primary School is calling for a 40km/h school zone near Murray Avenue where a B-double truck rear-ended a station wagon on Monday afternoon.
09 Sep 09 | MILDURA’S TAFE students may soon be thousands of dollars out of pocket to gain qualifications, according to Australian Education Union Victorian Branch vice president Gillian Robertson.
09 Sep 09 | THE Mildura and Murray Pines Cemeteries will be transferred to an independent trust and away from local government control under legislation being debated in State Parliament.
09 Sep 09 | GROWERS interested in developing Sunraysia’s pomegranate industry are invited to a meeting and presentation tomorrow afternoon.
09 Sep 09 | MILDURA’S senior public officials are remaining upbeat about the region attracting a major investment despite the collapse of Solar Systems Pty Ltd, proponent of the $420 million solar power station at Carwarp.
08 Sep 09 | DOCUMENTS obtained by the Liberal Party from Public Transport Safety Victoria show railway level crossing warning equipment failed on 13 occasions in the Mildura area in nine months, according to Opposition Minister for Public Transport, Terry Mulder.
08 Sep 09 | VICTORIA will repeal the 10 per cent limit on water which can be owned separately to land.
The 10 per cent cap was instituted to stop the rise of water barons.
08 Sep 09 | WHEN Nevil Martin fronted up to a doctor’s appointment six-months-ago, he was not expecting to get a cancer diagnosis.
08 Sep 09 | MILDURA residents are being warned strawberries bought locally in the past week may be infested with a Queensland fruit fly larvae.
08 Sep 09 | THE future of a $420 million solar power station near Mildura is under question after an international financier pulled funding for the project
07 Sep 09 | MILDURA’S motorists will pay more at the bowser if Caltex’s $300 million takeover of Mobil service stations is not blocked, according to some independent fuel retailers.
07 Sep 09 | HAVING well maintained roads is very important to our community and while it can be a juggling act at times, council is always doing something to maintain and improve local roads.
07 Sep 09 | SUNRAYSIA scouts were well prepared for the Tour of the Murray River Scrapheap Challenge yesterday.
07 Sep 09 | MILDURA Deputy Mayor and Wentworth councillor Susan Nichols has less than two weeks to decide which side of the river she will continue to serve.
07 Sep 09 | THE Victorian Government has been told it is high time it intervened to fix Mildura’s ailing health system.