Local News
05 May 09 | A FIVE-YEAR jail term for a talented basketballer who pleaded guilty to trafficking in a large commercial quantity of ecstasy was manifestly inadequate, the Supreme Court of Appeal was told yesterday.
05 May 09 | FOLLOWING an absence of seven years, the Mildura sitting of the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal opened yesterday with all the the pomp and ceremony of the highest court in the state.
05 May 09 | JOSH Lee will be handballing some big ticket items at the Big Bash next week.
04 May 09 | A RECORD number of pilots navigated model airplanes through Koorlong skies at the weekend.
04 May 09 | SUNRAYSIA residents will have a rare opportunity to see the workings of one of the state’s highest courts beginning today.
04 May 09 | SPECULATION is mounting that Mildura will soon have its own Big W store.
04 May 09 | MILDURA collectors focused on the annual Stamp and Coin fair in Mildura at the weekend.
04 May 09 | MILDURA Mayor Glenn Milne says council is doing nothing wrong in approving planning permits contrary to advice from council staff.
02 May 09 | SUNRAYSIA citrus growers are looking at a better season than last year, with larger crops forecast and new markets opening up new opportunities, according to Colignan grower Robert Mansell.
02 May 09 | LANDCARE co-ordinators in the Mallee will not escape the effects of federal funding cuts, but the rate of job losses in the region is expected to be lower than in other areas of Victoria.
02 May 09 | A FORMER Mildura man is cooking up a storm on MasterChef Australia.
01 May 09 | AMBULANCE Victoria staff based at Mildura will meet next week to discuss potential industrial action.
01 May 09 | AFTER four years of intensive effort and frustrating setbacks, Sunraysia’s citrus industry has opened up a six-month window during which it can export citrus to Japan without having to cold-treat it for potential fruit fly infestation.
01 May 09 | LOCAL health professionals met this week hoping to reduce red tape for medical practices in the Mallee region.
01 May 09 | THE Victorian Labor Government has made dozens of promises, public and private, over almost a decade but the political tide is turning against Mildura’s passenger train ever returning.
01 May 09 | JUICES could be flowing at Mildura Fruit Juices as early as next week, after fire gutted the processing plant earlier this year.
01 May 09 | UNCERTAINTY about the future of Timbercorp has not sparked panic among Robinvale employees and residents.
01 May 09 | THE AFTERSHOCKS from the Timbercorp collapse continued yesterday, as the Sunraysia branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation blasted local National Party politicians for their past support of managed investment schemes.
30 Apr 09 | THE iron-clad guarantees from former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks to return Mildura’s passenger train have unexpectedly come off the rails.
30 Apr 09 | HUGE falls of rain in the Murray River’s catchment area over the past week will have little impact on storages.