Politics
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Mildura Council swoops on final arts precinct property
A GUGGENHEIM-style art museum has been floated as one of the possibilities for the next phase of development in the Mildura arts precinct. Mildura Rural…
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18 candidates to contest Mildura council election
EIGHTEEN candidates will contest next month’s Mildura Rural City Council election. Just five of the current nine councillors have chosen to contest this year’s election.…
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Council leads Robinvale housing push
THERE are hopes that a new subdivision in Robinvale will alleviate the shortage of housing in the area. Swan Hill Rural City Council’s acting corporate…
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Daring to dream brings Mildura a better week
IT has been a long time coming, but we finally had a good news week on a number of fronts. We got our hospital back…
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800 on elective surgery waiting list in Mildura
A SHOCKING total of 800 residents forms the waiting list for elective surgery in Mildura amid a “dire” shortage of specialist treatment in north-west Victoria…
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New satellite mental health clinic for Mildura
THE Mildura region will be supported by a satellite HeadtoHelp mental health clinic to further support residents during the COVID-19 restrictions. Member for Mallee Dr…
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Wentworth Shire Mayor Melisa Hederics stays another term
WENTWORTH Shire Mayor Melisa Hederics says “unfinished business” is the motivation behind seeking a further term as the shire’s leader. Cr Hederics was returned to…
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Mildura Council plots outdoor dining help for businesses
MILDURA Rural City Council says it will support local hospitality businesses to safely serve diners outdoors under third step restrictions, which come in to effect…
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Strengthen checkpoints into regional Victoria, says Maxwell
THE Victorian Government has been urged to strengthen public transport checkpoints into regional Victoria from metropolitan Melbourne as Premier Daniel Andrews is on course to…
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Mildura Base Hospital: Ali Cupper’s handover battle
ALI Cupper had just toppled long-serving incumbent Nationals MP Peter Crisp – who did not take a position for or against private hospital management –…
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Victoria’s regional reopening poses NSW border questions
MILDURA Regional Development (MRD) says forecasts that regional Victoria could “open up” as early as late next week should prompt the New South Wales Government…
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Let country pubs serve their locals, says Webster
ANNE Webster says country pubs across the Mallee are being “pushed to the edge of a debt cliff” by the Victorian Government’s lockdown measures. The…