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Allan Murphy

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

Kill threat man found with guns, court told

A MILDURA man accused of threatening to put a sword through a woman’s chest and was later found in possession of two firearms has had an application for bail refused. Lynden Towle appeared in Mildura Magistrates’ Court via video link from hospital on...

21 hours ago

Police & Courts

Man narrowly avoids jail

A MAN who paid $200 for a distinctive dirt bike after it was stolen from a Mildura address has avoided a term of imprisonment on a charge of handling stolen goods. Thirty-one-year-old Payten Greenaway admitted to buying the 250cc bike bike from...

06 Aug 2025

Business

Deal sorted for Target staff

ALL 10 permanent staff at the former Mildura Target store will receive a one off payment as they transition to a new contract agreement with the new Kmart store at Mildura Central. Both Target and Kmart Australia Limited are part of the Wesfarmers...

05 Aug 2025

Police & Courts

Alleged cannabis trafficker arrested

A SOUTH Australian man accused of using his horse transport business as part of a drug empire to traffick millions of dollars of marijuana into Victoria, including Mildura, has been released on bail on “the strictest of possible...

04 Aug 2025

News

Worker housing on the rise

ESSENTIAL services workers in Victoria’s northwest have more places stay with new worker housing in Irymple now completed. The first two of 10 new houses have been completed ahead of schedule as part of a project supported by the Victori...

03 Aug 2025

News

Judge back where it all began

MILDURA is a long way from the rolling hills and lush green fields of Killarney in County Kerry on the south western slopes of Ireland. It unsurprisingly shares little in common with the far north west corner of Victoria 17,000 kilometres away, as...

03 Aug 2025

Business

Mildura property interest on rise

MILDURA is riding on the crest of a property growth wave that doesn’t appear to be slowing any time soon. And it is outside investment coming in that has buoyed the property market and local economy with data indicating future capital growth over...

02 Aug 2025

Police & Courts

One dead in plane crash

ONE person was killed in a plane crash south east of Mungo National Park on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to D-Block Road, about 100km from Mungo, following reports of a light plane crash about 2pm on Wednesday. Upon arrival, emergency...

01 Aug 2025

Police & Courts

Skull find prompts missing person probe

POLICE have been sifting through missing person files as they await a forensic examination on what is believed to be a partial skull found on the riverbank at Mildura’s Apex Park beach this week. Officers attached to Barrier Police District were...

01 Aug 2025

Police & Courts

Mildura woman charged over hit-run

A MILDURA woman was one of two people charged following a hit-run collision in East Melbourne last week. An allegedly stolen black Mercedes Benz collided with a black Mazda 2 at the intersection of Hoddle and Freeman streets about 9pm on Wednesday...

31 Jul 2025

News

Crime bosses in labour hire sights

LABOUR hire regulators say a criminal syndicate has infiltrated Sunraysia’s horticultural industry in a form of modern day slavery. Labour Hire Authority officers targeted unlawful labour hire companies in the region’s horticulture industry in late...

31 Jul 2025

Police & Courts

Man spared further jail for sex assault

A MILDURA man who sexually assaulted a woman after she repeatedly refused his sexual advances following a chance encounter at a nightclub has avoided spending further time in jail. The County Court heard 21-year-old Maximus Devereux had spent three...

31 Jul 2025