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April 2020
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Mildura dentist set to welcome back patients

A MILDURA dentist is looking forward to welcoming more patients back to his practice with COVID-19 restrictions set to ease. Tankard Dental’s Dr Daniel Tankard said the lessening of restrictions meant...

27 Apr 2020
News

Mildura wool traders survive the hard times

IT has been a hard slog for Mildura’s embattled wool trade. And now local growers, brokers and merchants have been plunged into a new crisis as concerns mount over the economic impact of the coronavirus. But, despite...

25 Apr 2020
News

Sanitiser deal cleans up hospital’s problem

SANITISER supplies at Mildura Base Hospital have been secured for the long term – thanks to a partnership with a locally based manufacturer. MBH support services manager Todd George said the worldwide shortage of sanitiser was affecting health...

25 Apr 2020
News

Telehealth prescribing looks for a fast cure

SUNRAYSIA doctors and pharmacists are relying more and more on technology to meet the health needs of the community. Lime Medical Clinic’s Dr John Dyson-Berry said it was important patients did...

24 Apr 2020
News

Anzac spirit marches on in bleak times

DESPITE not being able to attend an Anzac Day march this year, Mildura’s Amanda Loughnan has found a way to ensure her street can acknowledge the sacrifices made by our service men and women. Ms Loughnan...

24 Apr 2020
News

Mildura man remembers ‘my dad Paddy’

AT 5.30am on Saturday, Sunraysia Daily’s Pete McGuinness will be standing at the end of his driveway, honouring the memory of his father Paddy, who served in the 2/22nd Battalion, 2nd AIF, in World War II. Normally, Pete would be in...

24 Apr 2020
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Mildura CBD businesses adapting in the crisis

BUSINESSES across Mildura’s CBD are continuing to adapt and find new ways of operating under COVID-19 restrictions. Mildura City Heart chair Adam Hobbs said store owners were trying to be as resourceful as...

24 Apr 2020
News

Buronga shopping centre set for June opening

BURONGA’s Midway Market Place IGA is on track to open in June. Although the new supermarket complex was scheduled to have its grand opening two months ago, the current COVID-19 pandemic delayed works.“We had to let go of...

24 Apr 2020
News

Technology hassles plague shire meeting

WENTWORTH Council’s first remote meeting of councillors since the coronavirus pandemic showed signs of faltering this week when technical glitches forced some to question the effectiveness or even legality...

23 Apr 2020
Coronavirus

Mildura casual worker says more deserve JobKeeper cash

MILDURA resident Kira Forsyth is one of an estimated one million casual workers who will miss out on the Federal Government’s JobKeeper package. The 22-year-old had been working at The Sandbar for four months when the...

22 Apr 2020
Community

May exercise challenge a fundraising cure-all

WHETHER it is a stroll around the backyard or a quick run around the block, a group of Sunraysia residents is using their isolation exercise regime to raise funds for...

22 Apr 2020
News

Sunraysia residents dress up for bin night

SUNRAYSIA residents are dressing up for the most important outing of the week - bin night. Elvis, Chewbacca, a martial artist and Queen Elsa have all represented Mildura and Wentworth on the popular...

07 Apr 2020
News

Cardross harness trainer badly injured in race fall

CARDROSS harness racing trainer Kate Attard is facing months of rehabilitation after a post-race incident at last Thursday night’s Mildura Harness Racing Club meeting. Attard suffered three fractures and multiple hairline fractures...

07 Apr 2020
News

Pet cat in Mildura had throat slit, devastated owners say

A MILDURA family has been left devastated after their pet cat was allegedly killed in a sickening act of animal cruelty.

06 Apr 2020
News

Mildura restaurateur’s soul food helps keep people going

STRENGTH in the face of adversity has come in the form of Mildura’s Mr Bun Mi and Andy’s Kitchen restaurateur Andy Nguyen. The Vietnamese-born Mr Nguyen has reached out to those doing it tough and the region’s emergency services...

03 Apr 2020
News

Mildura 100 Ski Race could run later this year, says club

THE Mildura 100 Ski Race won’t be held at Easter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Mildura Ski Club isn’t ruling out the event going ahead in some form in 2020. After initially planning to run the ski...

03 Apr 2020