Coronavirus

NSW sets up new Sunraysia coronavirus test sites

COVID-19 testing sites will increase on the New South Wales side of the border from Saturday.

11 Jul 2020

MDAS presses on with services despite border delays

MALLEE District Aboriginal Services (MDAS) has assured clients that its service delivery would continue to operate at “COVID-normal” level, despite New South Wales shutting its border to Victorian residents.

10 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

MDAS coronavirus virus test gives fast result

COVID-19 spot testing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families is now available in Mildura.

10 Jul 2020

Business

Sunraysia tourism operators face border challenge

VICTORIA’S second coronavirus surge – stemming largely out of Melbourne – is bad news for Sunraysia’s tourism industry.

10 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

NSW residents can still use Mildura Base Hospital

MILDURA Base Hospital has moved to assure New South Wales residents they can continue to cross the border for medical and health care.

08 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Stay put, Mildura Base Hospital intensive care chief pleads

MILDURA Base Hospital’s COVID-19 response co-ordinator has appealed to Mildura residents to defer non-essential travel as a measure to protect the community from the coronavirus.

08 Jul 2020

Residents should not leave border bubbles, Berejiklian says

NEW South Wales residents in border communities should not leave for another part of the state unless it’s absolutely necessary, Premier Gladys Berejiklian says.

08 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Sunraysia in weeks-long border ban, Abbotsford Bridge closes

THE ban on Sunraysia residents crossing the New South Wales border without a valid exemption is likely to last a matter of weeks.

08 Jul 2020

News

Robinvale and Euston face a border closure ‘headache’

ROBINVALE Ward councillor Jade Benham said the NSW-Victoria border closure had created a “headache” for residents and authorities in the town.

07 Jul 2020

Business

Sunraysia businesses in border permit wait

A BURONGA business is scrambling for its own solutions after Service NSW’s website still wasn’t displaying permit applications late on Tuesday.

07 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Melbourne returns to tougher coronavirus restrictions

MILDURA has been spared from tougher lockdown rules, but metropolitan Melbourne is being returned to Stage 3 “stay at home” restrictions, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday.

07 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

South Australia toughen border rules for Victorians

SOUTH Australia has announced tougher rules about crossing the border from Victoria.

07 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Police aim to ease travel for NSW-Victoria border residents

POLICE say they will make travelling between Victoria and New South Wales as easy as possible for people living in “border bubbles”.

07 Jul 2020

News

NSW-Victoria border closure could impact 10,000 trips a day

AS many as 10,000 commuters in Sunraysia could be impacted each day by the New South Government’s decision to close its border with Victoria.

06 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Cupper calls for ban on Melbourne travel to regional areas

MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has called for a blanket ban on travel for Melbourne residents while metropolitan coronavirus numbers remain high.

06 Jul 2020

Coronavirus

Victorian tourists in NSW told to pack their bags

DARETON police Inspector Darren Brand has encouraged Victorians visiting New South Wales to pack their bags and head back home to avoid any inconvenience after Tuesday night’s border closures.

06 Jul 2020