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Allan Murphy

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

Getting tough on land clearing

THE New South Wales Government’s proposed crackdown on illegal tree and vegetation clearing has been welcomed by the state’s peak body for local government as a major win for councils, communities and the environment. Local Government NSW...

9 hours ago

Police & Courts

Killer driver released on new charges

CARDROSS killer driver Thomas Graham Towle has avoided more time behind bars for driving unlicensed while high on drugs despite police arguing that a term of imprisonment was warranted. Towle, 53, was this week given a 12-month community corrections...

30 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Man fined after ‘looking for trouble’

A MILDURA man who claims to have mistaken a police vehicle for a taxi after a drunken night out before repeatedly refusing police requests to move on was looking for trouble and found it, a court has been told. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court was told...

29 Apr 2025

News

Game changing transport strategy has wheels

MILDURA Council has endorsed a “game changing” strategy that aims to guide the city’s growth and development to 2050 and beyond. The Mildura Integrated Transport and Land Use Strategy looks at how the transport network can better serve current and...

29 Apr 2025

Community

First Anzac service for Werrimull

WERRIMULL commemorated Anzac Day in style with a large crowd attending the town’s first ever Dawn Service followed by a march from the Werrimull Hotel to the memorial on the outskirts of town. The events were organised by the Millewa Advisory Group...

29 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Bail denied for woman found hiding under blanket

A MILDURA woman was released on bail barely a week before police uncovered further offending including the accused being in possession of multiple bankcards, Medicare cards and a Sportsbet card in the names of other people, a court has...

28 Apr 2025

Education

Student enters fiscal federalism debate

ROBINVALE College student Elizabeth Chirchiglia was one of 119 senior student delegates who debated the topic “Revisiting Sections 51ii and 90 to Reimagine Australia’s Fiscal Federalism” at Old Parliament House in Canberra. The debate was part of...

28 Apr 2025

News

Burrows reappointed development chair

REGIONAL Development Australia has reappointed Loddon Mallee chair Leonie Burrows. Based in Mildura, Ms Burrows has held prominent leadership roles at the Mildura Rural City Council, Citrus Australia, Australian Table Grape Growers, the Alliance of...

26 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

‘Karen’s Law’ enacted in rapper killing

A MAN who shot dead a young Melbourne rapper in a violent home invasion to steal his rumoured $1 million has been jailed for more than a decade under laws introduced following the shooting death of Mildura woman Karen Belej in 2016. Brandon Leigh...

26 Apr 2025

News

Rating quandary ‘difficult’

RESIDENTS, businesses and irrigated farmers will pay more while dryland farmers will have rates cut under a move that divided councillors during a spirited debate at this week’s monthly meeting of council. While acknowledging that any...

26 Apr 2025

News

Respect for a ‘noble’ Pope

MILDURA Rural City Council flew national flags at its buildings at half-mast on Tuesday as a mark of respect following the sudden death of Pope Francis. Catholics across the region and the country continue to mourn the death of Pope Francis...

25 Apr 2025

Health

All urged to get vaccinated

SUNRAYSIA residents have been urged to take action to protect their health this autumn as flu and measles infections soar. Cases of preventable infections, such as influenza and measles, have continued to rise – despite vaccinations offering an...

25 Apr 2025