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Denika Anderson

Journalist at Sunraysia Daily

Annecto announce community service closure

AGED care and disability support provider Annecto will be ceasing community services next month after more than 70 years of operation. The decision has followed consultation with stakeholders about service model shifts and financial challenges...

16 hours ago

Police & Courts

Homeless man remanded

A YOUNG homeless man alleged to have smashed shop front windows, and sexually assaulted a stranger while she was doing her gardening will stay in custody after being refused bail. The Mildura Magistrates Court heard this week of multiple offences...

16 hours ago

Education

Grandparents gather for special day

PREP students at Mildura West Primary School were joined by their grandparents on Friday for a morning of fun and learning together. The students were encouraged to dress up in bright colours, and performed a song and dance at a whole school...

16 hours ago

Arts & Entertainment

Australian Idol set for charity concert

THE winner of Australian Idol 2024 will be in Mildura next month for a special one-off concert to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer. Dylan Wright, a performer with a signature style of country and pop, will be bringing his original music...

16 hours ago

Community

Earth moved at lake’s working bee

ONE of the final steps in a construction journey that began almost a decade ago at Ouyen Lake was completed at the end of May. An average of 20 people per day donated their time for a 10-day working bee which involved carting gravel...

16 hours ago

Police & Courts

Police out over long weekend

MILDURA Police were part of Operation Regal, a road safety campaign over the King’s Birthday long weekend which resulted in the detection of multiple offences including 28 for speeding. One driver was detected by police travelling on Fifteenth...

13 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Jail for violent repeat offender

A MAN accused of attacking a stranger with a knife in the street, persistently breaching multiple family violence intervention orders and causing serious injury to the mother of his child has been jailed. The Mildura Magistrates Court this week...

12 Jun 2025

Community

What’s On 13/6

TODAYWalking on SunraysiaMildura Arts CentreFROM walking on the land of Sunraysia John Falcon has crafted an exhibit that reflects the connections he has made with flora and fauna. Woven NarrativesMildura Arts CentreWORKS by First Nations artists...

12 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Bail adjourned for meth addict

A MAN accused of breaking into motel rooms to steal a television and credit cards which were used to purchase gold jewellery and cologne has had his bail application adjourned, part-heard, until next week. Twenty-nine-year-old Brendan Walters was...

12 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Driver’s charter defence dismissed

A WODONGA woman who raised defences within the Charter of Human Rights after it was alleged she had been caught speeding has had her licence suspended. Tracey Quinn appeared at the Mildura Magistrates Court last Friday to contest a speeding offence...

11 Jun 2025

News

Car fire on Deakin Avenue

A CAR on Deakin Ave was engulfed in flames on Tuesday morning, prompting calls to Triple Zero. Fire Rescue Victoria responded to the fire, with Victoria Police also called to attend the scene. “Within four minutes from receiving the call...

10 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Single car crash near Coles

A HOLDEN Commodore Storm was involved in a single vehicle incident after colliding with a tree on Sunday morning near the intersection of Eighth Street and Nash Lane. No injuries are believed to have come from the incident that stripped shards of...

10 Jun 2025