Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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Politics

Cupper: State Government must stimulate local economy

MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper said Sunraysia needs significant infrastructure investment to help the region recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

10 hours ago
Opinion

Time to show all on freight rail

THE Murray Basin freight rail project is one that is close to my heart, and one that local residents raise with me almost daily. The Murray Basin Rail Project has been in a state of paralysis, shrouded in endless excuses from...

28 Sep 2020
Politics

Release Murray Basin rail business case, says Anne Webster

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has delivered a blunt message to the Victorian Government over the long-awaited Murray Basin freight rail project: get on with it. Dr Webster said the government should release its revised business case...

26 Sep 2020
News

Mildura ratepayer group pushes for one-year rate freeze

THE Mildura branch of Ratepayers Victoria has outlined its criteria for preferred candidates in the upcoming local government elections. The branch said it would actively endorse candidates who were willing to take on board its...

25 Sep 2020
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13 Feb 2020
Community

Mildura Youth Parliament team takes up airconditioning fight

MILDURA’S representatives to the YMCA Victorian Youth Parliament are fighting for airconditioning in public housing. Ella Beard, Jordan Currie, Jemima Lotika, Chloe Hosking, Brady Glen and Chloe Horne are taking part in the Youth...

25 Sep 2020
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Politics

Mildura Council swoops on final arts precinct property

A GUGGENHEIM-style art museum has been floated as one of the possibilities for the next phase of development in the Mildura arts precinct. Mildura Rural City Council has bought 9 Chaffey Avenue for $745,000 with...

25 Sep 2020
Politics

18 candidates to contest Mildura council election

EIGHTEEN candidates will contest next month’s Mildura Rural City Council election. Just five of the current nine councillors have chosen to contest this year’s election. At the close of nominations and...

25 Sep 2020
News

Send water to Menindee, NSW Government told

THE New South Wales Government has been urged to direct northern Murray-Darling Basin irrigators holding vast amounts of water in private storages to send enough downstream to restore water to Lake Menindee and the lower Darling...

24 Sep 2020
Politics

Council leads Robinvale housing push

THERE are hopes that a new subdivision in Robinvale will alleviate the shortage of housing in the area. Swan Hill Rural City Council’s acting corporate services director Helen Morris said the subdivision works in Ronald Street were in...

23 Sep 2020
Community

Mildura Council offers rates extensions for instalments

MILDURA Rural City Council ratepayers who opt to pay their rates in instalments will have more time to make their first two payments as part of an ongoing range of COVID-19 relief measures. The 2020-21 rates notices will be delivered...

22 Sep 2020
News

Mallee would lose $15m a fortnight in JobKeeper cut - Labor

MORE than $15 million will be ripped out of the local economy every fortnight if the Federal Government goes ahead with its cuts to JobKeeper payments at the end of September, according to Labor senator Raff Ciccone. Senator Ciccone said new data had...

21 Sep 2020
Health

Service backs up Mildura needs

THE Mildura region will be supported by a satellite HeadtoHelp mental health clinic to further support residents during the COVID-19 restrictions. Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said the enhanced mental health service, delivered by Murray Primary...

20 Sep 2020
Coronavirus

Optimism grows in Mildura as Melbourne case numbers drop

THE fate of regional centres like Mildura continues to be guided by coronavirus numbers in Melbourne. But there was reason for optimism on Sunday as just 14 new infections were reported across Victoria, pushing metropolitan Melbourne’s 14-day average...

20 Sep 2020
Politics

Daring to dream brings Mildura a better week

IT has been a long time coming, but we finally had a good news week on a number of fronts. We got our hospital back after 20 years of campaigning, the Victorian Government announced a move to step three on the road to reopening...

20 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura hospital cancer and cardiac services up for talks

VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews says he will work with the new Mildura Base Public Hospital to improve cardiac and cancer services in the region. Mr Andrews acknowledged in State Parliament this week that the government could do more...

19 Sep 2020
Politics

800 on elective surgery waiting list in Mildura

A SHOCKING total of 800 residents forms the waiting list for elective surgery in Mildura amid a “dire” shortage of specialist treatment in north-west Victoria due to border closures. As elective surgery resumes in regional Victoria this week...

19 Sep 2020