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Upper House MP Wendy Lovell calls for faster drought support

LIBERAL Northern Victoria Upper House MP Wendy Lovell has called for answers from the State Government over claimed delays in approving farmers’ applications for access to the Farm Drought Support Grants program. The grants came as part of a $144...

17 Aug 2025
News

Shire fills councillor vacancy

A FORMER Wentworth Shire councillor who lost his seat after a single term has been returned to local government following a countback of last year’s election results to fill a casual vacancy. Brian Beaumont was returned as a Wentworth councillor this...

15 Aug 2025
Politics

Tyrrell backs adventure playground funding

MEMBER for Northern Victoria Region Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell has advocated in State Parliament for funding to complete the third stage of the Mildura Riverfront Development. Ms Tyrrell recently visited Mildura, where she met with Mildura Rural City Council...

02 Aug 2025
News

New push to fix rating ‘scandal’

MILDURA Rural City Council will seek the backing of the state’s peak body for local government to address the rates disparity “scandal” between regional and metropolitan councils. The Victorian Government’s recent response to the Inquiry into Local...

29 Jul 2025
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13 Feb 2020
Politics

Time to create a difference in schools for a safe future

A YOUNG group from Mildura debated potential Bills of the future in the Y Victorian Youth Parliament in early July. This included one drafted by them, called the Family Violence Education in Secondary Schools Bill, 2025.

22 Jul 2025
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Minister trains with Mildura SES

THE Mildura unit of SES Victoria has had the chance to highlight the contributions of local volunteers. Minister for Emergency Services Vicki Ward and VICSES acting chief officer Alistair Drayton visited the unit last Wednesday, with the minister...

16 Jul 2025
News

Region misses out on drought funds

THE Sunraysia region has missed out on further State Government drought support following an announcement by the Victorian Government on FridayAs part of the drought relief package for farmers severely affected by the current lack of rain, an...

05 Jul 2025
News

Upper house MP visits Mildura

LEGISLATIVE Council member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell visited Mildura on Thursday, July 3 as part of her travel around the upper house electorate. Based in Shepparton, Ms Tyrrell was elected in 2022 into the fifth spot in...

05 Jul 2025
Letters

Nats promise to protect farmers

LABOR’s panicked rush to roll-out wind and solar farms across 70 per cent of Victoria’s agricultural land has escalated into completely unfair and dangerous territory, with Labor making laws that allow government employees free rein to enter private...

05 Jul 2025
Politics

Budget to face councillor scrutiny

MILDURA Rural City Council is expected to adopt its 2025-26 draft budget when councillors meeting on Monday night with an average rate increase of the maximum 3 per cent under the Victorian Government’s Fair Go Rates System. The budget would result...

28 Jun 2025
Politics

MP pushes for office return

NORTHERN Victoria upper house MP and member of Animal Justice Party, Georgie Purcell, has thrown her support behind calls for the return of independence and suitable funding for the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation, or OWSR. First established...

22 Jun 2025
Health

Public or private: Cupper goes Benham on hospital management

FORMER Mildura state MP and candidate at next year’s election Ali Cupper has accused sitting member Jade Benham of “double-speak” over future management of the Mildura Base Public Hospital. The move comes after Ms Benham made public comments about...

13 Jun 2025
Politics

Government gathers drought support

THE Federal Government has promised an extra $2 million to boost the Rural Financial Counselling Service in the face of the drought across southern Australia. However, Member for Mildura Anne Webster is demanding Canberra revive...

08 Jun 2025
Letters

Nationals keen to scrap taxes

THE emergency services tax isn’t gone - it’s just a one-year stay of execution for farmers. The reality is every Victorian homeowner, business and renter will pay a 100 per cent increase to cover this new tax. Labor has slapped hard working...

07 Jun 2025
Politics

MP questions water register rollout

THE New South Wales Government is aiming to create a water register by October, Parliament has been told. Yet Member for Murray Helen Dalton said since laws were passed in October last year nothing more has has happened on the issue.“In October last...

03 Jun 2025
Politics

Hospital pictures show what could have been

ARTIST impressions of a new but never built Mildura Base Hospital have drawn the ire of a local former state MP. The drawings, created by architectural firm HSPC - who specialise in hospital and healthcare work - were commissioned by the Victorian...

31 May 2025