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Allan Murphy

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

One dead in plane crash

ONE person was killed in a plane crash south east of Mungo National Park on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to D-Block Road, about 100km from Mungo, following reports of a light plane crash about 2pm on Wednesday. Upon arrival, emergency...

20 hours ago

Police & Courts

Skull find prompts missing person probe

POLICE have been sifting through missing person files as they await a forensic examination on what is believed to be a partial skull found on the riverbank at Mildura’s Apex Park beach this week. Officers attached to Barrier Police District were...

20 hours ago

Police & Courts

Mildura woman charged over hit-run

A MILDURA woman was one of two people charged following a hit-run collision in East Melbourne last week. An allegedly stolen black Mercedes Benz collided with a black Mazda 2 at the intersection of Hoddle and Freeman streets about 9pm on Wednesday...

31 Jul 2025

News

Crime bosses in labour hire sights

LABOUR hire regulators say a criminal syndicate has infiltrated Sunraysia’s horticultural industry in a form of modern day slavery. Labour Hire Authority officers targeted unlawful labour hire companies in the region’s horticulture industry in late...

31 Jul 2025

Police & Courts

Man spared further jail for sex assault

A MILDURA man who sexually assaulted a woman after she repeatedly refused his sexual advances following a chance encounter at a nightclub has avoided spending further time in jail. The County Court heard 21-year-old Maximus Devereux had spent three...

31 Jul 2025

News

Police probe ‘bone’ find

POLICE are awaiting on findings from forensic specialists following unconfirmed reports that a skull was found on a riverbank in Mildura. Officers attached to Barrier Police District were called to Apex Park shortly before 5.30pm on Monday after...

30 Jul 2025

Police & Courts

Alleged cannabis trafficker arrested

A SOUTH Australian man accused of using his horse transport business to traffick more than $1 million worth of marijuana into Victoria, including Mildura, is expected to make an application to be released on bail this week. Forty-three-year-old Luke...

30 Jul 2025

Police & Courts

Men wanted by police

POLICE are appealing for public assistance to help locate two men wanted in relation to theft and dishonesty offences. Nineteen-year-old Derice Moore is wanted on warrant for burglary and theft of motor vehicle charges. Moore is described as about...

30 Jul 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Kravitz ticket sales going strong

TICKETS for the Mildura leg of the Lenny Kravitz Blue Electric Light Tour are “on track” to reach its intended target, according to tour promoters. Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, the four-time Grammy Award-winning...

30 Jul 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

Police & Courts

Assault left woman terrified

A MILDURA man who shattered a woman’s capacity to enjoy life as the result of a degraded, demeaning and terrifying assault has been jailed. The County Court sitting at Mildura heard Michael Handy repeatedly punched and kicked the female, struck her...

28 Jul 2025

Police & Courts

Man narrowly avoids jail

A MILDURA man who assaulted a woman in a “horrible” attack in December last year has been warned he will be sent to jail for any further similar offending. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard the 48-year-old was at home in bed with his 42-year-old...

28 Jul 2025