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Bernard Humphreys

Nats’ angst over Joyce’s antics

THE Mallee’s federal Nationals MP is involved in a fresh rift within the party over former leader Barnaby Joyce’s latest controversy, after party-room discussions were leaked to the media. According to a report in The Age newspaper, Anne Webster...

15 Feb 2024

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Indigenous youth in drive

Moving into top gear - YOUNG Indigenous people will benefit from a program that aims to improve road safety through professional driving lessons and comprehensive education. The Clontarf Foundation has been given $93,000 by the Victorian Government...

12 Feb 2024

News

Water users’ rate rise fury

THE chair of a water-users committee advising Lower Murray Water says its members have lost faith in the supplier’s board over the latest rise in rates. Frank Dimasi, who chairs LMW’s strategic...

04 Jul 2023

politics

Tax cut bid for health workers

HEALTH workers who moved to the regions would pay much less tax than their city counterparts under a plan being partly formulated by Mallee MP Anne Webster, who wants to take it to the next election as Coalition policy. The plan is designed to create...

03 Jul 2023

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COVID killer garlic sure to boost industry

TWO very predictable things happened when it was announced last week that scientists had shown a certain type of garlic, grown in Sunraysia, kills the COVID-19 virus in a laboratory. First, the company that grows almost all...

08 Jun 2023

politics

How Mallee MP plans to `manage the argy-bargy’ in opposition

THERE’S a saying in politics that your worst day in government is better than your best day in opposition and, by the time the next federal election is due, Anne Webster will have spent around a thousand days on the wrong side of that cold reality...

18 Jan 2023

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Mallee power link fast-tracked in national grid move

THE KerangLink electricity interconnector will be fast-tracked and completed by 2028, under a joint plan by the federal and Victorian Governments.

19 Oct 2022

politics

Cupper in front but Coalition a threat

BETTING odds for the seat of Mildura at the November state election have been released by the TAB, and they suggest that some high-profile candidates have a lot of ground to make up. Ali Cupper, an independent MP who won the seat from the Nationals...

15 Oct 2022

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Historic Mildura paddlesteamers for sale

ALBY Pointon’s children don’t think their dad would mind them putting his cherished riverboats up for sale, but they know he’d like them to stay on the river that made them famous. The Pointon family’s Mundoo, Rothbury and the especially famous PS...

12 Oct 2022

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Former MDAS boss appointed to investigate AFL racism scandal

THE former head of the Mallee’s peak Indigenous body has been appointed to an independent panel investigating allegations of racism referred to the AFL by the Hawthorn Football Club. Jacki Turfrey left her role as chief executive with Mallee...

07 Oct 2022

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Robinvale health chief rejects ‘turmoil’ claims

THE acting chief executive of Robinvale District Health Services says the facility is “not in turmoil”, despite claims from health sector insiders that it is understaffed, under-resourced and unable to fully meet the needs of its community. One...

24 Sep 2022

Health

Goals shift on priority areas

THE Mallee’s health crisis has been raised in the Senate, where the Opposition has accused the new Labor government of favouring capital city suburbs over the regions in its plan to move GPs to the areas they are most needed. The Government has expanded...

14 Sep 2022