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Matt Taylor

‘Scared for my life’

JADE Benham has opened up about the harrowing night she feared for her life at the hands of an abusive former partner two decades ago. The Member for Mildura was triggered to tell her own shocking personal story of domestic violence...

21 May 2024

News

Battle over local Fed Budget outcomes

A WAR of words has broken out between Member for Mallee Anne Webster and a senior Commonwealth Government minister over whether north-west Victoria had any wins in this week’s Federal Budget. Nationals MP Dr Webster claimed her electorate had been...

17 May 2024

Sport

Eagles hit with $11.5k integrity fine for 2023 season

ROBINVALE Euston Football Netball Club has been slapped with an $11,500 fine after being found guilty on several integrity-related charges this week. The Eagles, along with premiers Irymple, were part of a statewide integrity review by AFL Victori...

15 May 2024

News

Green light for Subway

DEVELOPERS’ second bite of a super-sized sandwich proposal for Robinvale has paid off after they received the green light this week to build a $1.5 million Subway store in the town centre. In a major boost for jobs and investment in...

08 Mar 2024

Sport

Euston Football Oval grounded again

A COMMUNICATION breakdown between Euston’s community leaders and a council trying to make up for past failures has left the small riverside town without a much-needed football oval upgrade. The Euston Football Oval will not host...

27 Jan 2023

Horse Racing

Ballarat Cup would be a Major win

THE Cinderella story of a bargain-buy horse’s rapid rise up the Australian harness racing ranks will continue on Saturday night when Mallee owned Major Meister lines up in the Group 1 Ballarat Pacing Cup. A group of owners from...

20 Jan 2023

Horse Racing

Mates launch a Missile

FRANK Barone is in danger of breaking one of his golden rules of harness racehorse ownership. As a buyer and seller of standardbreds, the Mallee farmer’s advice as a syndicate manager to fellow owners is to not get too emotionally involved with...

20 Jan 2023

News

Phil Egan ‘categorically’ denies fraud allegations

THE former boss of a Robinvale Aboriginal welfare body has categorically denied allegations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the not-for-profit over a three-year period.

24 Dec 2022

politics

Jade Benham focused on big picture

With residents in Robinvale and Manangatang able to head to the polls from Monday to elect their state MP in the Mildura electorate, Nationals candidate Jade Benham sat down for interviews with MATT TAYLOR and PETER BANNAN JADE Benham is initially...

12 Nov 2022

News

Mallee wakeboard venue praised

OUYEN Lake has been lauded as the best wakeboarding venue in Australia after successfully hosting the Mildura Classic at the weekend. Wakeboard Victoria president Wade Jeffreys was full of praise for local organisers and the Ouyen...

11 Nov 2022

November 2022

Mallee wakeboard venue praised

11 Nov 2022

politics

Swan Hill Mayor Jade Benham targets Mildura for The Nationals

SWAN Hill Mayor Jade Benham has vowed to “keep delivering” for the local community until she is forced to step down from the top job later this year. Cr Benham revealed plans on Friday to...

05 Apr 2022