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Livestock agent fined and animals put down after being transported with illness and injury in north west Victoria.
Topics: livestock-welfare, livestock, animal-welfare, food-processing, laws, beef-cattle, mildura-3500, echuca-3564
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| UpdatedOutlaw motorcycle gangs should be the target of consistent laws across all states Mildura, MP Peter Crisp says.
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| UpdatedAn increase in exotic pests and diseases pushes Australian agriculture and environmentalists to demand more focus on biosecurity.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pest-management, pests, agricultural-policy, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, mildura-3500, kununurra-6743, lismore-2480, tully-4854, woolloongabba-4102
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| UpdatedThere is hope a release of sterile fruit fly later this year will help curb the pest's population.
Topics: pest-management, pests, fruits, community-development, mildura-3500
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School children in Victoria's north-west learn valuable water skills in the Murray River, Australia's worst drowning blackspot.
Topics: community-education, children, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket, somerset-7322, tas, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
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Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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Museum volunteer David Mark and WWII veteran Dick Udy speak about the Lake Boga flying boat base. Read more
Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedDuring WWII, a small town in Victoria's Mallee was on the front line in the defence of Australia.
Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, singapore, broome-6725, darwin-0800, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, agricultural-policy, water, agribusiness, water-management, irrigation, fruit, rice, vegetables, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600, wagga-wagga-2650, renmark-5341, leeton-2705, hay-2711, coleambally-2707, deniliquin-2710, brewarrina-2839, bourke-2840, warren-2824, griffith-2680, mildura-3500, murray-bridge-5253, swan-hill-3585, wodonga-3690, albury-2640
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| UpdatedBrace yourself, Australia: it's like an oven out there for large swathes of Victoria, South Australia and south-west Queensland.
Topics: weather, mildura-3500, melbourne-3000, amphitheatre-3468, vic, st-george-4487, qld, sa, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria is sweltering through a heatwave, with temperatures reaching more than 30 degrees Celsius overnight and the mercury tipped to soar to 44 degrees Celsius in the state's north today.
Topics: weather, vic, mildura-3500, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedEver wondered what it would be like to swap the rat race for a quieter country life? Meet the tree changers.
Topics: community-and-society, regional, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, lifestyle, australia, orange-2800, new-norfolk-7140, elliott-7325, hynam-5262, natimuk-3409, mildura-3500, kyneton-3444, shepparton-3630, bellingen-2454, coffs-harbour-2450, stanthorpe-4380, mackay-4740, wiluna-6646, alice-springs-0870
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Topics: small-business, mildura-3500
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Topics: food-and-beverage, small-business, mildura-3500
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The new owners of one of Australia's first microbreweries, based in Mildura, plan to expand and market the beer to China.
Topics: food-processing, food-and-beverage, small-business, mildura-3500
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Topics: small-business, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedAn extreme heat warning is issued for Victoria, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the state, as the first total fire ban for the summer is declared.
Topics: weather, melbourne-3000, mildura-3500, swan-hill-3585, echuca-3564, vic
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The annual Australia Day lamb ad often gets tongues wagging, but is it helping get chops on to the barbecue?
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-prices, advertising, advertising-and-marketing, australia-day, agricultural-marketing, mildura-3500