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Allan Murphy

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

About turn on Mallee farm values

MALLEE farmland values have recorded the first decline in a decade with sale volumes reaching an all time low in 2024. According to the Bendigo Bank Agribusiness Australian Farmland Values report, the Mallee region recorded a modest 1.2 per cent...

18 May 2025

Politics

Election challengers face tough task

CHALLENGERS to the Coalition-held seats of Mallee and Farrer face one of the toughest tasks in federal politics ahead of the May 3 election. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended months of speculation on Friday when he announced the...

01 Apr 2025

Police & Courts

Mallee ‘not immune’ to illicit tobacco sales

LOCAL cigarette vendors who have concerns about security following a spate of arson attacks at tobacco stores in metropolitan Melbourne and some regional centres have been urged to contact police. Letters sent on behalf of Victoria Police to...

17 Jun 2024

News

Solar storm’s impressive glow

AN unusually strong solar storm hitting earth has produced stunning displays of colour across Mallee skies. Aurora australis lit up skies across southern Australia after an “extreme” geomagnetic solar storm that created the beautiful...

13 May 2024

News

La Nina lifts bushfire risk

By Allan Murphyamurphy@sunraysiadaily. com. auFIRE risk management in the Mallee has had a “good outcome” despite a “challenging” fuel reduction period. Fuel-driven bushfire risk across the region has increased over the past three years, despite...

26 Jan 2024

Farming and Environment

River plan made a difference to environment, says MDBA

BASIN states and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority have been jointly celebrating 20 years since the “first step” decision to establish The Living Murray program. A forerunner of the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan, The Living Murray program was...

08 Jan 2024

News

Mallee takes in-kind action

MALLEE Family Care will take part in the global generosity movement GivingTuesday on November 28. Launched in 2012, the event aims to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, the concept has grown into a global...

22 Nov 2023

Farming and Environment

Land value up in northern Victoria

FARMLAND values in the Mallee have risen a staggering 46 per cent in the year to June, despite only modest gains across the state. The price of farmland showed continued growth across the north of the state while central and southern...

25 Oct 2023

Politics

Gannawarra says ‘no’ at Voice poll

GANNAWARRA area voters joined those around the nation to resoundingly reject an Indigenous Voice to parliament, amid concerns Saturday’s referendum has caused harm and “yes” campaigners have been “incredibly destructive”. The Mallee...

16 Oct 2023

News

Rural shift eases

THE Gannawarra region appears out of reach for the exodus of city-dwellers despite a surge of people leaving Australia’s capital cities for country communities. Melbourne was the second-highest net exporter of people with a loss of almost 82,000...

12 Sep 2023

News

Police lure recruits with Mallee roles

WE want you here - that’s the message Victoria Police is sending to potential recruits across the Mallee, via an initiative to support resourcing in hard-to-fill locations. Victoria Police says nominated...

29 Aug 2023

News

Race ‘profiling’ rejected

VICTORIA Police has rejected any suggestion that officers targeted First Nations people in issuing COVID-19 fines after a report found almost one in seven fines issued in Swan Hill were to people of Aboriginal...

03 Jul 2023