The Latest Breaking News from Mildura

Netballer waits more than two hours for ambulance in regional Victoria as union takes aim

After dislocating her ankle in Merbein, netballer Breigh Hammet is forced to wait more than two hours for an ambulance, a scenario the union considers unacceptable.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Mildura Airport says instrument landing system will be used only a handful of times per year

Mildura Airport bosses have revealed a new multi-million-dollar navigation system will only be used a few times per year outside of training purposes for local flight schools.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

Body of missing man Joseph McCrann found in Murray River near Mildura

The body of 94-year-old Joseph McCrann who went missing last month has been found in the Murray River.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Soccer brawl in Mildura results in three people sent to hospital, police charge 30yo man

Three people were hospitalised including one flown to a Melbourne hospital after a "disgraceful" brawl at a soccer match in north-west Victoria on Sunday.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Mildura charity Sunassist makes 'tough choices' as volunteer numbers decline

With about 40 new clients a month and half the volunteers it had two years ago, Sunassist looks for ways to avoid "breaking point".

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Mildura ambulance shortage at crisis point, union says

Distressing stories about people who have had to find their own way to hospital are filtering through from a rural town where ambulance resourcing has been likened to "shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic".

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Monash University rural health mentoring program helping regional students in Mildura study medicine

A program run by Monash University is addressing the regional doctor shortage by supporting more students from outside the city to study medicine.

ABC News · Jun 5, 2022

First harvest at medicinal cannabis facility near Mildura in Victoria's north-west

Once dried, the crop will be sent away for extracting cannabinoids and making oil, tincture or capsules for medical use.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2022

Mildura Base Public Hospital calls code yellow for 'critical capacity issue'

Mildura Base Public Hospital's boss says the facility is "completely at capacity" and some elective surgeries may be delayed

ABC News · May 19, 2022

Toddler suffers 40% burns after being rescued from raging house fire by hero mum

Elijah was fast asleep at his home in Mildura, Australia when a raging fire broke out on May 1 leaving him with burns to 40% of his body

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2022