The Latest Breaking News from Mooroopna

Vic faces wettest January days as floodwaters shift

Victoria's first nine days of 2024 have broken January records dating back more than 120 years as floodwaters continue to flow, impacting communities.

AAP · Jan 9, 2024

Matthew Atkinson, 19, charged over alleged attack at Mooroopna shopping centre

A Victorian court hears the 47-year-old has been transferred to a palliative care unit following the alleged assault last month for which a 19-year-old man is now charged.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2023

Uninsured flood victims in Greater Shepparton offered caravans close to home

Residents rebuilding their flood-ravaged northern Victorian homes will be able to put government-funded caravans or modular houses on their properties until they get the job done.

ABC News · Apr 7, 2023

Victorian man dies in backyard as floodwaters in Tasmania, New South Wales move downstream — as it happened

Authorities report Victoria's first flood fatality — a man whose body was discovered in the backyard of his home in the state's north. Tasmania and NSW are also battling swollen waterways

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022

Melbourne University's Going Rural Health initiative gives students taste of working in country

A program supporting healthcare students to do their clinical work experience in the regions could be the lure for a career in regional Victoria.

ABC News · Sep 4, 2022

Tiny homes residential mental health facility opens in Mooroopna

Too many Australians with serious long-term mental illness are being caught in a downward spiral of hospitalisation and homelessness. But a new housing model aims to change that.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022

Victorian food-bowl seat up for grabs in three-way fight over water and jobs

Irrigation issues dominate in Coalition-held Nicholls, the nation’s sixth-safest seat, with Liberals, Nationals and an independent all in the running

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2022