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Today is May 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the entire state of Victoria has officially entered into a seven-day lockdown effective as of 11.59pm last night, and planning is underway to open Wodonga's COVID-19 vaccination hub seven days a week to meet rising demand.
Today is May 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Inland Rail construction works in Wangaratta and Glenrowan will hopefully begin early next year but Benalla and Euroa will have to wait, it was forecast yesterday, and Farrer MP Sussan Ley is determined to see off any preselection threat amid reports her seat is part of a factional war inside the Liberal Party.
Today is May 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the Victorian government has given the first hint of a possible backdown on some of the regulations regarding camping on licenced river frontages which prompted a rally on the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday, and an Australian Medical Association national leader has defended plans for a digital vaccine passport, saying it's designed to encourage COVID immunisation.
Today is May 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not ruled out a form of vaccine passport between states despite concerns aired by a Border MP and the idea being rubbished by the Opposition Leader, and nearly two months after the coronavirus supplement to JobSeeker ceased, more people are seeking help from the Wodonga Emergency Relief service.
Today is May 24, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, former high-profile AFL player manager Ricky Nixon is waiting in the wings to become involved in Wodonga Raiders' search for a new coach to replace Jarrod Hodgkin, and a "live list" that monitors and quantifies vaccination information on social media is being called for as the number of Australians following public Facebook groups containing anti-vax information grew nearly 300 per cent during the pandemic.
Today is May 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the North East's oldest major police station at Benalla is set to be replaced with a $28.8 million new hub for officers, and a 24-year-old man, who sustained serious head injuries in a motorcycle crash last month, has died in hospital.
Today is May 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, advocating for more housing options amid a region-wide crunch forms part of Indigo Shire's vision for the next 10 years, and Australia's corporate regulator has fined Regional Express $66,000 after if found the airline "breached obligations" to keep the share market informed of its plan to launch a national passenger jet service.
Today is May 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, mayor Kevin Poulton has attempted to hose down clear ructions within Wodonga Council about the lead-up to the adoption of the draft budget which required his casting vote to be approved, and service station chain 7-Eleven will soon open its first store on the border - followed in quick succession by three more.
Today is May 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a parked vehicle has been set alight in an incident captured on nearby security cameras, and Murray River Action Group members will be taking part in the rally next Tuesday on the steps of the Victorian Parliament opposing riverside camping regulations due to come into effect in September.
Today is May 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the lengthy wait for a major Thurgoona intersection upgrade which has forced business owners and residents to seek alternate routes to avoid delays is nearing completion, and a Wangaratta family has been left "in limbo" after waiting nearly two years for an autism assessment for their child.
Today is May 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Moira Shire has confirmed a replacement chief executive for Mark Henderson with his successor having previously worked in New Zealand and the U.S, and the chances of Wodonga's animal pound being re-opened appear doomed.
Today is May 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the pitch by a Wodonga consortium to build a youth foyer at Wodonga TAFE is being put to the Victorian government ahead of the state budget, and North East Water managing director Craig Heiner has announced his resignation and will depart the organisation at the end of November.
Today is May 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, an Australian who had recently returned from overseas and exited hotel quarantine has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Victoria, and employers could be able to require staff to get a COVID-19 vaccination if they can establish doing so is a reasonable and lawful direction, says a Border lawyer.
Today is May 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, temporary staff have been hired at Indigo Council to keep up with planning permits as overarching demand on the construction industry adds to delays, and the first 24-hour service station on the Olympic Highway, between Albury and Wagga, could soon open in Henty, next door to two other fuel outlets.
Today is May 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, household rubbish including building waste and whipper-snippers has been discarded by the roadside in a case of illegal dumping in Table Top, and the Bureau of Meteorology's Yarrawonga radar is staying put at the town's airport.
Today is May 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Federation Council is going back to the drawing in the pursuit of an operator for Corowa's Ball Park caravan park, and median house prices have increased a staggering 83 per cent in just five years in the Alpine Shire, with one real estate agent saying post-COVID, values continue to skyrocket further.
Today is May 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, allegations of corruption in water management through insider knowledge have been aired under parliamentary privilege during a Senate committee hearing in Deniliquin, and a man based in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been diagnosed with COVID-19, with no indication where he picked up the virus.
Today is May 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Albury business owners will be questioned later this year to reveal the ongoing effect of COVID-19 border closures, and a truck driver is in hospital after crashing on a logging road in Carabost, less than 30 minutes’ drive from Tumbarumba.
Today is May 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, losing hours daily in border queues was enough for local Rob Hudson to seek vaccination for COVID-19, and he was among the first members of the public aged between 50 and 70 to do so, and more than 10,000 people received JobSeeker in the North East and Southern Riverina district in March.
Today is May 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, High Country businesses and communities decimated and destabilised by 2020 are yet to recoup any losses because of the seasonality of mountain trading, Victorian Alpine Resorts say, and a firefighter who supported Corryong in 2020 could be the community's next paramedic, thanks to a study scholarship.
Today is April 30, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Gundagai's revered Dog on the Tuckerbox statue is the lynchpin of a new tourism strategy designed to breathe some life back into the tourist hotspot, and Justice Party MP Tania Maxwell says only "one in every 40" people who lost their home during the bushfires has successfully moved back into permanent housing.
Today is April 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a 29-year-old woman has undergone surgery after being shot in the head with a nail gun at a Wodonga property, police say, and the number of speeding fines issued from unmarked mobile cameras has increased 1000 per cent in the Southern Riverina so far this financial year.
Today is April 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, external administrators have been appointed to a large rural trucking business, and fewer dogs will be saved if a pound isn't reinstated in Wodonga, the city's dog rescue says.
Today is April 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Albury Wodonga Health has revealed plans for the development of its new $30 million Emergency Department at Albury hospital, after outgrowing the current site a few years ago, and Albury Council could designate a further $150,000 for COVID-19 hardship relief.
Today is April 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the Wangaratta RSL sub branch has raised more than $22, 000 to support Australian war veterans, but organisers have said after eftpos donations are tallied, the final count will be higher, and police are investigating the circumstances around the fatal shooting of a hunter in the North East.
Today is April 23, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a report will be prepared for the NSW coroner following a major fire in Howlong, and Australia Post has backed down on a plan to stop delivering perishable goods, to the relief of Border businesses who pivoted to online sales during the pandemic.
Today is April 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Border operators are still grappling with Australia Post bans on sending perishable products as the federal Opposition slammed the changes, and police continue to run a motorbike safety operation in the North East.
Today is April 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Federation councillor Fred Longmire is baffled how a road in the northern part of the council area has taken precedence for a $2.58 million upgrade over a road in his hometown of Balldale, and a section of Mount Buffalo will be closed to traffic next week as roadworks are undertaken.
Today is April 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a man has been injured in a tractor rollover at a rural property, and Federation Council and community members, young and old, were happy to see the Corowa Aquatic Centre officially open yesterday, after about three decades of intention.
Today is April 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Wodonga councillors are also being urged to support the extension of the Wodonga Gold Cup public holiday, and planned changes to a Beechworth business have been knocked back after a group of residents objected to the proposal.