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.