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Numbats must eat 20,000 termites a day, but warmer days might make that impossible

New research shows numbats are overheating in high summer temperatures, and scientists suggest climate change could make things worse.
A numbat standing in a sun beam in a cracked hollow log, part of the log is like a veranda over it

Not everyone on the Murray River believes the floods are natural 'disaster'

These philosophical Murray River residents have been isolated by rising waters, but say floods are to be expected and are necessary for the environment.
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Ongoing flooding turns farming hamlet into community of islands

'A devastating year': North-west Victoria records lowest-ever rainfall totals

With the previous record low smashed, farmers in parts of the parched Mallee and Millewa regions have experienced back-to-back failed harvests.
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Sand building up along a fence in the Millewa.

Cold case probe into teen found with hands chained behind back, weighed down in NSW river

The death of a teenager whose body was found chained and weighed down in the Murray River 30 years ago will be reviewed by police.
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Inquest fails to reveal contractor's killer

A New South Wales coroner has delivered an open finding into the 2009 murder of an Indian contractor near Mildura in north-west Victoria.
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Murder inquest hears of marriage snub

An inquest has heard an Indian man who was murdered two years ago near Mildura, in north-west Victoria, had been upset about his relationship with his girlfriend in the week before his death.
Missing: Pardeep Kumar

Inquest hears potential motives for contractor slaying

An inquest has been told police have investigated several possible motives for the murder of an Indian labour contractor near Mildura, in north-west Victoria, two years ago.
Missing: Pardeep Kumar

Inquest begins into contractor's death

A coroner will begin hearing evidence today over the unsolved death of an Indian man near Mildura, in north-west Victoria, two years ago.
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Missing: Pardeep Kumar

Police seek information on death of Indian contractor

Police have announced a $100,000 reward for information about the death of an Indian man near Mildura, in north-western Victoria, two years ago.
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Missing: Pardeep Kumar

Spur-throated locusts in Mildura

Just when you thought you'd heard the end of the locusts, another species is now causing havoc around Mildura, in the state's north-west.
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Spur throated locust sits on an orange

Police probe Indian fruit-picker's murder

Police are appealing for information on the murder of Indian national Pardeep Kumar, whose body was found at Monak in October last year.
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Pardeep Kumar

Man charged over fatal crash

A man has been charged over a fatal car crash in south-western New South Wales at the weekend.
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No time frame for identifying Monak body

Detectives say they are uncertain how long it will take to identify the body of a man found near Mildura more than a week ago.
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Task force investigates body find

A special police task force has been formed to investigate the discovery of a man's body at Monak, near Mildura, last week.
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Searches conducted after body found

Police and emergency services volunteers have carried out line searches in the area where a man's body was found near Mildura on Tuesday.
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Body thought to be missing businessman

NSW Police believe they have found the body of a 33-year-old Mildura man who has been missing for two weeks.
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Missing: Pardeep Kumar

Man dies in Sturt Hwy crash

A man was killed in a car crash in south-west New South Wales yesterday.
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Wentworth council to consider more housing plans

Another 200 lot subdivision is being proposed for the New South Wales side of Sunraysia.
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