The Border Mail Today

Today is October 26, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Victorian gyms owners have welcomed news fitness facilities can reopen to 20 people from Wednesday, saying the closure has taken a toll on the mental health or managers and patrons, and crossing the floor in Australian Parliament is a rare move for MPs, but Helen Haines believes some could be willing to do so when it comes to debating her federal integrity commission bill.

Today is October 23, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a $192 million NSW government funding package to address issued raised by the state's bushfire inquiry will include $2.5 million to fix the "fires near me" mobile app that caused confusion on the Border this summer, and a Baranduda catholic school will receive a $5 million upgrade thanks to an injection of state government cash.

Today is October 22, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the need for an extra $6-7 million in funding for ongoing maintenance of the upgraded North East rail line still has not been resolved, 18 months after the issue was first revealed at Senate Estimates, and a group is being launched next month to fight for a new regional aquatics centre to be built in Albury.

Today is October 21, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, NSW Health won't say what it's assessing in determining when the Victorian border will re-open, and after the major communication issues in the Green Valley fire, Greater Hume Council is considering using a grant to buy satellite phones for RFS brigades.

Today is October 20, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a man has been killed while dirt bike riding in a north east national park at the weekend, and restrictions on Albury hospitality businesses will ease further in time for this weekend's AFL and NRL grand finals.

Today is October 19, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, more restrictions have been eased in regional Victoria as of 11.59pm last night, and opposition MP Tim McCurdy is at ease with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews letting Melbourne residents come to the North East to do fire and flood prevention work on their land.

Today is October 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Shepparton remains in the border bubble despite the fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the city, and Northeast Health Wangaratta and Albury Wodonga Health staff have been deployed to support the testing blitz in Shepparton.

Today is October 15, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, concerns about COVID-19 spreading to regional Victoria have been compounded by news a truck driver who caused the Kilmore cluster didn't tell DHHS he visited Shepparton, and a Lavington home has been extensively damaged by flames, smoke and heat after a fire in a bedroom.

Today is October 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the incoming Wodonga Council is in for a brutal shock when the full economic hit from COVID-19 finally emerges, and police continue to investigate a two-car crash which left a Ford wedged inside the grounds of a nursing home.

Today is October 13, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has conceded the lofty benchmarks on the government's road map out of restrictions are almost impossible to meet with more relief for regional areas almost certain to be revealed on Sunday, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has revealed she was in a personal relationship with former Wagga MP Daryl Maguire.