The Border Mail Today

Today is October 12, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the future home of Bandiana Primary School remains clouded as the Australian Department of Defence presses ahead with plans to use the site for other purposes, and four new police recruits are set to start work in the Albury region.

Today is October 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, more than 100 southern Riverina businesses have had their applications for border assistance grants rejected by the NSW government because of a Victorian link, and mobile coronavirus testing is continuing across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District, despite there being no active cases in the region.

Today is October 8, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a flood watch is in place for the North East as up to 120 millimetres of rain is expected in the next 48 hours, and a COVID-19 testing centre has been set up at Benalla in a bid to stop the Kilmore cluster from spreading further into the North-East.

Today is October 7, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, corruption inquiry has heard former Wagga MP Daryl Maguire supplied the NSW Premier's private email address to a wealthy friend in order to lobby for road and land zone changes that would allegedly have benefited both of them, and Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Jindera Sportsgrounds will undergo a combined $1.5-million upgrade over the off-season.

Today is October 6, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a final section of railway track duplication to service Ettamogah Rail Hub will be completed early next year after a $2.6 million federal government funding boost, and a man has escaped from his burning house before the property was engulfed by fire.

Today is October 5, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the member for Indi says staying in the Mount Buffalo Chalet should be part of a "comprehensive plan" to restore the guesthouse, and SES members have received a boost ahead of an increased risk of flooding in the North East with a new boat.

Today is October 2, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, three million dollars to fund restoration works at the Mount Buffalo Chalet has brought hope all levels of government will work on the icon's revival, and sewage samples are now being tested for traces of COVID-19 on both sides of the border.

Today is October 1, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Albury mayor Kevin Mack's hopes of a border reopening in October seem unlikely, with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian tying changes to restrictions being lifted on Melbourne, and Upper Murray league clubs have almost unanimously rejected a proposal to merge and join the Tallangatta and District league.

Today is September 30, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, the mayor of Albury wants checkpoints gone on the NSW-Victorian border by the end of next month, and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is refusing to bow to pressure and ease rules around mask wearing despite a leading infectious diseases specialist casting doubt on their true value in the fight against COVID-19.

Today is September 29, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Indi MP Helen Haines is hopeful the North East will share in $250 million worth of federal tourism funding, and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has dismissed criticisms from Benambra MP Bill Tilley about the ongoing requirement to wear masks in certain settings in regional Victoria.