The Border Mail Today

Today is September 28, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, residents in virus-free regional areas including the North East could be still wearing masks at Christmas, with the Victorian government beefing up rules around face coverings, and North East Victoria could host a major road cycling event that has left Europe only three times.

Today is September 25, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, laundry work for border accommodation houses and hospitals will no longer be done on an industrial scale in North Albury, and Rutherglen's cricket stars will soon be enjoying new facilities, with the council being awarded a $100,000 grant to revamp the nets.

Today is September 24, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, NSW will shortly amend its public health orders to include the agricultural workers code and ensure an upcoming bumper harvest in the state can come to fruition, and Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees wants to see his entire local government area included in the next round of changes to the border region map.

Today is September 23, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, WODONGA councillor Libby Hall believes the acceptance of the highest bid for a block of industrial land at Bandiana would have helped allay concerns Killara residents had about ongoing noise complaints in the area, and Border residents have been warned to expect delays along the Hume Freeway when Regional Roads Victoria undertakes essential bridge works next week.

Today is September 22, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Benalla residents want the Australian Rail Track Corporation to throw out plans to build a new railway overpass double the height and size of the existing structure for its Inland Rail project, and North East student holiday hubs are rapt the Victorian government has allowed school camps to resume in the last term of the year.

Today is September 21, 2020and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, an estimated $5 million in wages will leave the Border economy through job losses at Wahgunyah's Uncle Tobys factory, and COVID-19 has prompted the Victorian Electoral Commission to stage draws in private, without candidates, the public or media attending.

Today is September 18, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Albury residents planning a school holiday getaway in the Victorian high country have hit a roadblock with Tawonga South, Harrietville and Porepunkah being excluded from the revised border region area, and Lutheran Aged Care's Dellacourt facility is set to receive a multi-million dollar facelift, in what the managing director describes as a "positive step" for aged care on the Border.

Today is September 17, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has left long-suffering border region residents hanging for another day on the ability to freely move either side of the Murray River, and policing the "ring of steel" between metropolitan and regional Victoria has been beefed up with Melbourne residents to be slapped with a $4957 fine if found to be illegally escaping the city limits.

Today is September 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, plans for Wodonga's CBD West development site have been revealed for the first time, dubbed "The Quarter Wodonga", and Wodonga hospitality businesses are embracing the minor concessions granted to them from Premier Daniel Andrews to re-open with indoor dining following a second COVID-related lockdown.

Today is September 15, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Northern Victoria MP Tania Maxwell MP is calling for tougher checkpoints for Melburnians leaving on public transport, and Wodonga TAFE will receive more than $2.7 million to modernise and upgrade learning spaces and facilities, as part of a funding package announced by the Victorian government.