The Border Mail Today

Today is February 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Helen Haines has joined the federal MPs condemning Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly over his "heinous" spreading of misinformation about COVID-19, and Albury Wodonga Health has purchased a storage unit capable of keeping the Pfizer vaccine at -70 degrees as preparations get underway for the first distribution.

Today is February 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Lincoln Causeway businesses were "economically crippled" by the border checkpoint causing a 90 per cent reduction in turnover, member for Northern Victoria Wendy Lovell told Parliament on Tuesday, and a Bright woman has been hospitalised after crashing into a tree and a fence.

Today is February 2, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Service Victoria and DHHS continues to process 11.4 permits a minute under Victoria's new traffic light travel permit systems, and Bill Tilley will return to parliament on Tuesday for the first time since March after missing the last three sitting weeks in 2020 while on leave to address his mental health.

Today is February 1, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, two years after lessees at Bogong Village learned popular holiday accommodation would be forced to stop, AGL's plans for the site are no clearer, and the checkpoints along the border between NSW and Victoria have been dismantled, but police will remain in the area spot-checking vehicles for permits and identification.

Today is January 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, a man has died in his driveway after he became trapped under a car at a home in Junee on Thursday morning, and four North East timber companies will benefit from major upgrades announced as part of a bushfire recovery program.

Today is January 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, Wodonga will host a COVID-19 vaccination hub, with Border residents eligible to receive the jab as early as March, and the $12 million Harris Farm Markets Albury store will officially open on Friday.

Today is January 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, emergency services were on the scene of a challenging high angle rescue at Stanley on Tuesday and it is a "generosity of spirit and tireless work" for the community which saw Vivian Spilva named the 2021 Federation Citizen of the Year at Urana's Australia Day ceremony.

Today is January 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, an Albury art exhibition's power to help transform the way we view and care for the land has been recognised with a funding boost and national tour ending at Canberra's National Museum, and vandals have broken an historic sundial that was placed in the Albury Botanic Gardens to commemorate the centenary of the Mates Department Store.

Today is January 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, two people have been hospitalised following a jet ski incident on Lake Hume, and a vehicle has been destroyed by fire in Albury.

Today is January 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Border Mail. In today’s update, one Wangaratta hotel has had 50 customers book with the intention of using regional travel vouchers, which have again been snapped up online, and a property developer is hopeful of starting work on a large derelict site that has sat idle for years by June.