About The Mallee
Every community deserves to know what its government is doing, in language it can actually understand.
What we do
The Mallee is an automated regional news aggregator covering north-west Victoria. We monitor public records, government websites, and official notices from five councils and dozens of government agencies — then publish them here in one searchable place, with plain-language context where it helps.
The Mallee covers the communities of Mildura, Swan Hill, Kerang, Ouyen, Robinvale, Sea Lake, Warracknabeal, and the surrounding towns across five local government areas.
We are not a newsroom. We republish government, council and court announcements in plain language. Our MP media releases, opinion columns and interviews are republished verbatim from their authors, and the views expressed are those authors' own — not The Mallee's. Every article links back to its original source so you can read the full context and verify it yourself.
Some articles may be lightly summarised or given added background context using AI. The original source is always linked so you can read it in full.
By the numbers
What we cover
Councils
Sources
All content is sourced from public records, official government websites, and politicians' own channels. We scrape, aggregate, and publish with full attribution. MP releases, opinion columns and interviews are republished verbatim and reflect their authors' views.
How it works
Automated scripts monitor government websites, court lists, road closure feeds, and council portals for new content.
Articles are parsed, tagged by category and location, and written as structured JSON files.
A static site is generated and deployed, making all content searchable and accessible without requiring a live database.
Suggest an improvement
Know of a source we should be covering? Found a bug? Have an idea for a new feature? Email [email protected].