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Applications for the Bob Hawke Landcare Award are now open with nominations accepted up until December 31 this year.

One of Victoria's favourite events for all women in agriculture returns this month.

The state government says it is helping young Victorians navigate important aspects of life with an online platform that is fun to use and includes information about a range of topics. 

Agriculture Victoria is encouraging farmers to take up ongoing support and assistance to help manage current difficult seasonal conditions.

The state government is supporting Victoria’s vibrant calendar of multicultural festivals and events, with more funding now available through the Multicultural Festivals and Events Program (MFE).

Trentham Primary School is receiving a boost to essential maintenance projects, after it was allocated more than $405,000 under a state government program.

The days are growing warmer and the time has once again arrived to start keeping a watch out for snakes the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) says.

The CFA’s District 15 recently held a successful showcase of its resources and capabilities at the Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre (VEMTC) in Ballan on Friday 13 September.

There were 552,228 criminal offences recorded in Victoria in the twelve months to June 2024 representing an increase of 46,014 offences or 9.1%, the state's newly released crime data shows.

Ballarat Highway Patrol officers remain keen to hear from witnesses as they continue investigating the critical injury collision that occurred in Burrumbeet last Wednesday afternoon.

Glen Heyne is the eldest fourth-generation member of Adelaide’s leading nursery, where he worked until his two younger brothers finished school.

Victoria's 40-year-old Freedom of Information laws are outdated and no longer able to cope with the demand on the system, a new report has found.

Ballarat's Regent Cinemas will reopen under new ownership from this Thursday, October 3.

The 2024 Hepburn Swiss Italian Festa is looking for amicis - or friends.

A man has been charged after he was allegedly caught driving with a disqualified licence and over the legal limit in Kyneton last week.

The Hepburn Shire Council has resolved to pause the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve Masterplan project that addresses the location of the pavilion at the reserve.

The cat is now out of the bag. TL HQ (AKA The Old Glenlyon Primary School) is on the market with rumours and speculation whirring about the future of The Local. (It's all good...)

Hmmm. So Dan Murphy's is appealing a Victorian Liquor Commission decision and still trying to open a store in Daylesford.

"Didn’t you do this already?" has been a comment from some curious locals, regarding the second season of The Vessel and Until Then, says writer Dawn Bamforth.

The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, in its annual Feast of Music, produced an outstanding four concert program in the Daylesford Town Hall from September 13-15.

A vacancy had existed at Christ Church Daylesford since the departure of the  incumbent, Fr Neil Fitzgerald, to the Parish of Woodend in March.

Redesdale plays host to three private country garden openings for Open Gardens Victoria on the weekend of October 19-20.

The Watershed Springband has been added to the bill of the Ballarat leg of the iconic Out On The Weekend, an Americana, all things alt country and roots celebration, festival.

Clunes-based Prue Simmons is a zoologist turned SAORI weaver who revels in colour and in this meditative form of creativity. Having discovered this beautiful form of Japanese weaving whilst exploring the mountains of Japan in 2007, Prue was instantly hooked...