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Events that were delivered or funded by the City of Ballarat have generated more than $44 million for the city’s economy in the most recent financial year.

Echo Taskforce detectives have been investigating the shooting of a senior Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang member in Ballarat over the past weekend.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has allocated $15,131.50 in small project grants to support various community groups including Kyneton Agricultural Society, Macedon Ranges Bowling Club, Kyneton and Districts Toy Library, Kerrie Hall, the Kyneton Backyard Growers, and Malmsbury Mail.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has adopted a Draft Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Statement which outlines its commitment to cultural diversity.

Located in the Macedon ranges, Hesket-Kerrie and Newham brigades know that planning and training together is important because emergencies don't respect brigade boundaries.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has received a progress update regarding the ongoing management of the Barrm Birrm area in Riddells Creek.

More than 5000 offences were detected by Victoria Police during Operation Scoreboard over the AFL Grand Final long weekend.

Central Highlands Water and the Hepburn Shire Council joined forces last week to launch a new Choose Tap drinking fountain at Creswick's new Hammon Park Trailhead.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has endorsed the release of its draft Climate Emergency Plan for community consultation.

The Ballarat Animal Shelter has recently celebrated the 3000th animal adopted from the facility.  

The Hepburn Shire Council has in recent days adopted ‘A Home in Hepburn Shire’, which outlines 26 actions on what it now intends do to help meet the many challenges of affordable housing needs shire-wide.

New larger and safer police divisional vans have begun taking to the roads, Victoria Police say.

With the weather warming up over recent days, the CFA has already been called to a number of fires across the state, including an unattended burn off in Spring Hill - between Glenlyon and Woodend.

Going back almost 20 years, Wye River Fire Brigade identified that many of the new houses being built had CFA-dedicated water tanks that were unusable.

A total 65 adults and 11 children have proudly received official Australian citizenship at an Australian Citizenship Ceremony hosted by Moorabool Shire Council Mayor Cr Rod Ward over the weekend.

The Morabool Shire Council welcomed Member for Eureka Michaela Settle to Darley last month to help turn the first sod of the new Aqualink activity nodes project.

A Macedon Ranges Shire Council-led pilot program is working to address one of the Macedon Ranges’ most critical issues, in better supporting mental health in primary school-aged children.

Ministerial approval of a planning scheme amendment means more than 30 sites across the Macedon Ranges Shire will now have new heritage protection.

The Hepburn Shire Council will introduce a weekly kerbside collection of food organics and garden organics (FOGO) for township residents early next year in a move aimed at diverting thousands of tonnes of organic material from landfill

The Hepburn Shire Council has adopted its annual financial statements and performance statement for 2022/23 at its ordinary September meeting in recent days.

Victoria's minister for mental health Gabrielle Williams has announced close to $12 million to upskill the state's mental health workforce and support community-led services.

Reincarnation - hardly… But it is the story of revival of a long-discarded orchid. Some 11 years ago, we inherited several pot-bound cymbidium orchids. At that time, still busily re- establishing our newly acquired garden, I merely removed the dead growth and buried them in “the mosh pit” - a raised compost and peat moss etc-filled bed, under a shady, old rhododendron - destined to be our fernery.

Researching champagne provides an opportunity to explore a rich history, a fascinating production process and, of course, to drink a glass of stars.

Hey there. I’m Bonnie. By name and by nature. I am a three-and-a-half-year-old, tan bloodhound- Rhodesian ridgeback crossbreed girl.