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Daylesford Records, in collaboration with The Local, is announcing a new art competition to be held under the auspices of the Daylesford Art Show.

A Daylesford resident has asked dog owners and drivers to be more aware of wildlife, after a kangaroo and its joey were found mauled to death on a local property.

Aggressive behaviour towards Hepburn Shire Council staff is on the increase and reaching unprecedented levels.

Locals are being offered the opportunity to become Rainbow Community Angels to enable them to take part in peaceful actions to support community safety at LGBTIQA+ inclusive events with a special training event happening in Kyneton this Saturday.

Hepburn’s Amanda Care is heading off to Scotland to compete in the International Deaf Bowls Championships.

Cats Come To Creswick Art Show, will be held at the Creswick Town Hall from Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1, and raise funds for a new bus for John Curtin Aged Care.

The inaugural Pacific Airshow Gold Coast was a sensory overload. The show sported aerobatic aircraft from the mid-sized two airplanes in one, a super loud Yak 110 and the huge C-130 Hercules through to my favourite, the air ripping F/A-18 Super Hornet’s handling display.

A veteran of the music industry in Australia, Phil Manning has been at the forefront of blues and roots style music for over five decades, first coming to public attention as a member of the now legendary Chain, a rock/blues band of the sixties and seventies, which still performs to this day.

Hepburn Swiss Italian Festa returns in 2023, with a three-day celebration of community, heritage, culture and lifestyle starting Friday, October 27.

The ‘Hydrogen vehicle refuelling infrastructure’ report released by CSIRO and GHD Advisory sets out the opportunities and challenges for refuelling hydrogen-powered road vehicles in Australia.

Several CFA crews attended a hazmat incident in Maddingley near Bacchus Marsh last week.

North West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives have charged a woman following a string of jewellery burglaries across Melbourne’s Northwest.

The CSIRO is offering SMEs the opportunity to participate in a free 10-week virtual program to help advance their R&D idea across growing cyber and digital technology sectors.

Wa Wa Nee was one of the biggest acts to emerge from Australia in the 80s.

Victoria’s fire services are calling on households to keep the safety of their electrical equipment front of mind after a recent clothes dryer fire destroyed a home.

Shaye Topaz was five months pregnant when she was given notice by her landlord. 

Two teenagers were seriously injured and two were on the run following a collision involving a stolen car in Epping last week.

A gaping hole was left in a property when a car crashed through through the walls in recent days.

According to some estimates the Victorian space industry employs 2,300 people across 250 space related businesses, like Lockheed Martin, Marand, Cablex, ESSWeathertech and others.

Long-time Love Police pals Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball Gomez are returning to Australia…and they're playing The Palais, Hepburn.

A group of outer-Melbourne CFA members are preparing to feel the burn when they take on the stair climb challenge next month.

A fire that engulfed a shed in Kyneton's Warren Street earlier this month was successfully contained by the quick actions of more than 30 firefighters.

The Central Goldfields Shire Council's Immunisation team is running free immunisation sessions in Talbot and Dunolly from now until November.

A busy Ballarat intersection became safer this month following the installation of a new roundabout.