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Hepburn Shire Council is hosting free school holiday activities that are creative, hands-on and packed with fun. Sign your child up to a free session to discover the magic of animation and model-making at Hepburn Libraries these school holidays.

An additional $400,000 is now available through the Look Over the Farm Gate program to support farmers in drought and bushfire recovery.

Worms and scours can be a significant problem in weaners and lambing ewes with the limited feed and cold stress of winter.

The state government is making public transport easier to use, with tap and go expanding to trams.

Every child, no matter their postcode, deserves a world-class public education close to home. 

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has called for a three-month extension of the fuel excise relief and pause on heavy vehicle road user charges, that lapse on 30 June, which risk triggering another round of housing materials cost increases.

Crime has dropped across Victoria thanks to tough laws.

Private livestock veterinarians across Victoria have benefited from recent animal disease investigation (ADI) courses led by Agriculture Victoria.

Agriculture Victoria has released a new edition of Making cent$ of carbon and emissions on-farm, a practical booklet to help producers manage emissions while improving farm efficiency.

Victoria’s veterans have given so much to our country. Minister Suleyman opened applications for two veterans’ grants programs today.

Victorians are being urged to remain alert after the H5 strain of high pathogenicity avian influenza (H5 bird flu) was detected in a migratory seabird in Western Australia.

The state government is backing country football and netball clubs with sporting upgrades to keep players on the field.

Vibrant open public spaces help bring communities together and parks are being upgraded across Victoria.

I love being a journo but sometimes reporting is hard work. And hard to do properly. And especially hard to do as an independent publisher with not a lot of financial backing.

Rajdhani Express Runs between Delhi and Varinasi in India

When Melbourne sneezes, the regions get a cold, although the opposite could be said during the pandemic, as Melbourne sneezed and folks decided to flock to the country.

Xani Kolac is a violinist, composer, and improviser redefining what the electric violin can do in contemporary and improvised music.

Central Highlands songwriter Glenn Musto will present a special afternoon performance at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham, blending live music, storytelling and reflections gathered across more than 30 years of songwriting, touring and creative life later this month.

Three Pig and Whistle hotels The exact origins of the name ‘Pig and Whistle’ remain a mystery, but the internet can offer a couple of explanations to ‘wet your whistle’.

Ivan Carter grew up in "the foggy forested hills of Drummond", where his parents built a mudbrick house in the 1970s. The area, which was a lovely place to begin life and explore the landscape, recently gave him the inspiration to produce his first album, Shine. He chatted with Donna Kelly.