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The State Government is getting people back in the game with jobs to support sporting organisations boost participation and promote inclusivity.

ChillOut Festival is thrilled to announce their 2022 programme. Join us from the 10-14th March as the Central Highlands of Victoria will loudly and proudly celebrate the 25th Anniversary of ChillOut Festival. A time for us all to bring our community together after being apart for so long. Whether it’s dancing, tennis or bushwalking shoes you need, dust them off and be a part of what we are planning to be the biggest and best festival yet. Bring all the moves that missed their dancefloor debuts and remember what it feels like to be celebrating what makes us proud of who we are, together as one incredible community, where we shine the brightest.

Irrigators and service providers wanting to better understand recent changes to Goulburn inter-valley trade and Murray delivery shortfall risk this season are being encouraged to sign up to the next Agriculture Victoria irrigation webinar.

The State Government is backing Victorian agricultural food producers to grow exports, build domestic market capability and respond to supply chain risks.

The State Government is helping agricultural and pastoral shows across the state bounce back from the pandemic, and welcome visitors through the gates again.

Macedon Ranges Produce have been named Business of the Year at the 2021 Josh’s Rainbow Eggs Macedon Ranges Business Excellence Awards, also taking out the Champion of Social, Environmental or Sustainability Principles category.

Victoria’s most promising medical researchers will be acknowledged in the 2021 Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research, with nominations open from November 26.

The everyday dangers faced by Victorian roadside workers and first responders are at the centre of a new road safety campaign urging motorists to slow down.

Public hospitals in Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and the Latrobe Valley can resume up to 50 per cent of normal elective surgery from Monday 29 November, as Victoria continues to safely manage COVID-19 hospital admissions.

A group of 21 diverse and passionate young leaders from across Victoria have been selected for the Andrews Labor Government’s fourth Victorian Youth Congress.

Victoria will have 50 aircraft strategically placed across the state over the summer season to assist fighting fires and help keep communities safe.

The Victorian State Government is backing secondary schools across the state to support more students with ambitions to embark on a career in agriculture.

Macedon Ranges Shire Council invites residents to join Dr Rob Gordon for a lunchtime webinar reflecting on the six months since the 9 June storm, and the reactions that people may still be experiencing.

Volunteer committees managing public buildings are set to save thousands of dollars in electricity costs and reduce their carbon footprint thanks to the installation of rooftop solar panels through the Victorian Government’s Solar on Public Buildings (SoPB) Program.

A Precinct Structure Plan for the proposed development of land north of Amess Road will help Council guide future urban growth for the Riddells Creek township.

On Friday 19 November, the annual Ballarat Cycle Classic was launched, and the community challenged to get on board and support cancer research in Ballarat in 2022.

Nine outstanding Victorian teachers have been chosen to lead the State Government’s Teaching Excellence Program – an Australian-first professional learning program at the new Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.

Women leading their communities through disaster, helping address cybercrime and lifting up vulnerable communities are some of the 23 inductees to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women this year.

CRESWICK Ward's Cr Tim Drylie is the latest mayor of Hepburn Shire. Cr Jen Bray, from Birch Ward, is deputy mayor. Cr Drylie said the opportunity to serve the Hepburn Shire community as mayor was an honour and he was "thrilled and humbled".

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Macedon Ranges Shire Council invites residents to join Dr Rob Gordon for a lunchtime webinar reflecting on the six months since the 9 June storm, and the reactions that people may still be experiencing.

New economic modelling shows most regions across Victoria will experience higher economic and jobs growth if Australia transitions to a net-zero economy.

NEW Gisborne’s Wooling Hill Memorial Estate is the venue for this year’s Mount Macedon Realty-Wooling Hill Run, with proceeds going to Kyneton Health’s palliative care program.

World-leading synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks will establish an office in Melbourne, bolstering Victoria’s position as the national leader in mRNA research and manufacturing.