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Hepburn Shire Council launched the Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan last Friday, July 11 at the Hepburn Pavilion.

With a remarkable line-up of local and visiting authors, and supported by a dedicated team of volunteers, tickets for Words in Winter 2025 are now available - and if last year is anything to go by, tickets (many free or low cost) will be snapped up in no time.

Blue-tongue lizards In the cooler months of the year lizards such as the blue-tongue, often disappear from view.

Trentham Words in Winter is celebrating its 21st year in 2025.

Four years ago, the Victorian Government accepted VEAC’s recommendations to create new national parks in Wombat-Lerderderg, Mount Buangor, and the Pyrenees. Yet we are still waiting.

The Local's Block Watch is having a break this edition but there's a party happening soon - and we have been invited.

Hepburn Shire Council recently approved a dynamic Arts and Culture Strategy. Why did we spend this money for a consultant? It was full of wonderful hopes for our community.

Ray was an intensely private man and lived his life on his terms. He saw a lot of changes in the country and in the world during this time.

Victorians who failed to vote in last year's council elections will start receiving penalty-reminder notices, which carry a fee of $29.20 in addition to the original $99 fine.

Victoria Park's soccer field has received $269,780 for the installation of lighting infrastructure to provide 100-lux lighting for the 2026 season.

Trentham Rail and Tramway Association has received $2429 from the state government to help capture, preserve and share the unique stories and histories of Victoria.

Results from the 2025 Satisfaction Survey for Hepburn Shire have been released. And in the words of Mick Jagger, the community still can't get no satisfaction.

Australia is suffering a crisis in aged care and Hepburn Shire is not exempt. Here are just a few of the people and their lives. Below are the responses and perhaps some good news.

The Wombat Forest community recently joined with Extinction Rebellion to draw attention to what it says is environmentally damaging salvage logging in Wombat State Forest.

Hepburn Community Wind Park Co-operative has been funded through the Community Electrification Engagement Program to run a localised energy literacy program, educating households on the benefits of replacing gas appliances with efficient electric alternatives.

Building work at a new Early Learning Centre in Clunes is now underway – with Ripon MP Martha Haylett recently turning the first sod.

The Creswick Pavilion Arts Trail 2025 kicks off this weekend. The trail is a curated weekend event, beginning with an opening night for artists to gather as a creative cohort.

The Mechanics Trentham was filled with more than 150 people late last month to celebrate the launch of the new history book, Trentham: an incomplete history.

The state government is focused on what matters most – helping families drive down their energy bills with cheap, clean renewable energy.

Agriculture Victoria’s online farm water calculator has been a reliable tool for land managers to keep an eye on their farm water supplies.

An extra 100 Code 1 cases each day since April has prompted an urgent call to action from Ambulance Victoria (AV) for help to save paramedics and ambulances for the sickest patients.

Farmers from livestock and grain businesses are encouraged to attend 2-day adaptive farming workshops in western and northern Victoria this winter.

The state government is helping Victorian renters and landlords across Macedon resolve simple disputes – fast, fair and free.

The state government’s renting taskforce has returned to Melbourne’s south-east to ensure landlords are complying with their legal requirements and that properties are up to scratch.