Hepburn Shire Council awarded three contracts at its May meeting. The first was for kerbside recycling processing to Cleanaway for a two-year term. This followed a public tender process held in February and March 2026. The second was for the design development stage of the Daylesford Town Hall upgrade project to Lovell Chen, a Melbourne-based […]
Hepburn Shire Council has secured $2.22 million of state government funding for six projects around the shire. The council is contributing $321,000 across all the projects. The funding comes from the government’s Safe Local Roads and Streets Program which provides funding to support infrastructure upgrades that reduce road trauma and improve safety outcomes. The projects […]
If state and federal governments continue to ignore the needs and wants of Hepburn Shire, council and the local government sector would have no choice but to cut additional services and operations in future budgets. This is the warning from Hepburn Shire Council’s Mayor Cr Tony Clark after the draft budget was put on public […]
Hepburn Shire Council’s Community Awards have recognised the valuable contribution of community members and volunteers in the shire. The awards were presented during Volunteer Week. Citizen of the Year went to Daylesford’s Frank Page, Event of the Year went to to art event Radical Fields and was accepted by Glenlyon’s Ryan Kennedy and the Hepburn […]
After listening to the local community and working with Department of Transport & Planning, Hepburn Shire Council is working on a range of road safety and transport improvements across Trentham, with advocacy and planning works underway, and funding secured for upgrades to local roads. A media release said the Department of Transport & Planning had […]
“It’s that time of the year when governments at all levels turn their minds to budgeting. Councillors have been working with officers to compile a budget for 2026/27 and beyond that responds to increasing costs and a tightening economic environment. “Constraints on cashflow mean it won’t be possible to embark on an ambitious capital works […]
The Australian Energy Regulator has approved $2.6 billion to maintain and upgrade AusNet’s electricity distribution network across eastern and northern Victoria, along with $1.6 billion to operate the network over the next five years.
A Hepburn Shire community working group was established five years ago to review the WRL project and assess its potential impacts on the shire’s community.
In December last year, the council concluded its submission to the project hearing process by presenting experts on tourism, agriculture, land values, biodiversity, habitat, mental health and wellbeing, roads and infrastructure, and bushfire risk.
Cr Clark said the council respected the roles of the WRS Advisory Committee and the Minister for Planning in the EES process and would heed any decisions made.
“However, council also expects AusNet, VicGrid and the government to show the same level of respect for the process. Council calls upon the government to make no decision on (the) compulsory acquisition until the EES decision is handed down.”
