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Diggers Rest Primary School unites for harmony
Diggers Rest Primary School was recently a colourful spectacle as students paraded through the grounds wearing traditional attire from around the world. The occasion was…
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’Terrifying’ road behaviour caught during Operation Nexus
A man who was allegedly drunk and speeding with children in the car was one of 216 driving offences detected in Melton and Moorabool as…
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Creating bright VCE STAAs
Melton’s African Youth Initiative (AYI) has launched a new program to help young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds develop the tools they need…
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Vintage cars drive auction
A working 100 year-old Dodge is one of about half-a-dozen vintage cars about to go to auction in Diggers Rest. M.E Auctions is organising the…
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My Place
Kamal Arora is a Kurunjang resident who, outside his full-time work in records management, volunteers for Sri Durga Temple in Deanside and volunteers for an…
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Melton SES ’busiest in state’ during storm
The Melton unit of the Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) was the busiest in the state as storms swept through Victoria on Easter Monday. More…
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One year of Diggers’ Dreams
Diggers Rest advocacy group Dream launched publicly 12 months ago, and member John Verdon said it’s been a “big year” for the group, but also…
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Rockbank growth rockets
The Rockbank-Mount Cottrell area has been declared the fastest growing region in the country for the second year running by the Australian Bureau of Statistics…
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Life-changing scholarships
Four students from the west have been awarded life-changing Harding Miller Education Foundation scholarships. The Harding Miller Education Foundation provides high-achieving young Australian women experiencing…
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Investing in growing suburbs
Melton council has been announced as one of eight local government areas to receive a share in $9 million from the state government’s Growing Suburbs…
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Regulator releases draft decision on Greater Western Water’s pricing
Water bills may raise slightly for tenants and decrease for home owners in Moorabool and most of Melton if an Essential Services Commission (ESC) draft…
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Caution of camping near trees
With the Easter and school holidays upon us and many families heading on camping trips, Kidsafe Victoria is reminding Melton and Moorabool residents about the…
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Reading challenge back again
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is up and running for another year, as premier Jacinta Allan urges kids to get their head in the books. “From…
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SES getting travellers through long trips
VICSES volunteers are encouraging motorists to break up their travels at Driver Reviver pop-up sites across the state this Easter long-weekend, in a concerted effort…
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Mother of the year award nominations are open
Nominations have now opened for the inaugural Y Victorian Mother of the Year award. The Y Victoria initiative celebrates the contribution mums make every day,…
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