Filmmaker wins Moorabool Australia Day award
Steve Tandy has never understood the murky world of crime, drugs and violence, nor why people fall into their thrall … let alone why...
Sessions to help small businesses grow
Learning how to grow a small business, finding and accessing resources, and tapping into local support services will be key topics at a special...
Cap threatens Moorabool council finances
Moorabool Council's financial stability will be 'jeopardised' of it can't raise rates beyond the state government-imposed cap, a meeting heard last week.
The council expects to lose...
New residents welcome to Diggers Rest fun day
People who have recently moved to Diggers Rest are being urged to get in with the crowd during a community day at the town’s...
Melton dance troupe leap to victory
A group of Melton dancers has stepped up to win a national dance competition.
Galactic Dance and Events students – under- 10s, 13s and 15s...
Remembering Ajay to save lives
Ajay Psaila’s memory lives on and his legacy touches thousands of families.
Since his death from a car accident in 2012, annual fundraisers in Ajay’s...
City of Melton in ‘desperate need of new schools’
Almost 650 new classrooms will be needed over the next decade to cater to Melton’s rapidly growing population, new research has warned.
Student numbers in...
Minister slams V/Line, announces free travel
V/Line should have been better prepared to avoid the recent train crisis that brought regional Victoria to its knees, according to state transport minister Jacinta...
Compensation for delayed V/Line passengers
Commuters on the Ballarat line can expect to receive compensation following significant disruptions to V/Line’s services over the past few days.
The state government is...
Fireworks warning
Illegal fireworks continue to trouble emergency service crews in the north-west region, assistant fire chief Gavin Thompson says.
Melton and Moorabool fire brigades attended a...
In for their chop
More than 1500 people are expected to head to the Greendale Country Pub on Australia Day for its annual woodchop competition.
Pub owners Greg and...
Picnic cancelled over security concerns
A community picnic, called to help unite Melton around its Muslim community last Sunday, was called off by police and organisers because anti-Islam groups...
Christmas babies spread the joy
Melton mums Rachel Coulton and Marian Youssef were both rapt with the gifts they received this Christmas.
Both women gave birth at Bacchus Marsh hospital...
Nowhere to play in Bacchus Marsh estate
An online petition calling for a children’s playground in Bacchus Marsh drew 52 signatures of support in its first week.
The petition, created by mother-of-two...
Ballan needs a secondary school
Ballan mother Gabrielle Fidler has vowed to keep fighting for a secondary school in town after Moorabool councillors backed what she called an “outdated”...
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Women’s health research boosted
The state government is bridging the gap with women’s healthcare medical research with new grants.
The $1.5 million Women’s Health Research Catalyst Grants program...
