Safety bid to cut deaths on Victorian country roads
Country Victorians are three times more likely to be killed on the roads than city drivers and 40 per cent more likely to be...
Bacchus Marsh Golf Club gals are pink to a tee
Bacchus Marsh Golf Club was aglow in pink last week in support of breast cancer research and the McGrath Foundation.
Golfers either wore pink or...
Mondays are play days for these Little Diggers
Monday’s are a day to look forward to for the youngest residents of Diggers Rest, and their families – it’s play day.
Every Monday morning...
State election: Moorabool’s poll challenge
Moorabool council is calling on candidates, MPs and ministers standing in the state election to “show their hand” and pledge their commitment to fund...
Melton council backs commission’s anti-hate pitch
Melton council is calling on its community to “take a stand against hate”.
In response to a wave of racial vilification and discrimination that has...
Melton South teenager held over carjacking, robberies; hunt for 2 others
A 16-year-old Melton South teenager has been arrested and remanded in custody allegedly over a wave of carjacking and armed robberies across western suburbs...
State election: West needs same as east side, says Melton candidate
The forgotten west … at least that’s how Voice for the West candidate for Melton, Monika Thomas, dubs Melbourne’s fast-growing western suburbs.
“Melton council records...
Future is present focus for leaders in Moorabool
A new Moorabool program aims to bring the leaders of tomorrow to the fore.
The community leadership program was launched this month with 20 people...
Ghost of Gallipoli tribute in Toolern Vale needs a home
The Ghost of Gallipoli stands tall, head high, just as did the Anzac soldiers who stood by their mates 100 years ago.
Toolern Vale blacksmith...
Bacchus Marsh Scouts celebrate boost
A $3000 grant awarded to the Bacchus Marsh Scouts group will be used to help create a harmonious multicultural community, says group leader Dougal...
Lights, funding, action at Mt Carberry Recreation Reserve
Melton’s Mt Carberry Recreation Reserve is set to become brighter following a $100,000 pledge from the state government to help buy floodlights.
The lights will...
Kurunjang: Ashes of three stillborn children stolen
Kurunjang parents are pleading with burglars to return the ashes of their three stillborn children.
Mark and Joanne Valiukas came back to a ransacked home...
Melton, Moorabool welcome cash to help stop violence
Melton and Moorabool councils have welcomed the state government’s decision to provide $200,000 to the Municipal Association of Victoria to help prevent violence against...
Melton jobs row over East West Link construction
Melton has become the new front in a political battle over the East West Link, even though it’s nowhere near us.
Premier Denis Napthine announced...
Maddingley depot bid stalls at Moorabool council
An application to use and develop land in Maddingley for an agricultural transport depot has stalled, with councillors unable to reach a decision at...
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New watchdog in building industry reforms
Victoria could have a new watchdog overseeing builders and plumbers if legislation introduced by the state government this week becomes law.
The bill to reform...
