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Soil information system launched
A $15 million project to develop a national soil information system, designed to improve the sustainable management of one of the nation’s most precious...
Powercor issues summer warning
Electricity distributor Powercor is encouraging customers to plan ahead and consider what to do if extreme weather affects power supplies this summer.
Powercor...
Warning to protect against sun damage
To mark the beginning of summer, the Skin Cancer College Australasia is reminding Australians, including those in Melton and Moorabool, to take precautions to...
CSIRO publishes new report
The findings of a new sensor-based platform trial, with the potential to better support older Australians to live in their own home longer, has...
Police investigate fatal crash in Mount Cottrell
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Mount Cottrell on December 4.
It’s believed the vehicle with five occupants inside left Doherty’s Road just after...
Slow approach during busy period advised
People with a disability and their carers in the Melton and Moorabool regions are advised to take extra care of themselves during the festive...
Eagles search for new assistant coach
Yarraville Seddon Eagles women’s coach Peter Lazzaro has big plans for the side for next year’s Western Region Football League division 1 season.
Lazzaro is...
Family brings light
Kurunjang is going to shine bright this December with the return of the Melrome Court light show.
For five years, the Greenland family have...
School is a top sport
Christ the Priest Primary School has finished the year with some top sporting accolades, taking home two medals from the state tennis championships and...
Street smash sparks petition
Jenevra Ravell was in bed with three of her young children when a “crash, bang” disturbed her otherwise “dead quiet” Melton street.
She asked...
Closing the Gap in Melton
The annual Closing the Gap report has found that only two of the seventeen targets aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal Australians are “improving”...
A festival that will go down in history
Kryal Castle played host to the Victorian Medieval Festival over the first weekend of December.
The sunny weather beamed down on glinting knights, cavalry...
Finding the funds to support multicultural youth
Australia’s largest organisation for migrant and refugee youth, the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY), is calling on the re-elected state government to commit to...
Australian measurement system turns 75
Australia's measurement system celebrated a milestone birthday this week.
On Monday, November 28, it was 75 years since Australia join the Metre Treaty, or...
Injury a major cause of Australian hospitalisations
Most injuries – accidental or intentional – are preventable, yet are the major cause of hospitalisation and death in Australia, including in Melton and...
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Purple swamphens relish the rain
On Saturday May 17, Eynesbury Environment Group hosted a bird walk in Melton Botanic Garden.
We host a bird walk on a monthly basis, each...
