Tag: News
Wyatt living with rare plight
Wyatt Yeoman spent his first three weeks of life in hospital, struggling to breathe on his own.
A doctor at the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnosed...
Social housing blitz begins
Millions of dollars will be spent building dozens of new homes across Melton and Moorabool under the first $1 billion worth of allocation of...
Arrests target dirt bike danger
Police have arrested two unlicenced dirt bike riders as part of their investigation into groups of riders menacing pedestrians and drivers around Melton and...
Funds to restart Melton’s heart
The heart of Melton will receive a funding boost in a bid to bring shoppers back to businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A...
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Melton rolls out green bins
Property owners and tenants will be offered a green waste bin and second hard waste collection under a shake-up of waste services across the...
Boost to speed up Melton vax rates
A vaccination blitz is underway in Melton as new figures reveal the area has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Australia.
New data...
Vaccination blitz targets hotspots
Lockdown restrictions remain eased in Moorabool despite a growing number of new COVID-19 cases being detected in Bacchus Marsh and other regional areas.
The five...
Owl rescue one for the books
An unexpected visitor has made quite a flap at Melton Library.
Customer service officer Guy Kennedy was shelving magazines at the library recently when he...
New pathway to make a splash
Darley and Maddingley will be linked by a new walking and cycling corridor through Bacchus Marsh as part of the ‘Aqualink’ project.
Aqualink’s proposed 4.5...
Doomed dome demolished
An iconic Ballan home has been demolished to make way for a proposed retirement village.
Built by Tony Clarke on a Denholms Road property in...
Artists band together in tough times
Artists reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are banding together in a bid to share their journey through difficult times.
Bacchus Marsh visual...
Spring into gardens for stunning show
Spring has arrived in spectacular fashion at the Melton Botanic Garden.
A burst of warm weather has coaxed blossom into bloom throughout the garden,...
Melton hit hard by pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound social and economic impact on people living in Melton, according to a new report.
The City of Melton...
Council rates under spotlight
Moorabool council’s process for collecting property rates and other revenue will be under the spotlight with an independent review planned to investigate the process.
Councillors...