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Super welcome for super-clinic family
MOORABOOL doctor Aparna Nedunuri has lived among Ballan’s rolling cattle pastures and windy plains for two years, learning more about the town each day. Now…
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Cross-country run across the world
ALL roads lead to Malta for Bacchus Marsh cross-country runner Courtney Scott. Five months after telling the Weekly she desperately wanted to compete internationally, her…
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Fire destroys four-wheel-drive
POLICE are seeking information from the public after a four-wheel-drive was set alight between March 11 and 25. The fire was contained to the car’s…
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Mantle Mining ‘transparent, considerate’
MANTLE Mining is drilling on borehole MBM05 on land owned by Genetics Australia, the country’s largest artificial cattle breeding supplier. The company owns a herd…
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Residents afraid mine genie’s escaped
STATE government plans to ramp up a brown coal campaign have fuelled fear among Moorabool residents, with speculation rife that an open-cut mine in Bacchus…
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Ballan on parade
LARGE crowds descended on Ballan for the town’s annual autumn festival on Sunday. Visitors were greeted at Ballan railway station by giant ‘hale bale’ people,…
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No reception puts phone tower on hold
A MOBILE phone tower proposal in Mount Egerton is in limbo due to a lack of information being provided to Moorabool Council and residents. Councillors…
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Bacchus Marsh library’s end a ‘terrible’ story
WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT COMMUNITY groups and heritage workers have slammed Moorabool Council’s decision…
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Worldwide Webber a hit
MOST weekends you’re likely to find Melton’s Gavin Webber, wife Kim and son Ben happily tending to their garden and chickens or baking fresh bread.…
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West to bear brunt of helpline closure
WESTERN suburbs residents will be among the hardest hit by last week’s closure of the state’s only 24-hour mental health advice line. More than a…
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Hairwaves support
MELTON community radio 97.9FM host Wade ‘Jman’ Lester is still accepting donations after shaving his head for this month’s World’s Greatest Shave. He says he…
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Skippers get chance for a licence to thrill
MELTON boat enthusiasts will have a chance next month to get free motor boat and jet-ski licence training. Southern Rural Water and the Transport Department…
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Melton pleads for library cash
MELTON Council has called on the state government to improve funding of library services to help it meet the demands of the shire’s massive population…
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Sex offender to face new charges
A MELTON sex offender who allegedly breached his home detention and was on the run for four days before being arrested in Queensland has appeared…
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New voices spruik road safety
SKYE Hancock says she could have easily lost a friend to dangerous driving. A friend of the Melton teenager crashed while trying to fix the…
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