Tag: News
Wedge in balance
By CASEY NEILLGLENFERN Green Wedge’s future remains in the balance after Knox councillors last week rejected plans to subdivide the Upper Ferntree Gully land.
The...
More resources for graffiti removal
By EMMA SUNYARRA Ranges Council will have another graffiti removal vehicle to aid its fight against graffiti.
And it will offer a free removal service...
Tip of the spear
By CASEY NEILLFERNTREE Gully athlete Madeleine Hogan claimed a bronze medal in the F46 javelin at the London Paralympic Games on Sunday.
Positioned fourth after...
Move to save Swinburne
THE Mount Evelyn Environment Protection and Progress Association (MEEPPA) has called on township groups in and out of the Yarra Ranges to save Swinburne...
Standing guard
By EMMA SUNA MONBULK shop owner is crying out for more police following a devastating $50,000 theft that he says was preventable.
The incident at...
Under the microscope
CARDINIA Shire’s high rate of road trauma will see it put under the microscope as part of a new regional study.
The Cardinia Shire and...
Round the clock ambo care
By CASEY NEILLBELGRAVE Ambulance Station now has six new paramedics and is staffed around the clock.
Eastern Victoria Region MP Edward O’Donohue and Gembrook MP...
In step for track
By CASEY NEILLSUNDAY marked 70 years since the battle at the Isurava village on the Kokoda Track began – one of the World War...
Hunt on for hills cats
By CASEY NEILLTHE mystery surrounding the Dandenongs’ big cat sightings could soon be solved, with the State Government last week revealing an investigation was...
Beating fire risk
By EMMA SUNTHE Mount Evelyn CFA has launched its Bushfire Awareness Campaign to raise awareness for fire safety in the coming summer months.
And the...
Bottler of an idea
By CASEY NEILLCLEMATIS environment campaigner Peter Cook has taken his fight for a container deposit scheme to the steps of Parliament.
He coordinated a Spring...
State emergency lobbying
By EMMA SUNEMERALD SES members lobbied deputy premier Peter Ryan during his visit last Monday.
They showed off their plans for a new building...
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CARTOON: Illegal tobacco war
The Victorian Government announced the Tobacco Amendment (Tobacco Retailer and Wholesaler Licensing Scheme) Bill 2024 to ramp up the regulation of the illicit tobacco...
