'Tack-on Sunburyisation'
A developer's bid to subdivide a 60-acre parcel of farmland at Kyneton South into 87 residential lots would be a complete overdevelopment of the...
Farm build rights gone?
Landowners in the Macedon Ranges will lose their existing rights to build a dwelling on 40ha or more in the Farm Zone under a...
Wild Things to premiere
Castlemaine's inspirational School Strike 4 Climate youth activists feature as part of a new film, Wild Things, set to make its Victorian premiere at...
Cheeky thief caught yolk-nosed
A cheeky brush-tailed phascogale has been caught yolk-nosed at the centre of a hen house theft in Lauriston.
Property owner Albert Golden said he was...
Paddock talks continue
Macedon Ranges Shire Council will continue negotiations with the state government to sell Hanging Rock's East Paddock despite one councillor's push to abandon the...
Hepburn war on waste
A group of Hepburn Shire residents has begun its own war on waste and is looking for input from the wider community to collaborate...
Keeping watch on Mount Macedon
A new fire observer cabin has been installed on top of Mount Macedon.
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning project officer, Andrew Johnstone, said...
Plans shaping up for Romsey Ecotherapy Park
Detailed design planning for stage 2 of Romsey Ecotherapy Park is under way, with construction scheduled to start next year.
Stage 2 of the master...
Planned burn at Macedon
Forest Fire Management Victoria will conduct a planned burn, weather permitting, at Macedon next week.
The 70.6-hectare burn, at Dixon Road, four kilometres south-west of...
Bushfire preparation begins
Forest Fire Management Victoria continues to prepare the region for the upcoming bushfire season, building on fuel management works conducted throughout the year to...
Environmental journalist turns MC for gliders
By Bron Willis
Gregg Borschmann has had many conversations with editors over his 30-year career as an environmental journalist, but there is one from the...
‘A LICENCE TO POLLUTE’
Coliban Water's planned upgrade of the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant will not be completed in time to prevent further illegal discharges of wastewater to...
