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Mobile disruption for Riddells Creek
Riddells Creek residents may notice some disruption to Telstra mobile coverage this week, as NBN installs new fixed wireless antennas on Telstra’s 35m high mobile tower located near Sutherlands Road. Telstra regional general manager, Steve Tinker, said the NBN work would require the mobile base station to be turned off while their technicians were working…
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RAAF thanks for a centenarian veteran
A Kyneton resident who was among the first girls in history to be enrolled in the Royal Australian Air Force was last week honoured for her service to the nation during WWII. At age 19, centenarian Margaret Emily Green (nee Selway) was enrolled with 15 other girls at No 1 Recruiting Centre, Queens Street, Melbourne,…
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Future brighter for RM Begg
The future of Kyneton’s beloved not-for-profit RM Begg Aged Care facility now appears more secure thanks to a proposed federal government funding model. The new Australian National Aged Care Classification is due to replace the Aged Care Funding Instrument from October 1, 2022. Adopting the new funding model was one of the key recommendations from…
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Truffle farm build rejected
Building on a small Farm Zone property has been rejected to support what Macedon Ranges Shire Council has described as “de facto hobby farming”. Plans were to build a home in support of a two-hectare truffle orchard and seasonal grazing on 17 hectares in Lauriston. While no permit was required for the farming activities, building…
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Eye-catching issue
Eve Lamb A Castlemaine resident has used public question time at last week’s Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting to raise concerns about the ongoing prevalence of graffiti in the town and wider shire. Retired school teacher, Bill Wiglesworth, has little time for uninvited graffiti in public places and has long been pressing to see it…
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Taproom art supports war-torn Ukraine
Eve Lamb A new art exhibition that’s just gone up at Castlemaine’s Taproom is raising funds to help people impacted by the war in Ukraine. Simply titled 71, this bold, bright showing features large-scale architectural deconstructivist works by well-established Castlemaine artist Phillip Head. “They’re all a play on deconstructing architecture of the same Bendigo building – No…
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Inquiry examines impact of incarceration
The far-reaching benefits of a program providing vital connection between incarcerated parents and their children has been highlighted in a submission to a Legislative Council inquiry. Friends of Castlemaine Library representatives made the submission to the inquiry examining the impact of parental incarceration on children. FOCAL’s submission addressed the positive impacts of its Read-Along Dads/Mums…
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Prioritise safety call
Woodend’s St Ambrose Primary School community is calling for pedestrian safety works to be prioritised in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s draft budget. About 100 people used Walk to School Day as an opportunity to highlight the dangers for students with a lack of safe crossing points in the Woodend school precinct. More than 150 parents…
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MPs back in Labor victory
Local Labor MPs for Bendigo and McEwen have been returned in Labor’s decisive victory at Saturday’s federal election after nine years in opposition. Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters and her McEwen counterpart, Rob Mitchell, were returned for their fourth and fifth terms respectively in an election they say was won on issues of integrity, climate action…
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Shared intelligence and earlier resolutions
Macedon Ranges residents will be better connected to local police through a new state-wide Neighbourhood Policing model. For Gisborne-based Senior Sergeant Amanda Cohen, the grassroots model means better community engagement, shared intelligence and earlier resolutions. “It’s so important for us to engage directly with the community in regional areas. The more we engage, the more…
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Logging disrupted
VicForests’ storm recovery works in the Wombat State Forest are continuing despite temporary disruption from anti-logging protesters last Monday. At Babbington Hill near Lyonville, concerned locals and ecologists halted work in VicForests’ salvage operation. The area is home to the threatened greater glider, which is listed as vulnerable to extinction, and there is concern that…
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Hayden shines on Fox Footy
It has been a whirlwind couple of months for well-known Kyneton local and disability advocate, Hayden Walsh, following the launch of his biography, If I Can, You Can. A recent appearance on Fox Footy’s AFL 360 resulted in a spike in online book sales, earning the book a Number 1 Best Selling status on Amazon Books in the…