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Lay down your guns
The federal government and Crime Stoppers have launched a National Illicit Firearms Campaign to remove illegal guns from the community. The three-month campaign encourages people to anonymously share what they know about illegal guns and to surrender those in their possession. “Illegal guns are more likely to be used in crime, more likely to be…
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Volunteers bring rainbow love
Do you love dogs and people and all things rainbow? The organisers of Puppy Pride 2022 are looking for a team of volunteers for this inaugural event to celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community and their pooches with a day out at the Kyneton Botanical Gardens. As part of the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival, which runs from…
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Nudge kids to eat well
All kids deserve access to healthy and delicious food in places where they learn and play. Vic Kids Eat Well is an exciting new state-wide movement focused on boosting healthy food and drink options in the places kids spend their time, including schools, outside school hours care, sports clubs, recreation facilities, council-operated facilities and more.…
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Don’t wait for warning
Victorians waiting on bushfire warnings could be leaving it too late to act, the Country Fire Authority has warned. More than half of Victorians living in high-risk bushfire areas believe they will definitely get an official warning if under fire threat, according to CFA’s Bushfire Community Survey. It also showed more than a third expected…
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Swing by the shed
The Woodend community will get the chance to see exactly what goes on inside the walls of the Woodend Men’s Shed when it hosts an Open Day this Saturday. Shed members have completed another year of productive activity despite the difficulties and interruptions imposed by COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. During the course of 2021, the…
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Whistle while you woodwork
Kyneton Men’s Shed has relaunched women’s woodwork classes and they’re already proving popular through bookings. The classes are held every Tuesday over seven weeks and teach the participants the basics of woodwork. Participants each finish the course with a completed tool or garden equipment carrier that utilises all the elementary hand tools and battery-operated power…
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Correcting anomalies
Mount Alexander Shire Council is aiming to correct errors and anomalies as it undertakes an amendment to its planning scheme. The council late last week issued a statement confirming it was currently undertaking an amendment to Mount Alexander Planning Scheme seeking to correct errors and anomalies within the scheme associated with zoning, overlay mapping and…
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Save calls for emergency
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put pressure on health services, Ambulance Victoria is urging people to save Triple Zero calls for emergencies only. Between October and December, a total of 45,087 callers state-wide to Triple Zero did not need an emergency ambulance and were instead connected by paramedics and nurses in the Secondary Triage…
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Trees take root at Bassett Creek
Works to restore Bassett Creek have ramped up with a further 500 trees to take root. Back in 2014, the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group began work to restore the tributary of Muckleford Creek. The group wanted to improve the biodiversity and habitat in the area. They worked with a local farmer to plant shrubs and…
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Literary lunch to launch festival
The Mountain Writers Festival will hold its first event – a lunch in Macedon featuring Victorian writers – on Saturday March 26. This literary feast brings together esteemed writers Tony Birch, Evelyn Araluen, Tom Griffiths and Sophie Cunningham. “We’re thrilled to finally be able to stage our first event,” said festival director, local author Sonia…
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A family effort
The Kyneton Agricultural Society has honoured president and long-serving committee member, Vince Lakey, with life membership. Mr Lakey was an incredibly hard worker and a passionate advocate for the show in his 14 years on the committee, becoming president in 2019. Society secretary, Josephine Rutledge, said the life membership also recognised the efforts of the…
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Test cameras for Calder
New point-to-point speed cameras are being installed along the Calder Freeway as part of a multi-year trial of new road safety camera technology. The cameras are test cameras only, designed to trial the benefits of emerging P2P technology from a range of camera suppliers, and no infringements will be issued. A spokesperson from the Department…