Protesting anti-protest laws
Victoria’s anti-protest laws targeting forest protectors were contested through a state-wide survey action for threatened flora and fauna on Saturday.
Pharmacy owners furious over dispensing scheme
Jade JungwirthPharmacy owners across the country have slammed the federal government's new 60-day dispensing scheme, which will enable patients to buy two...
It’s never too late to gain strength
Jade Jungwirth
When someone mentions the word gym, the image of sweaty, muscular men, pumping iron while watching themselves...
‘We can and we must do better’
Actor, comedian and broadcaster, Tom Ballard, will be host and keynote speaker at the invitation of Macedon Ranges Rural Australians for Refugees...
A sensory sanctuary
Lisa DennisCastlemaine will host a new arts festival next month to celebrate neurodiversity.
Neurodiversity is the acceptance and celebration...
Finding peace in wilderness
'First Responders Trek for Health' is a not-for-profit organisation focusing on the physical and mental wellbeing of emergency services personnel.
‘Satellite city’ approved
It's been dubbed a "reincarnation" of a past failure, now "a satellite city", but a revised development plan for Harpers Lane is...
Immortals unveiled in new exhibition
Lisa DennisAn exhibition honouring our World War I diggers was recently unveiled at Maryborough's new-look Central Goldfields Art Gallery.
Testing world-leading technology
Angela Crawford
Kyneton Aero Club is flight testing world-leading Australian-made surveillance technology out of Kyneton Airfield.
Housing in the spotlight
The draft Macedon Ranges Affordable Housing Policy has been released for community consultation before its adoption in June.
‘No uniform existing character in Gisborne’
The applicant behind a development plan for Gisborne's Ross Watt Road has been asked to resubmit a revised version to the Victorian...
‘Unprecedented number of visitors’
Macedon residents impacted by this year’s Autumn Festival visitation crowds have criticised the local council for its management of the event.
