Local News
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Housing's next big challenge
Mount Alexander Shire Accommodation and Respite Group is planning to ramp up work on its second major project ‘A Home of My Own’. After successfully completing construction of its Lions McDonald Hill Respite House in McKenzie Hill in 2016, the group is now ready to tackle their next big challenge – affordable local housing for…
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Housing’s next big challenge
Mount Alexander Shire Accommodation and Respite Group is planning to ramp up work on its second major project ‘A Home of My Own’. After successfully completing construction of its Lions McDonald Hill Respite House in McKenzie Hill in 2016, the group is now ready to tackle their next big challenge – affordable local housing for…
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Anti-vaxxers target region
Anti-vaxxer leaflets landing in letterboxes across the region are spreading dangerous and deliberate falsehoods and should be binned on receipt, McEwen MP Rob Mitchell says. Mr Mitchell said he was alerted to the leaflets last week by constituents in the electorate who said they were disturbed that non-evidence based messages were being distributed. “The leaflet…
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'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 site, local residents say. The land at 85 Harpers Lane is zoned Low Density Residential, paving the way for such a subdivision to occur, but Macedon Ranges Shire Council is still…
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‘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 site, local residents say. The land at 85 Harpers Lane is zoned Low Density Residential, paving the way for such a subdivision to occur, but Macedon Ranges Shire Council is still…
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Is Kyneton lovin' it? Lobby group tells fast-food giant to 'burger off!'
A Kyneton lobby group is spitting chips over plans for fast-food giant McDonalds to lay foundations at their town’s northern gateway in a divisive three-stage development. Protesters say the famed golden arches will impinge on local trade, create a traffic nightmare and rob Kyneton of the country charm that attracts tourism. Objector Kaylene Coulter told…
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Is Kyneton lovin’ it? Lobby group tells fast-food giant to ‘burger off!’
A Kyneton lobby group is spitting chips over plans for fast-food giant McDonalds to lay foundations at their town’s northern gateway in a divisive three-stage development. Protesters say the famed golden arches will impinge on local trade, create a traffic nightmare and rob Kyneton of the country charm that attracts tourism. Objector Kaylene Coulter told…
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Call to "bring gym into current century"
Kyneton residents are pushing for upgrades to the town’s council-run aquatic centre gym to improve the layout and reduce wait times for machines. Gym member Matthew King said the outdated equipment was uninspiring and fellow users supported his appeal for the gym to be “brought into the current century”. “I am so uninspired and unmotivated…
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Call to “bring gym into current century”
Kyneton residents are pushing for upgrades to the town’s council-run aquatic centre gym to improve the layout and reduce wait times for machines. Gym member Matthew King said the outdated equipment was uninspiring and fellow users supported his appeal for the gym to be “brought into the current century”. “I am so uninspired and unmotivated…
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Roo cull climb hits hard
Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network is urging Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas to take the state’s increased kangaroo harvesting kill quota and extra roo meat off the table for Victorians. On Thursday, Ms Thomas announced the Victoria’s Kangaroo Harvesting Program quota in 2021 would increase by 37,780 kangaroos on last year to 95,680. Through this program the…
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Affordable housing model makes conversation starter
Putting home ownership in reach of those who may otherwise never afford it is front and centre at this Thursday evening’s public Community Conversation event in Castlemaine. The conversation is set for 6pm in The Tap Room at The Mill and will primarily focus on the internationally successful Land Trust model as a way to…
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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 state government proposal to protect farmland. It is one of the controversial elements in Planning for Melbourne’s Green Wedges and Agricultural Land Consultation Paper aimed to protect agricultural land within 100km…