Building community resilience
A number of local resilience groups have cropped up in the region in recent years and have seen neighbours forming networks and supporting each...
Tractor rollover traps man at New Gisborne
A man was injured in a tractor rollover at New Gisborne yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the property just before 3pm.
Once on scene,...
Local heroes honoured
Eight Gisborne Fire Brigade volunteers who responded to catastrophic bushfires in NSW earlier this year will be formally acknowledged for their significant roles.
The premier...
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...
Dispute to Consumer Affairs
Members of Mount Alexander Animal Welfare have written to Consumer Affairs Victoria airing concerns about the conduct of the organisation's committee.
Their concerns include the...
Market back in Lancefield
After being held at Romsey for the past two months, the popular Lancefield Farmers Market is returning to Lancefield this Saturday, October 24 -...
An ‘act of intellectual reconciliation’
The ancient methods traditional Indigenous cultures used to memorise important information had to work.
They could literally mean the difference between life and death.
Now prolific...
Join the Royal family
Castlemaine's Theatre Royal launched its second annual 'Loyal Royal' membership drive on October 1 and is once again inviting community members to join the...
Platypus numbers good at Malmsbury
Eight platypus - six males and two females - were recorded during a recent trapping survey along the Coliban River at Malmsbury.
All were in...
Chicks go online
It is time to don your favourite frock and floral accessory, switch your computer on and turn up the volume for this year's Chicks...
Western Water fined over spill
Western Water has been slapped with an $8261 fine for an unlicensed discharge of Class B recycled water at Gisborne.
The spill of more than...
