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Recruiting kicks off for annual power apprentice program
Recruitment for one of Victoria’s most sought-after apprenticeships has opened and applicants looking for a ‘high voltage’ career like no other are being encouraged to apply. Electricity distributor CitiPower and Powercor are looking to fill 15 new apprentice roles based at Ballarat, Bendigo, Horsham, Kyneton, Cobram, Maryborough, Ardeer and Burnley. The roles include line workers,…
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NEW FREEDOMS WITH FIRST DOSE TARGET REACHED TOMORROW
Thanks to the incredible efforts of the community, Victoria will hit its 70 per cent first dose vaccination target tomorrow – becoming the second state in Australia to do so. With this milestone, new freedoms can take effect – but emerging risks must be addressed and Victorians need to keep the momentum going to hit…
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Maya Rose to launch new single
Castlemaine R&B singer-songwriter Maya Rose says ‘Enough is enough’ in her new gender inequality single Mind the Gap to be officially released on this Friday September 17. Mind the Gap is a powerful anthem supporting current global women’s movements. The 22-year-old delivers the story of her experience as a female musician with a mature depth in her smooth…
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Artists shortlisted in national prize
Four local artists, Catherine Tait, Dawn Duncan-Smith, Bruce Taylor and Greg Mallyon, are among the finalists in the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize. Experts from across Australia’s art industry selected 121 finalists from a tremendous field of more than 1000 submissions in the prize. Artists from all over the country entered the new competition,…
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Foster carers needed
During Foster Care Week (September 12-18) leading child welfare organisation Anglicare Victoria is shining a spotlight on the urgent need for more foster carers across the state and the great reasons why people should give foster caring a go. Here in the north central region there is a critical shortage of carers, which means many…
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Love and light for Lauren
The Castlemaine community was devastated by the loss of young Newstead mum Lauren Bright to cancer on September 3. Lauren leaves behind her devoted husband Jamie to raise their two young children Bailey, 7, and Jade, 2. Many locals knew Lauren through her involvement with the Newstead Football Netball Club where she was a tireless…
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Dog owner unleashes
A Kyneton dog owner is calling on other dog owners to be more responsible for their pets when walking them off lead. Clive Rutter says that every time he takes his dog for a walk on lead, he is rushed at by off-leash dogs during the permitted 7.30-10am off-leash period on the Campaspe River Walk…
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The true cost of caring
Kris Rawlinson gave up a successful career to care for her husband Neal Furze when he had both legs and most of his fingers amputated after falling ill on AFL Grand Final Day in 2017. Diagnosed with sepsis, a dangerous blood infection, Neal spent 17 days in an induced coma at the Royal Melbourne Hospital,…
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Meet … the orchard keepers
A poet, an engineer, a nutritionist and a filmmaker walk into an orchard… The result is The Orchard Keepers – the newest kids on the block at Harcourt’s Organic Farming Co-Operative. Over the past few weeks The Orchard Keepers – aka Terry Eyssens, Yoann Le Guen, Ingrid Hyland and Alex Kelly – have taken over…
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A walk on the wildflower side
Rare and striking wildflowers of the Macedon Ranges are celebrated in a combined Newham and District Landcare Group / Woodend Landcare film project. The two groups have captured stunning images of wildflowers in bloom at Woodend’s Grassland Reserve and Quarry Road Reserve, and along Newham’s rural roadsides. Newham group secretary Helen Scott said the locations…
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Outrage at kangaroo processing proposal
National wildlife welfare advocates in Castlemaine say a proposed kangaroo pet food meat processing plant at Inglewood risks wiping out that area’s native kangaroo population within months. They’re urging the state member for Bendigo West and the state’s agriculture minister to intervene to stop the plant going ahead. The Campaspe Meat Company has applied to…
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Protection a burden?
Proposed heritage overlays could be too great a burden on not-for-profit organisations, Macedon Ranges Shire Council has heard. Freemasons Victoria and the Coptic Orthodox Church have urged reconsideration of overlays at Woodend Masonic Lodge and Campaspe House respectively as the council deliberates its latest amendment to the heritage study. Representing Freemasons, Andrew Baird said a…