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Big names, big music
Aussie legends The Black Sorrows are set to headline this year’s Macedon Ranges Music Festival in the event’s biggest lineup yet. Front man and ARIA Hall of Fame member Joe Camilleri will bring his electric presence and dynamic show along with his full band for the Gisborne event on Saturday March 13. Joining them on…
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Hunt season announced – Animal welfare campaigners slam decision to proceed
Animal welfare campaigners have slammed the Victorian Government’s decision to approve a duck hunting season for 2021. A shortened season for Victoria was announced on Saturday and included changes to shooting start times, daily bag limits and hunted species in recognition of lower-than-average bird numbers and breeding. Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting said the…
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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…