Employees rise to the challenge
The aged-care workforce in Australia is made up of more than 360,000 people working in nursing, personal care, allied health, catering, cleaning, leisure, administration,...
Capturing life in the time of coronavirus
Trentham photographer Sandy Scheltema is thrilled to be successful in her Sustaining Creative Workers grant application, part of the Victorian Government's survival package for...
Beanies make Gisborne No. 1
Gisborne Football Netball Club and its affiliates have raised $88,880 this year for FightMND Big Freeze 6, by far the largest amount by any...
Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19
Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
The student was at school...
Residents vow to fight
It's a problem that is well and truly on the nose ... just where can all that waste from mobile homes go?
Macedon Ranges Shire...
Castlemaine star on the rise
One of Castlemaine's latest imports, hip hop artist Dallas Woods, performed his new single If it glitters it's gold with his Castlemaine band live...
Review triggers backlash from tiny housers
Proposed local law changes for Mount Alexander Shire have tiny house advocates up in arms.
As part of its current wider local laws review Mount...
$100M plan for Kyneton
A major commercial development proposed for Kyneton is expected to inject $100M into the local economy and provide more than 400 jobs to the...
CFA friendships are like no other
Word of mouth inspired Joel Wood to join Gisborne Fire Brigade in 2006 and he hasn't looked back, growing from the youngest member to...
Bunnings ‘Karen’ leaves Macedon Ranges fuming
The Melbourne woman causing outrage at the centre of an anti-mask Bunnings protest has attempted to spread her message in Macedon Ranges.
Dubbed 'Bunnings Karen...
Successful bid to reduce speed limit
Sutton Grange residents have successfully lobbied to have the speed limit on the Bendigo-Sutton Grange Road within the township reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h.
The...
Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears
Community concern over potential coronavirus transmission resulted in the cancellation of the Lancefield and District Farmers Market last Saturday.
Vivien Philpotts, Lancefield Neighbourhood House coordinator...
