Next week: changes to the healthcare system
Medicare services are set to change from next Saturday, November 1, and provide patients with improved access to bulk-billed GP services.
The launch of the...
Demolition day arrives for skatepark
It's been 11 years in the making and now works on a new Romsey Skatepark are finally under way.
Lancefield Romsey Lions Club has been...
Tiny Homes: The movement gaining rapid momentum
Bentley Building Group Tiny Homes is a family owned and operated building company run by Scott and Prue Bentley and based in Ballarat.
In 2023,...
Mass murderer relocated to Castlemaine
Notorious Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight, 57, has been moved from maximum-security incarceration into the medium-security Loddon Prison in Castlemaine.
On August 9, 1987, the...
Hall of Fame honour
“Wow!” was the first word that came to mind when Lancefield local and Edgar’s Mission founder, Pam Ahern, learned she had been inducted into...
Deer control to begin
The impact of increasing feral deer populations has put control of numbers in the spotlight.
Parks Victoria will, this week, begin its night deer control...
Fire quickly escalates
A grass and scrub fire broke out on a property along Coffeys Road at Bullengarook, about 2.40pm, on Sunday afternoon and quickly escalated...
Illegal burn-off sparks warning
An out of control burn-off at Wildwood, south of Clarkefield, last Wednesday has sparked warnings of illegal rubbish burning.
On arrival, firefighters identified multiple large...
Luke claims title
Woodend's Luke Kirby has claimed the national dressage (secondary) all abilities class title at the Australian Interschool Championships.
He joined more than 100 student riders...
Open space plans open to feedback
Destination-level open spaces, use changes for existing sites and new open space areas are among plans highlighted in the draft Macedon Ranges Open Space...
Trump’s headache advice
Medical practitioners across this region and wider Australia have refuted the U.S. President’s claims last week when he suggested there was a link between...
Antisemitism confronts Gisborne
A bridge in Gisborne received a swift paint job after upset residents walked along a footpath underneath and were confronted with antisemitic graffiti on...
