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Community in the dark on Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre reopening

By Morgan Reinwald and Angela Crawford Malmsbury residents and the local Indigenous corporation have said they were blindsided by the state government's plans to reopen...

Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre to reopen

The state government will reopen the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre to accommodate spiralling levels of youth offenders in custody due to the state's new...

Plan to reclaim old station aired

The old Riddells Creek Fire Station could become home to local groups like the Men's Shed and Lions Club if the Victorian Government backs...

Ranges backs away from Live4Life

Live4Life has been celebrated for breaking ground in youth mental health but now its Macedon Ranges founders will turn away from the model by...

Recreating a lost giant

On a frosty morning in Castlemaine, in a large tin shed at Lot 19, a small team of humans gather together. Clad in dusty...

Paving the way forward

Older Women in Cohousing is a stone's throw from reaching its target of $1.4 million to support the Middle Women's Housing Fund, paving the...

Reforestation takes seed

Mount Macedon is undergoing a landmark reforestation project to restore native forests to former pine plantation sites. The project received $1.13 million funding through Victoria’s...

Fire-prone Macedon set to become a powerhouse

A private company that purchased five hectares of land in Macedon will submit plans next month to build an energy storage facility in a...

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...

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