IT’S TIME – Students join Melbourne Strike 4 Climate rally
Students from Trentham District Primary School joined the Melbourne Strike 4 Climate rally in front of Parliament House on Friday.
In Australia more than 300,000...
Castlemaine cries out for climate action
A crowd estimated at upwards of 2000 turned out in Castlemaine's CBD on Friday demonstrating support for the day's global Strike 4 Climate with...
Deputy Leader of the Nationals in Kyneton to launch treatment plant petition
Deputy Leader of the Nationals Steph Ryan paid a visit to Kyneton today to launch a community petition calling on the
Legislative Assembly to demand...
Climate petition gathers support in Mount Alexander
A group of Mount Alexander Shire residents with serious concerns about a lack of urgency by government at all levels in addressing climate change...
Container deposit push builds
Mount Alexander Shire councillors and executive staff are among those strongly supporting the push for a container deposit scheme in Victoria, with the state...
Plan endorsed, doubts remain
The Macedon Ranges has moved a step closer to receiving high level protection for its sensitive landscape as the first gazetted distinctive area and...
Reform ‘a step backwards’
Macedon Ranges has joined a chorus of local councils demanding answers on a major proposal to reintroduce single-member ward structures state-wide.
The change would likely...
Threats trigger security
Security and police have been engaged over threats from the public made to Macedon Ranges Shire Council staff.
Security guards screened all general public attending...
Bittersweet result
It was a bittersweet result for returning Labor MPs Lisa Chesters and Rob Mitchell as they celebrated comfortable wins in the federal seats of...
For writers and thinkers
Whether you've got a book and you want to self-publish, or you've lost the plot… or perhaps you're interested in exploring ideas like where...
Question over candidate
Early voting in the nation's federal election opened yesterday with seven candidates contesting the federal lower house seat of Bendigo including several rival elements...
Sunny for senate
A Kyneton local with an innovative plan to address immigration and regional growth in Victoria has announced he will be standing as an independent...
