Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards
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Vital flood study wins funding
With a flood-prone creek on one side and overland tributaries on the other, Campbells Creek residents are well-versed in major flood events, the most recent occurring in 2022. The Campbells Creek Flood Study, which costs just shy of $200,000, will take about 12 months to complete and will help Mount Alexander Shire Council better understand…
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Budget invests in history
A project to undertake significant renewal works at Buda Historic Home and Garden in Castlemaine has been allocated half a million dollars in the 2025/26 State Budget. The funds will deliver State 2 of the masterplan, which will include refurbishing the current venue room into an office and administration space with a visitor centre, and…
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Critical upgrades for primary school
Castlemaine Primary School will soon begin works to refurbish the school toilets which, with a ceiling that is collapsing, a hole in the floor and a leaking urinal, are in desperate need of repair. Utilising $499,879 allocated through a capital works grant, the school will also create a new gender-neutral toilet to ensure children of…
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Labor MPs returned
Local Labor MPs, Maree Edwards and Mary-Anne Thomas, have been re-elected to their respective seats of Bendigo West and Macedon in Labor’s return to government at Saturday’s state election. Both seats experienced a small swing against Labor of between three and four per cent, below the state average of between five and six per cent.…
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Goldfields history on the market
Cantwell Property Castlemaine has recently listed a unique property featuring a relic from the region’s goldfields past – the ruins of the Mopoke Gully Water Wheel circa 1887. Local history buffs are calling on the state government to consider purchasing the Campbells Creek property to potentially be added to the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park…
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$120,000 boost for rail trail
Plans to develop the Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail have moved a step closer with the state government committing $120,000 to assist with crucial planning for the project. Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards visited Joyces Creek on Friday to announce the funding for a feasibility study at the foot of the now disused 1940 Joyces Creek Railway…
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Cool $6 million for Castlemaine Art Museum
Eve Lamb A cool $6 million allocation in the state budget has placed the team at Castlemaine’s beloved Art Museum in a glowingly positive frame. Delivered on the art museum’s steps by the state member for Bendigo West, Maree Edwards, last Thursday’s announcement of the $6 million allocation for CAM has also painted the future…
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Bus pilot to test waters
The official launch of a new community minibus in Castlemaine late last week was not just about the bus.It was as much about the destination. State public transport minister Ben Carroll and Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards were on site in front of Castlemaine old town hall on Thursday as Mount Alexander Shire Council publicly…
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Maldon’s makeover powers ahead
The first stage of historic Maldon’s multi-million dollar makeover is well under way, with works to move the town’s electricity underground powering ahead. Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards visited the former mining town on Friday to officially turn the first sod on the $5.5 million dollar Maldon Streetscape Revitalisation Project. The state government has committed…
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Final touches for CSC
The redevelopment of Castlemaine Secondary College is fast nearing completion with contractors Fairbrother Construction just weeks away from putting the final touches on the new-look school. The redevelopment has been a decade in the making with planning for the ambitious four-stage project beginning back in 2010 and the first stage – the Wellbeing Precinct –…
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You need the numbers: MP buoys hopes for school reopening
Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards says she would be keen to see Guildford succeed in its ambitious campaign to reopen the town’s primary school. The historic primary school, which is still owned by the education department, was closed in 2017 due to declining enrolments. At the time, the school had eight pupils enrolled and if…