Gisborne
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A super contribution
Joe Farrugia is a self-confessed advocate for industry superannuation funds and would recommend anyone thinking of joining one to do so.It’s sound advice too, coming from a man whose 49-year contribution to the superannuation sector has just been recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. “All the…
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Footy, netball on Saturday
The long wait is nearly over. Castlemaine, Gisborne and Kyneton all have home matches on Saturday in the first round of Bendigo Football Netball League’s 2021 season. The three clubs are hoping for a big turnout of supporters, who have been starved from seeing their favourites teams play since the 2019 season (apart from practise…
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Great effort all round
After a COVID-enforced hiatus in 2020, tin rattlers at the traffic lights and street walkers were back, collecting for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal from residents and holiday travellers throughout the Macedon Ranges and beyond. More than $18,500 was collected from the Kyneton area, with Kyneton cubs and scouts, fire brigade and residents…
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ALL CRICKET OFF – ‘Better to lose one weekend than whole season’
“We’ve taken the approach that it’s better to lose one weekend of cricket rather than risk losing the whole season,” Gisborne District Cricket Association president Rob McIntyre said today. The GDCA has cancelled all senior and junior matches this weekend due to COVID concerns. “This is not just a Sunbury COVID issue. Many people from…
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ALL CRICKET OFF – 'Better to lose one weekend than whole season'
“We’ve taken the approach that it’s better to lose one weekend of cricket rather than risk losing the whole season,” Gisborne District Cricket Association president Rob McIntyre said today. The GDCA has cancelled all senior and junior matches this weekend due to COVID concerns. “This is not just a Sunbury COVID issue. Many people from…
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Making memories for Ethan McCulloch
Completing VCE, getting a driver’s licence and travelling the world sound like any teenager’s dream but for Gisborne’s Ethan McCulloch they top a bucket list that he is determined to achieve. Doctors have declared the bright 16-year-old “incurable” as he fights a rare aggressive cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma, which forms in soft tissue. His mother…
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Filming in Fisher Street
An instalment of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries was appropriately being filmed in Fisher Street Gisborne last week. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church formed the backdrop for a scene in a second-season episode of the spinoff from the cult favourite Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. The series follows Miss Fisher’s niece and fellow sleuth Peregrine Fisher in…
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SOCIAL HOUSING ROLLOUT
Macedon Ranges Shire has been identified as one of 21 priority areas across Victoria in a plan to increase the state’s social housing supply. The Victorian Budget 2020/21 will deliver $5.3 billion to build more than 12,000 homes throughout metro and regional Victoria, and a minimum investment of $30 million locally will see new homes…
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Western Water fined over spill
Western Water has been slapped with an $8261 fine for an unlicensed discharge of Class B recycled water at Gisborne. The spill of more than 40 megalitres, which occurred at the Willows (South of Mills Road), happened in June and was later estimated to have been leaking over a four-month period. Some of the spill…
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Minerals exploration explained
Local communities can learn about minerals exploration in their region at an online information session this month. The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions is hosting a session in response to an increase in minerals exploration licence applications and ongoing activity looking for evidence of gold and in-demand minerals. “We have seen a rise in…
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Property to be sold to recoup rates
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has resorted to drastic measures to recoup unpaid rates of more than 10 years on a residential Gisborne property. As a last resort, the council has gained authority to sell or transfer the property at 103 Sheedy Road under Section 181 of the Local Government Act 2020. John Hausler, council’s director…
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Footy Star Academy is here
The launch of the Clinton Young Footy Star Academy on Saturday morning represents a further boost for Australian Rules in Gisborne and the Macedon Ranges, and eventually Sunbury. There were 158 young footballers taking part in the special free clinic held at Holy Cross Catholic Primary School at New Gisborne. At a time when football…