Macedon Ranges Shire Council

  • Murmuring Walk launched at Mount Macedon

    Murmuring Walk launched at Mount Macedon

    A guided audio experience has launched that’s inspired by the environment and the birdlife inhabiting the lush bush surrounds of…

  • Council restructure to be reversed

    Council restructure to be reversed

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council will transition to a four-directorate structure in early 2022, separating corporate and community services back into…

  • Increase the health of your farm

    Increase the health of your farm

    Knowing what you’re looking at in the paddock, when to use animals to graze the landscape and when to let…

  • New role to address housing challenge

    New role to address housing challenge

    A dedicated housing officer has been appointed by Mount Alexander Shire Council to address the issue of boosting affordable housing…

  • Storm recovery ongoing

    Storm recovery ongoing

    Macedon Ranges residents who were impacted by the June storms can now apply for federal disaster recovery payments. The council…

  • Pink without a permit

    Pink without a permit

    A pink building in Gisborne is turning heads for all the wrong reasons since it was painted without a permit….

  • Still waiting on safety upgrades

    Still waiting on safety upgrades

    Safety upgrades for a risky Baynton road floodway remain on Macedon Ranges Council’s draft works list more than eight years…

  • Romsey aged care to VCAT

    Romsey aged care to VCAT

    A 120-bed residential aged-care facility for Romsey has Macedon Ranges Council’s tick of approval as it progresses to the Victorian…

  • Protection a burden?

    Protection a burden?

    Proposed heritage overlays could be too great a burden on not-for-profit organisations, Macedon Ranges Shire Council has heard. Freemasons Victoria…

  • Rock paddock still in talks

    Rock paddock still in talks

    No agreement has yet been reached on the sale or transfer of Hanging Rock’s East Paddock to the state government….

  • Council raises voice on nuclear weapons

    Council raises voice on nuclear weapons

    Macedon Ranges has joined the call for the federal government to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition…

  • Riddell planning in council hands

    Riddell planning in council hands

    Riddells Creek’s controversial Amess Road Precinct Structure Plan will remain in the hands of Macedon Ranges Shire Council. Last week…