Mount Alexander Shire Council
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Council slams ward restructuring
Mount Alexander Shire Council has slammed a decision by the state government to create a single-member ward structure for the shire ahead of the local government elections in October.
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Castlemaine Pride wants you!
Ever wanted to help organise a Pride Festival? Well now is the perfect time to get involved as Castlemaine Pride is seeking committee members for its 2024 event.
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Advocates renew calls for exclusion
Concerned local residents and wildlife advocates have renewed calls for an end to commercial kangaroo shooting in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges Shires and beyond.
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Calls for creative housing solutions
Creative housing solutions were high on the agenda at last week’s meeting of Mount Alexander Council with residents raising the issue at public question time. Also on the agenda was a proposal for two 49-year peppercorn lease to provide affordable housing for over 50s in Maldon and Newstead. Laurel Kanost wrote to the council regarding…
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Meet the friendly faces at council
Mount Alexander Shire Council is opening its doors so the community can meet the friendly faces at council.
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For the next generation
Connecting Country is co-hosting a National Tree Day community planting with Mount Alexander Shire Council and Post Office Hill Action Group on July 30. The day is a chance for the Mount Alexander/Leanganook community to take direct on-ground conservation action to restore and enhance local biodiversity. This event has been made possible due to the…
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Porcupine Village project advances
The team behind the redevelopment of Maldon tourist attraction Porcupine Village has submitted an amended planning permit for consideration by Mount Alexander Shire Council. Construction at the site was forced to a standstill in January this year due to breaches of permit application conditions and a lack of approved planning permits, with the exception of…
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Ward structures under review
Mount Alexander Shire Council and Hepburn Shire Council are among 39 Victorian local councils undergoing electoral structure reviews throughout 2023-24. The Local Government Act 2020 introduced several changes, including that all metropolitan, interface and regional city councils must now have single-councillor ward electoral structures. Macedon Ranges Shire Council will not have its electoral structure reviewed…
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Housing crisis deepens
We all ask ourselves what’s going on when we see tarps erected in public places, or people sleeping in their cars. Those who work daily with people experiencing housing stress and homelessness understand that open or rough sleeping in Mount Alexander Shire is the visible tip of the iceberg of the current systemic housing crisis.…
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Exhibition claims national honour
The good news continues for the newly installed Boorp Boorp Boondyil exhibition at the historic Castlemaine Market Building, with the announcement that exhibition celebrating local Indigenous culture has won a national award. Boorp Boorp Boondyil, which means ‘passing knowledge on to our children’, was selected as the winner in the Indigenous Recognition category of the…
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Working towards net zero
The Mt Alexander Net Zero Working Group has been busy behind the scenes highlighting the efforts of local businesses in working towards 100 per cent renewable energy. Following the success of their first short film featuring The Mill Castlemaine, the group successfully applied for a Mount Alexander Shire Council grant to assist with the production…
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Community to gather and reflect
Mount Alexander Shire Council will be recognising Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week with a number of events open to the community. This will begin with a Sorry Day Commemoration to be held at Castlemaine Secondary College in Lawson Parade this Friday May 26 at 10.30am. The morning will include a Welcome to Country and…