Four candidates nominated for Liberal Party preselection for Aston by-election as field of candidates...
Four candidates have nominated for Liberal Party preselection for the Aston by-election, as the field of candidates to replace Alan Tudge narrows.
Mr Tudge...
Pine Grove Hotel was devastated on Ash Wednesday, but its owners still supported the...
Brett Sansom was eager to celebrate his 16th birthday with his friends and family when he disembarked the bus at Beaconsfield Upper, preparing to...
Kallista Mechanics Institute Hall left in a tight spot
The Kallista Mechanics Institute Hall has been left without running water for eight days, putting an already financially stretched management committee in an even...
Firefighting during Ash Wednesday
Heading south as a part of a task force of 22 fire trucks on Wednesday 16 February 1983, Jim Read was driving a C...
National spotlight back on missing Cuckoo founder
The mysterious disappearance and suspected murder of celebrity chef and founder of Olinda's Cuckoo restaurant, Wilhelm 'Willi' Koeppen, has once again reached the national...
Electric vehicle owners challenge state government tax at High Court
Two electric vehicle owners have taken the State Government to the High Court in an attempt to scrap a controversial electric vehicle tax introduced...
Plans for a new childcare centre in Monbulk approved by councillors
Yarra Ranges councillors have voted unanimously to accept a planning application for the construction of a childcare centre in Monbulk.
The application proposed the...
Fire in The Basin caused by e-scooter prompts lithium battery warning
Local residents should be aware of the risks of lithium-ion battery-powered batteries according to the RACV, after a rise in safety incidents in 2022...
Ash Wednesday memorial allowing locals to remember
When fire ripped through Cockatoo 40 years ago, quick-thinking kindergarten teachers opened their circular building to allow people refuge.
About 200 residents, along with...
“There were flames leaping high above the tree line:” Belgrave South local remembers Ash...
Belgrave South resident Susan Heywood-Downard was at a meeting at what was then Dandenong Council on 16 February 1983 when she looked out of...
14 lives remembered in Cockatoo
Firefighters who paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting their communities during the horrific events of the Ash Wednesday bushfires 40 years ago have been honoured...
“We were all torn apart by it:” former CFA deputy officer remembers Ash Wednesday
On 16 February 1983, then deputy officer in the Dandenong Ranges CFA group, Herb Detez, was prepared for a challenging high fire danger day....
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Burrinja CEO say see you later, not goodbye
“The line’s cutting out… oh wait I can hear you now.”
Gareth’s voice crackled back at me from the other end of the line.
The familiar...
