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Silvers to Norman and Keyser as athletes prepare for Nationals
Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes continued their winter form on Sunday morning at a sunny but cold Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. Round 7 of the 2024…
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Hard Quiz Kid master represents the Hills
The staff and volunteers at Puffing Billy know 12-year-old Heath by name and now the rest of the nation does too. Ferntree Gully resident and…
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3G switch-off looming
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson is calling for small, family and farming businesses to urgently make sure they are not…
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Remarkable effort: Rochelle Poulton raises thousands through battery recycling
Hillcrest CFA fourth lieutenant Rochelle Poulton has raised over $4000 worth of batteries during the Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb event. It all started in 2018…
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Nine people still missing
Nine people across the Outer East are on the Victoria Police’s and Australian Federal Police’s missing persons lists. The first week of August is the…
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Pledge for guide dogs
Guide Dogs Victoria is calling on all students and schools across the state to help raise vital funds for individuals living with low vision or…
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Busiest quarter on record sees paramedic response times blow out
Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) response times in the Yarra Ranges have worsened, a trend occurring across the state as Code 1 cases reached a yearly high.…
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Key contributors to the community independents movement speaking at Voices For Casey event
Voices For Casey is continuing its lead-up to next year’s election with an event bringing together some of the key names and faces of the…
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Free degrees for undergraduate nurses and midwives
The Labor Government is continuing to back the next generation of nurses and midwives. Applications for the third round of the Undergraduate (entry to practice)…
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Yarra Valley Water up for top customer service award again
Yarra Valley Water was nominated in the Customer Service Team of the Year category in the prestigious awards, which are run by the Customer Service…
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Continuing the campaign against elder abuse
A recently released independent evaluation, conducted by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older…
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RMIT students collaborate to redesign Kallista fire brigade for better community safety
Kallista CFA volunteers are working with RMIT teachers and students to propose a redesign for the Kallista fire station. With the station’s limited budget around…