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Award winning, community focused
IGA Cockatoo is not only award winning but is helping create jobs locally while giving back to the wider community. After recently winning Victoria’s Medium…
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Annual Grants is now open
Yarra Ranges Council (YRC) approved the 2025 Annual Grants program including increasing the amount of money available to the community. Councillors approved increasing funding to…
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Federal Government prioritises housing crisis in the budget
The housing crisis is one of the top prioritised sectors in the 2024-2025 Federal budget, handed down on Tuesday 14 May, aiming to ease housing…
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Family, domestic and sexual violence response bolstered in State Budget
In an otherwise fiscally conservative Victorian Budget for 2024/25, investment in addressing family violence stood out as a key focus of expenditure from the State…
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Worksafe celebrating safety champions
Victorian businesses and individuals leading the way in enhancing workplace health and safety are being urged to share their stories for the 2024 WorkSafe Awards.…
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‘Tokenistic’ funding not enough to support ‘overwhelming’ legal service demand
The handing down of the Federal Budget came with a wave of disappointment for community legal centres with only a fraction of the required funding…
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Massive turn out for man trapped by machinery in Gembrook
A complex multi personnel rescue has seen a man airlifted to hospital from Gembrook after being trapped for over two hours. The afternoon of Tuesday…
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Independent candidates set for fundraising support in Casey and Deakin
A community-driven push for independent candidates is set to be bolstered by further fundraising efforts from Climate 200, provided their values on climate change, political…
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TAFE State budget focus welcomed by trades industry
A total of $555 million has been allocated in the Victorian Budget for the TAFE education system, training and workforce pipeline, a welcome investment from…
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The dancing delights of Aurora
At this moment are we united with our ancestors? In this moment did the past, present and future merge to reveal and disseminate the same…
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Electrification funding welcomed
Local community energy group Repower The Dandenongs has welcomed funding announced in the Victorian State Government Budget, last Tuesday. Specifically $38 million for Solar/Electric hot…
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Tourism put on the back burner in State Budget
The Victorian Government handed down the 2024-2025 state budget which has disappointed the local tourism industry with a lack of funds supporting Yarra Ranges tourism.…
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