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Budget revision for transparency and accuracy

Yarra Ranges Council has made its financial statement more transparent and accurate.  The councillors approved amending the 2024-25 annual budget to reflect the addition of...

MP calls out cut to Gembrook education provider

Formerly Gembrook’s largest employer, Halls Outdoor Education, has received a $200k cut in funding from the State Government that they say will mean fewer...

LA deja vu for FTG survivor

Having experienced the 1997 Dandenong Ranges fires in Victoria, - a proud Ferntree Gully resident who has lived through bushfire tragedies on both sides...

Police appeal after elderly woman struck in hit and run

Yarra Ranges Eyewatch are appealing for public assistance after an alleged hit and run in Wantirna South last Thursday. On Tuesday 28 January at...

RACV recommends safer behaviour to prevent kids being locked in hot cars

To prevent children being locked in hot cars, RACV is appealing to all parents and carers to adopt safe behaviours this summer. In 2024, RACV...

RACV and Victoria Police urge caution as school zones return

With thousands of children returning to school this week for the first term of 2025, Victoria Police and RACV are reminding motorists to slow...

Voices For Casey conducting ‘Pulse Surveys’ in lead-up to federal election

Over the next 12 weeks, Voices for Casey will be conducting a series of ‘Pulse Surveys’ to 'check the local heartbeat' and encourage local...

Australia Day breakfast with the Rotary Club of Wandin

While the Wandin Family Fun Day scheduled for the public holiday on Monday 27 January was postponed due to the extreme heat, Wandin Rotarians...

Belgrave CFA to host bushfire meeting

Belgrave Heights and South CFA are hosting a Fire Safety Essentials presentation at the brigade on Sunday 2 Feb from 11am-12.30pm. CFA members have invited...

Quick multi-brigade response after lightning strike in Macclesfield

Macclesfield CFA was paged to a lightning fire in the local bushland on Monday 27 January around 5pm and were soon joined by a...

Ambulance Victoria winching into action

This summer, you may have already seen – or you might still see – Ambulance Victoria’s Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) flight paramedics in...

Buy a virtual lap around Bathurst and help beat cancer

Australians are being urged to take a front-row seat in the fight against prostate cancer and buy a virtual lap to raise funds for...

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Tree removal underway to quell pest insect at reservoir

The removal of thousands of pine trees at Cardinia Reservoir is underway to prevent the ongoing spread of a parasitic pest insect. Giant pine scale...