News
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Community organisations band together to reduce waste
Recycling Victoria has sparked a new initiative in the Yarra and Dandenong Ranges, encouraging residents to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills, funded…
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Yarra Ranges Council Civic Centre to open to the public
On Monday 30 May, the newly redeveloped Yarra Ranges Council Civic Centre will open its doors to community and staff for the first time. Yarra…
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Police operation targets Yarra Ranges roads
Between May 1 and 8, Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit alongside the Frontline Tasking Unit, Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol and the Public Order Response Team…
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Big Build hiring 300 new apprentices by mid-2023
300 new building and construction sector apprenticeships and traineeships across Victoria will be available as part of the Victorian Government’s Big Build project by mid-2023.…
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Emerald SES in the top three busiest units in Victoria
Emerald SES has taken the spot of the third busiest VIctorian unit in the last year with 1,971 requests for assistance. This comes after the…
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Labor wins, Albanese elected Prime Minister
Australians overwhelmingly voted for action on climate change and the establishment of an integrity commission in the 2022 federal election, as the Liberal Party was…
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Yarra Ranges Council closes Upwey staircase after accident
Yarra Ranges Council has closed a publicly open staircase in Upwey after a woman slipped and injured herself on Thursday 19 May. After the woman…
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Belgrave Lantern Festival is back with pizzazz
Belgrave’s annual Lantern Festival will return with a bang on 25 June as organisers and locals look for a sense of community after the state’s…
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Win for conservationists as Yellingbo landscape expands
Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater is thrilled to hear of the expansion of the Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area in Yellingbo after the land was…
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Aviation safety seminar encourages pilots to know their limits
Pilots from all around the region and beyond joined the first local safety seminar in two years at Mount Evelyn on Wednesday 18 May. Around…
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Events held in Emerald next week
Thursday 26th May 7:30pm – Joe Creighton – Just a Boy From Belfast Friday 27th May 7:30pm – Dave Graney and Clare Moore in concert…
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Pet Census set to identify the challenges of pet ownership
The Victorian Government has identified their plan for the state’s first Pet Census as announced in the 2022/23 budget. The census hopes to identify and…