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Emerald builder suspended by VCAT over safety concerns
Emerald builder Andrew Donald Little, the applicant in this case, has had his request to lift a suspension imposed by the (respondent) Victorian Building...
Bayswater IC Robotics: bot-tomless potential
Bayswater’s IC Robotics team has claimed a major win at the Southern Cross Regionals, a victory made even sweeter by their experience at the...
‘Balanced budget’ under financially constrained circumstances says council
The “tightening of purse strings” and the constraints of revenue raising for local governments was yet again an underlying theme of Yarra Ranges Council’s...
Bespoke Cockatoo mansion sold
A run-down, graffiti-ridden mansion in Cockatoo has sold for close to $1 million.
The striking property at 650 Woori-Yallock Road made headlines for going back...
Council applies three per cent rate cap in draft 2025-26 budget
While attention was drawn to the Federal Government’s budget this week, Yarra Ranges Council was also releasing its draft 2025-26 budget on the same...
Belgrave South petition hopes to create flexible housing options
A couple from Belgrave South presented their petition to the Yarra Ranges Council on Tuesday, 25 March, urging the introduction of a policy for...
Hoon Cars seized after police investigation.
Members of the Highway Patrol's Road Crime Tasking Team raided a property in The Patch on Tuesday morning, 1 April, as part of an...
Monbulk Road safety concerns grow after serious accident
A Monbulk resident is calling for urgent action to address what she describes as a “hazardous” stretch of road that has become increasingly dangerous...
Century in the making
A special day was celebrated in Kallista on Saturday 29 March 29th, as the town commemorated the centenary of its name change from South...
Infrastructure, the top priority for the urban region
Drainage, road rehabilitation and footpath construction are the highlights for the urban area in the Yarra Ranges Council’s proposed budget for 2025-26.
This matched...
‘It’d be a shame to lose it’: Funding commitment the only way forward to...
When Star Mail set out on this six week campaign, the premise was to provide a solution, instead all we can offer is a...
55 out of 79 Victorian councils have CCTV in public spaces
Regularly maintained CCTV networks are not a rarity, with councils around the state operating both extensive and small-scale networks of cameras to service their...
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Councils rules on roo rule
Yarra Ranges Council will formally request to be exempt from the Kangaroo Harvesting Program (KHP) after a long-awaited decision was made during the Tuesday...
