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  • Firewood collection season opens

    THE Autumn Firewood Collection Season started last Sunday and will close on 30 June. Gippsland Regional manager, Richard Teychenne, from the Department of Environment, Land,…

  • Actions not in resonance

    Actions not in resonance

    By KATH GANNAWAY WITH the selection of Rosie Batty as Australian of the Year, the Federal Government has acknowledged family violence as a major threat…

  • Our safety switch

    Our safety switch

    By KATH GANNAWAY GOING underground from Don Valley to Mount Toolbewong in Healesville is the ultimate test of the feasibility of undergrounding power, according to…

  • CWA beyond scones

    CWA beyond scones

    By KATH GANNAWAY “UNTIL they get involved, people have no idea what CWA is all about.” Michelle Loughhead, president of the Wandin branch of Country…

  • Sporty take on Closing Gap

    Sporty take on Closing Gap

    NETBALL and football were the lynchpins for a spectacular celebration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous sport, and for raising awareness of Aboriginal health over the weekend.…

  • Arch band releases Forevermore

    Arch band releases Forevermore

    By KATH GANNAWAY UNDER the Arch, the local band that made it through to No. 4 in the Melbourne Music Bank Song Writing Competition last…

  • Paramedics on the receiving end

    By KATH GANNAWAY VIOLENCE towards paramedics is not only intolerable, it’s stupid. Ambulance Victoria and the Ambulance Employees union are united in their condemnation of…

  • Bishop on board

    Bishop on board

    By KATH GANNAWAY IT WAS a coup of the best kind for a local politician. For Casey MP Tony Smith to get Foreign Minister, Julie…

  • Head-on injuries

    Head-on injuries

    By KATH GANNAWAY POLICE are appealing for any witnesses after four people were injured in a head-on collision at Woori Yallock last Tuesday. The driver…

  • Carpark crash chaos

    Carpark crash chaos

    By PETER DOUGLAS AN out-of-control vehicle struck six cars at Healesville Walk carpark last Thursday about 3.50pm. In a peak time for the business district,…

  • Milling felled trees plea

    Milling felled trees plea

    By KATH GANNAWAY BUXTON resident Ray Donkin is calling for trees felled as part of a $7million risk mitigation program to be milled. Mr Donkin,…

  • Lyster nominations close

    By PETER DOUGLAS NOMINATIONS for the upcoming Yarra Ranges by-election are due to close today. As part of the election process, potential candidates keen to…

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