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Say on Scheme
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENPEOPLE are being asked to contribute their views on how a National Insurance Disability Scheme could work in Victoria. The State Government and…
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Valley sports clubs, rail links to benefit
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENTHE Yarra Valley will see a host of smaller projects being funded in the Yarra Ranges Council budget for 2012/13. Ratepayers will see…
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Brigade back-up
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENAN OFFICE on wheels, storage containers and catering are all possible on the road with Seville fire brigade’s new self-funded multi-purpose vehicle. The…
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Logging blight on tourism
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENTOOLANGI and Healesville residents say logging is ruining tourism and have begun campaigning against a new coupe that will be logged on Mt…
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Track go-ahead
By MELISSA MEEHANWORKS on one of the most controversial projects funded by the Bushfire Appeal will begin later this month. A permit for works to…
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Happy ending to bush rescue
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENPOLICE have warned people to be better prepared in the bush after rescuing an elderly couple who had bogged their van in thick…
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Push to save forests
By Mara Pattison-SowdenWARBURTON Environment is ramping up its campaign to save the forests surrounding the town by educating people about the government’s plans and management…
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Disaster help continues
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA YARRA Valley volunteer counseling service has been given a funding boost to continue helping survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires, while the…
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No challenge in jail push
By KATH GANNAWAYTHE prosecution lawyer arguing for a jail sentence for Healesville man Leslie James Maffescioni moved to assure County Court Judge Julie Nicholson that…
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Study tracks human response to disaster
By MELISSA MEEHANWHILE the wreckage has been removed, houses rebuilt and blackened trees taken over by new growth – the aftermath of the Black Saturday…
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Class time at last
By Mara Pattison-SowdenMAJOR upgrades to Wandin Yallock Primary School are hoped to be completed by next year, moving students out of old portable classrooms and…
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Death indifference
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYEARS of cleaning up the carnage of road collisions at a dangerous Warburton Highway bend has meant nothing to authorities until a life…
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