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Benefits seen despite slow uptake of community pharmacist treatment pilot
Cutting out the middleman to access treatment and medication for common health problems in participating pharmacies has seen a slow uptake in the Yarra Ranges.…
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Join a platypus survey in Yarra Junction
Upper Yarra Landcare is encouraging locals to join them and Healesville Environment Watch Inc (HEWI) for an evening platypus survey by the Little Yarra River.…
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Rarely-spotted reed re-recorded in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area
Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater’s (FOHH) Seeds and Weeds group went hunting for a rarely-spotted reed in the Yellingbo Nature Conservation area this week. They…
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Critical maintenance causing closure for Warburton-Woods Point Road
The Department of Transport and Planning (DOTP) has advised that Warburton-Woods Point Road will be closed in both directions between Stream Road, Reefton and Cumberland…
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New registered nurse and care minutes requirements placing strain on AdventCare’s Warburton aged care home
Aged care homes in Australia have been required to have a registered nurse (RN) on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week since July…
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Making moves in gender equality through community grants
Grants have been awarded to two outer eastern organisations to help them in supporting and empowering women. Homelessness and foster care service Anchor received $10,000,…
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Violi removed from question time for ‘continually interjecting’
Casey MP Aaron Violi was asked to leave the chamber in parliament last week for repeated interjection during question time. Speaker of the House of…
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Trash and Treasure at Powelltown
This Sunday 25 February from 9am, Powelltown will hold its trash and treasure market. There will be indoor and outdoor stalls, plus a sausage sizzle…
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Could peri-urban advocacy pave the way for peri-regional recognition?
The push for the Yarra Ranges to be considered peri-regional to reflect the varied needs and lifestyles of the region continues. Peri-regional is a term…
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Yarra Valley towns lose power again
Towns in the Yarra Valley are suffering from power outages once again on Thursday 22 February. One outage was reported at 10.42am in Lilydale and…
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Delay in compensation to Victorians without power
Victorians cut off from the power grid for more than a week following destructive storms will have to wait several extra days to lodge for…
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Shutdown without a plan
With the recent shutdown of the Victorian timber industry, complaints and inquiries have arisen as to how those in the industry are to be compensated…
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