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Students facing hardship at Box Hill Institute supported after celebrity chef fundraiser
Box Hill Institute raised $17,500 to help students struggling to make ends meet with the help of their alumni and celebrity chefs Guy Grossi and…
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Amendment approved to help speed up the rebuilding process
A review of the Erosion Management Overlay (EMO) has received approval by the Minister for Planning which now means those few residents unable to build…
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Saws down as state’s forest logging firm gets the chop
A state-owned forestry company is being wound up after a ban on logging native trees, legal troubles and battles with environment and wildlife groups. Victoria’s…
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Yarra Ranges Council update Warburton Urban Design Framework ahead of 26 March meeting
Following additional targeted consultation with key community groups in Warburton, Yarra Ranges Council will consider adopting the Warburton Urban Design Framework (UDF) later this month.…
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Millgrove community market on Saturday
Millgrove Market will be up and running on Saturday 16 March with the community encouraged to come along and support stall holders. Over 30 stalls…
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Childcare places remain hard to come by in Casey
The availability of childcare remains dire in large parts of Australia with the Casey electorate and other outer-eastern areas no stranger to the struggle of…
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Frustrated story reborn as good lesson
The story of a Yarra Ranges resident becomes the basic source of a course for Year 11 and 12 students in Victoria. James Wood has…
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Aussie invention predicts power line faults that can cause bushfires
An early fault detection (EFD) system designed at RMIT University is helping to prevent bushfires and blackouts in North America, Europe and Australia. IND Technology,…
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Wandin North resubdivision request refused by VCAT
A persistent property owner in Wandin North has had an appeal for a subdivision application rejected by VCAT, following an initial rejection from Yarra Ranges…
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Cat desexing grants opened to help councils tackle overpopulation
At the start of March, the Victorian Government announced a renewed push to address the overpopulation of cats with a $300,000 trial program and the…
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Alternative motion quashes concerns about ‘vexatious requests’ and ‘serial complainants’ at Yarra Ranges Council meeting
Yarra Ranges councillors have discussed some key proposals they hope to put forward to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) as motions for the next…
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Volunteers still needed for Yarra Ranges Downhill Festival this weekend
Opportunities are still available for locals to get involved and support the delivery of the Yarra Ranges and Lake Mountain Downhill Festivals Festival in March,…
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