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Come for a community lunch in Yarra Junction
Drop in for a warm meal and connect with other locals at the free Cire Upper Yarra Community Christmas Lunch. The lunch will be held…
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Scholarship applications open for first-year Upper Yarra students
Studying in 2024 or know someone who is? Whether it’s a first year university course or TAFE, the Community Bank of Warburton and Yarra Junction’s…
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Boom gate free first for Lilydale
The Lilydale Line is set to become the first Victorian rail line to be boom gate-free. Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Danny…
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Community Changemakers celebrate graduation
The 2023 Yarra Ranges Community Changemakers class celebrated their work with a graduation event recently, reflecting on a year’s worth of discussions and advocacy. Yarra…
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Bookings open for school holiday actvities
Yarra Ranges families are being encouraged to keep an eye out for School Holiday activities in early January, following a range of successful Children’s Week…
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Feline vaccine shortage
A feline vaccine shortage is making it difficult for Animal Aid to offer its services. The vaccines currently in limited availability are a combination known…
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Youth of the Yarra Ranges awarded
The youth of the Yarra Ranges were congratulated and commended for their achievements on Monday 4 December. Yarra Ranges Council’s annual ‘Celebrating YOUth’ awards were…
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Wariness crucial for wildlife on roads
Wildlife continues to be hit and left to die on our Yarra Ranges roads but a little bit more wariness can go a long way.…
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Reserve Bank on hold at final meeting for 2023
Australian mortgage holders have been gifted an early Christmas present as the Reserve Bank chooses to leave interest rates untouched. The board has decided to…
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YAVA boost for creatives
Creatives in the Yarra Valley are set to come together at the local gallery and creative hub for years to come, with upgraded infrastructure and…
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Power of lived experience
Whether it was breaking down stigma, sharing an unknown but widespread problem or about changing outcomes, the Living Stories project gave voice to six people…
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Humanitarian of the year
What began as a way to memorialise the unsolved disappearance of her sister has grown to be a nationwide missing persons register, garnering the recognition…