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Pledge for FEM change
Liberal Eildon incumbent Cindy McLeish said new plumbing regulations were affecting fire equipment maintenance for CFA brigades. She said that under the Labor Government’s Plumbing…
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Share the road and save the kids
Amy Gillett, an olympic athlete and world class cyclist, was tragically killed in 2005 while on a training ride in Germany. The Amy Gillett Foundation,…
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Messing about in boats
A 13 day kayaking odyssey from Warburton to Williamstown in early 2018 is one way ‘to dare’ yourself to do something. Ivor Wolstencroft, a former…
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Cross with care
The Mail recently wrote about the Maroondah Highway and Badger Creek Road intersection and on 28 September reported VicRoads as saying “the infrastructure already in…
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Colour explosion in Launching Place
Launching Place Primary School ended the week with a huge explosion – a colour explosion that is. In a fundraising effort on 16 November, that…
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Wilde in the park
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum is breaking new ground with its first outdoor performance, Wilde Readings in the Park, on 21 November. The performance compliments the…
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Liberals promise to restore reservoir park
If elected at the 24 November election, the Victorian Liberal Party has pledged $500,000 to return Maroondah Reservoir Park to its former glory. On 14…
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Reservoir rendezvous
The state of the Maroondah Reservoir Park is such a sore point for many Healesville locals that the state Liberal party has pledged half a…
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Home delivery
Carlee Tamme was born at Healesville Hospital. “I still see the same doctor that delivered me. He’s in Healesville too,” she said. She gave birth…
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Rio’s run done
RIOS RUN DONE On 1 October Ryan Fowler ran out of Melbourne and stopped running 26 days and 1027 kilometres later in Sydney. In that…
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A new threat for berry growers
With the current agricultural focus on QFly activity, Yarra Valley growers have learnt about another serious threat, Spotted Wing Drosophila. At a seminar in Wandin…
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Fleay’s clean bill of health
The world’s oldest platypus celebrated her 25th birthday at Healesville Sanctuary. Fleay is bucking the trend, with most platypus only living to be 20 years…
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