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Beyond money: the hidden drivers fuelling child food insecurity
New Curtin University research has revealed child food insecurity in developed countries is not solely driven by poverty but is also strongly influenced by...
Overseas tourists spent nine billion dollars in Victoria last year
The latest Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey and International Visitor Survey has revealed Victoria’s $40 billion visitor economy is being fuelled by international...
Forest Fire Management Victoria warns air quality to be impacted by planned burns
With calm autumn conditions across much of the state, communities can expect to see smoke in the air as a mix of planned burns,...
Federal Election: Minority government on the cards, Casey a battleground
Australia could be set to elect a minority federal government, according to political expert Dr Zareh Ghazarian.
The head-of-politics at Monash University predicts a “very...
Dispatching another blockbuster screen production
Hot on the heels of Liam Neeson’s latest action movie The Mongoose – filming is underway on yet another blockbuster in regional Victoria –...
Coalition’s Gazette News complaint dismissed by AEC
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has dismissed claims made by the Coalition that a local news outlet was just a Teal funded publication designed...
Police ask for witnesses of incident in Yarra Junction
Police are seeking witnesses for an incident that occurred in the carpark behind the Yarra Junction Medical Centre between 9:30 am and 11 am...
The Yarra Junction Community Market mourns after passing of its president Kathy Wal
The much-loved president of the Yarra Junction Community Market (YJCM), Kathy Wal, passed away in January.
Ms Wal and her husband, John Wal, became...
‘Balanced budget’ under financially constrained circumstances says council
The “tightening of purse strings” and the constraints of revenue raising for local governments was yet again an underlying theme of Yarra Ranges Council’s...
Longest wildlife patient leaves Sanctuary to soar once more
After 389 days a mighty Wedge-tailed Eagle has soared back into the sky following life-saving care at Healesville Sanctuary’s state of the art Raptor...
Building respect at more Victorian schools
The Allan Labor Government’s Respectful Relationships program is being expanded to even more non-government schools to help embed a culture of respect and gender...
Council applies three per cent rate cap in draft 2025-26 budget
While attention was drawn to the Federal Government’s budget this week, Yarra Ranges Council was also releasing its draft 2025-26 budget on the same...
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‘I’m a bit of a fighter’: Naomi Oakley stays strong amid...
Though it was a Labor landslide across the rest of Victoria, Naomi Oakley fell short of clinching the Casey seat from Liberal incumbent Aaron...
