News
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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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Total fire ban followed by storm warnings for Thursday 22 February
Residents across the east are being asked to brace yet again for both storm and fire risk with winds up to 80km per hour expected…
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My Place Yarra Valley inviting ‘freedom fighters’ to fortnightly meetings
Just over a year has passed since My Place Yarra Valley (MPYV) made headlines by attending Yarra Ranges Council meetings in large numbers to object…
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Landscaping plans begin at old Sanitarium factory
The first stage of a substantial effort to restore the Sanitarium factory site in Warburton has begun, with community input key to the plans. The…