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Roadmap to fair and equitable sporting facilities by 2024
Local councils will be required to ensure equitable access to sporting facilities for people of all genders to continue receiving infrastructure funding from July 2024…
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Heart safe Healesville looking our for Yarra Ranges
Healesville is one of 20 official Heart Safe Communities in Victoria and the only one in the Yarra Ranges, thanks to a program that has…
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Extensive works underway at Warburton Sanitarium
Yarra Ranges Council is conducting extensive shuttering and securing of the Sanitarium Factory in Warburton. The heritage-listed building is undergoing necessary make-safe works. Yarra Ranges…
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Healesville resident wants to raise awareness for disability in the Yarra Ranges
Healesville resident Noel Robinson has a form of glaucoma, where the nerve connecting to the eye is damaged and causes him near blindness, and is…
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Supporting grieving parents this Red Nose Day
Offering support and funding research is as ever the goal of Red Nose Day, in an attempt to help show solidarity for the thousands of…
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Desperate need for crossing supervisors
Staffing issues have led to children and primary school staff being left in a dangerous situation Recently, including the whole of this week, Gladysdale Primary…
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Warning to ignore ‘Hi Mum’ text scam
Detectives from the Victoria Police Cybercrime Squad are investigating a series of reports of an emerging text messaging scam targeting parents, by pretending to be…
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$4 million Steels Creek mansion receives approval for new build
Despite objections it’s ‘over the top’ and one councillor left ‘gobsmacked’ by its enormity, a mansion in Steels Creek with a price tag of $4…
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Customers left deserted by closure of Westpac Lilydale
Upper Yarra residents who bank with Westpac are set to have to branch out for in-person banking services, following the news of the Lilydale branch’s…
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Concerning Maroondah Highway corner discussed in Victorian Parliament
The intersection of Crowley, Lalors and Ayres Road in Healesville with the Maroondah Highway is still a concern for residents. Eildon MP Cindy McLeish has…
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Almost 80,000 Subaru cars recalled for ABS fault
A manufacturing issue that could result in 78,617 Subaru cars potentially moving or rolling away whilst the vehicle is engaged in the park position has…
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Don Valley a new home of adventure for future Alpine School students
The School for Student Leadership’s Don Valley campus officially opened on Thursday 11 August and is set to provide an unforgettable experience for Year 9…