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Pandemic has accelerated decline of carers for foster care organisations
With a declining number of foster carers for many years exacerbated by the pandemic, Upper Yarra and Yarra Ranges residents are being called to help…
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Truck Rollover on the corner of Symes and Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Roads
A truck rollover on the busy Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Rd between Healesville and Woori Yallock has left a man with serious head injuries. Victoria Police,…
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Victorian Government funding boost for road safety programs like Bike Ed
The Victorian Government has announced a funding boost aimed at improving road safety with 90 Victorian schools, councils and not-for-profit organisations receiving grants to help…
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Peta Rolls recognised for her work developing the Yarra Ranges
Peta Rolls has been recognised for her work over three decades helping establish more stunning tourist destinations in the Yarra Ranges. Her achievement was recently…
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Seville Primary School receive grant to help boost their new sustainability program
Seville Primary School are set to be the beneficiaries of a grant of up to $1000 in the latest round of 2022 Woolworths Junior Landcare…
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Free driving lessons fro newly arrived migrants and disadvantaged young drivers.
A new program from the Victorian Government is set to expand on easily accessible driving education, with free road safety education and professional driving lessons…
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Discussion starts about Green Wedge Zoning in Yarra Ranges
At The Nationals For Regional Victoria state conference a discussion has evolved about a possible revaluation of the Yarra Ranges’ Green Wedge Zone. Yarra Ranges…
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Upper Yarra ratepayers set to benefit from new bill
New legislation introduced in Victorian Parliament yesterday is designed to support Upper Yarra property owners by ensuring councils implement fairer financial hardship policies going forward…
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Tourism summit brings industry back together
Yarra Ranges Tourism held its first industry summit since 2019 this week, bringing together some of the key tourism bodies in the Dandenong Ranges and…
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One year on, Yarra Ranges Council continues storm support
One year ago on Thursday 9 June 2022, 177 properties in the Yarra Ranges were damaged and 76 were made uninhabitable when thousands of trees…
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High levels of illegal dumping in Old Warburton
A recent incident of illegal dumping on Cemetery Track at Old Warburton has prompted the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s (DELWP) Forest Fire…
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Storm hurt still not over
Upper Yarra residents woke up on the morning of Thursday 10 June 2021 to the aftermath of the infamous storm event, suffering flooding and power…
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