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Cat desexing grants opened to help councils tackle overpopulation
At the start of March, the Victorian Government announced a renewed push to address the overpopulation of cats with a $300,000 trial program and the…
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Alternative motion quashes concerns about ‘vexatious requests’ and ‘serial complainants’ at Yarra Ranges Council meeting
Yarra Ranges councillors have discussed some key proposals they hope to put forward to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) as motions for the next…
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Silent thief of sight, glaucoma
There’s an eye disease taking hold of 300,000 Australians, with more than half going about their day-to-day lives without a diagnosis or the knowledge they…
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Badger Creek Men’s Shed is set to get a new staircase
Badger Creek and District Men’s Shed is looking forward to having a new staircase thanks to the Men’s Shed Funding Program from the State Government.…
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Frustrated story reborn as good lesson
The story of a Yarra Ranges resident becomes the basic source of a course for Year 11 and 12 students in Victoria. James Wood has…
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Aussie invention predicts power line faults that can cause bushfires
An early fault detection (EFD) system designed at RMIT University is helping to prevent bushfires and blackouts in North America, Europe and Australia. IND Technology,…
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Financial hardship grants available for AusNet customers
AusNet has announced it will provide hardship grants for eligible AusNet residential and business customers who were without power as a result of severe weather…
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Taskforce report discusses the future of sustainably funding aged care
The Aged Task Taskforce set to work by the Australian Government released its final report on Monday 11 March, looking into how the sector can…
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Yarra Ranges and Knox outperforms state’s cervical screening participation
Data reveals people in the outer-east of Melbourne have outperformed the state’s average in participating in the National Cervical Screening Program. Cancer Council Victoria has…
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Car flipped over
Emergency services were called to a report of a car flipped over on Healesville-Kinglake Road in Chum Creek just after 2pm on Monday 11 March.…
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Grant boosts HICCI’s Emergency Relief
Healesville Inter-Church Community Care Inc (HICCI) became one of the recipients of the Federal Government funding program. The Federal Government has announced that Emergency Relief…
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Healesville Connects!
Community, art, fun and food on were on show for all last weekend, with the Healesville and Yarra Valley community coming together to celebrate what…