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Encouraging students to embrace Anzac spirit

Victorian students are encouraged to explore how Victorians came together to build the Shrine of Remembrance and other war memorials as part of the...

Childcare places remain hard to come by in Casey

The availability of childcare remains dire in large parts of Australia with the Casey electorate and other outer-eastern areas no stranger to the struggle...

Senior Citizen Clubs asked council for more help

Local senior citizen clubs are struggling with making ends meet and asking for more support from the Yarra Ranges Council (YRC). Yarra Valley Combined Seniors...

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...

Alternative motion quashes concerns about ‘vexatious requests’ and ‘serial complainants’ at Yarra Ranges Council...

Yarra Ranges councillors have discussed some key proposals they hope to put forward to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) as motions for the...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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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Billy Elliot at CLOC Musical Theatre

The 1812 Theatre The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby, a self-mase millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchannan. Nick Carroway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is...