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Council a finalist for awards
Yarra Ranges Council’s Climate Action Team has been named as finalists in two award categories in the 2023 Cities Power Partnership Climate Awards. The team…
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Plovers targeting locals
This year’s bird swooping season has Aylee Sunstrom currently in fear of going into her own backyard as swoop season hits full swing. The Tecoma…
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Yarra Ranges needs more Maternal Child Health Nurses
Over the last 12 months, Yarra Ranges’ Maternal Child Health Nurses (MCHN) have seen 1,795 new babies across the municipality. They’ve helped 819 first time…
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Streamlining teacher recruitment
The State Government is attracting more teachers to work in Victorian government schools with a new recruitment process. Victorian Education Minister Natalie Hutchins launched the…
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Vital funds delivered
Yarra Junction’s Men’s Shed or ‘Ben’s Shed’ as it is known – has recently received a funding grant which was welcomed over official celebrations and…
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Wombat has the last laugh
Little Yarra CFA had an unusual call-out on the night of Tuesday 5 September. Units were told on the journey out to Gladysvale two rottweilers…
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New life for recycled wood
A Healesville resident has been recycling timbers to create custom designed chopping boards to fundraise for the environment. Andrew Cooper said the idea eventually came…
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Funds fall short
The Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) is “gravely concerned” that promised support for its work at the Ringwood Specialist Family Violence Court (SFVC) has not…
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Kinglake graduates as Heart Safe Community
Minutes matter in a cardiac arrest and Kinglake is now equipped to save more lives, becoming one of 11 new Heart Safe Communities in Victoria.…
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Indigenous Australian Firestick program is going to the global stage
Yarra Ranges Council’s Firestick program has attracted overseas attention, with a French publication exploring how the unique burning practice can be used in the face…
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Getting to the footy finals this weekend
Extra public transport services will be at hand as footy finals kick off, providing safe and easy travel for fans heading to three massive games…
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
For many, bruised by school experience, poetry is still some old fashioned literary form found in foxed and faded pages of books on bottom shelves…
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