News
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Prepare to switch
Healesville Community Renewable Energy (HCoRE) is inviting locals to its free community event to help community members prepare for switching to an all-electric home. The…
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Dog owners of the Yarra Ranges have opportunity to speak up on new plan for parks
Yarra Ranges Council is calling on dog-owning residents of the region to help guide a 10-year People and Dogs in Parks Plan, which will set…
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Crackdown on the sale of illegal firewood
The Conservation Regulator and Parks Victoria have launched an operation to crack down on the illegal harvesting of firewood in Victoria’s national parks and state…
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Major IT outage strikes companies across country
A massive IT outage has hit major institutions across the nation including banks, media outlets and government services. Crowd-sourced website Downdetector has listed Telstra, Microsoft,…
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Yarra Ranges Council experiencing web outage
Yarra Ranges Council is currently experiencing a web outage due to an issue with its platform provider. Residents are asked to please give Yarra Ranges…
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Sports fields and ovals ready for weekend play
While a week of excess rain forced Yarra Ranges Council to close all sporting fields and ovals for training use, these grounds have been given…
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Yarra Valley got flooded
The SES Healesville Unit was busy with callouts for the rainy weather. The unit had to respond to approximately 20 callouts from Tuesday 16 July…
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Push to protect war memorials with greater penalties continues
Evelyn MP Bridget Vallence is continuing her push to implement stricter penalties upon people who desecrate war memorials following years of targeted attacks in the…
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Violence against paramedics and emergency call takers is unacceptable
Ambulance Victoria (AV) is urging Victorians to treat paramedics and call takers with respect when they see them at an emergency incident or in the…
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Gaming machines to be shut statewide between 4am and 10am from 30 August
The Victorian Government announced on Friday 12 July that from 30 August this year, it will be mandatory for the gaming machine areas of pubs…
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Rainfall compromises sports ground conditions, closed for training
Sports grounds across the Yarra Ranges were compromised by the heavy rainfall experienced in the region from Monday through to Tuesday forcing the council to…
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Flooding havoc closes roads with more rainfall on the way
The Yarra Ranges has once again seen flooding hit the region with roads closed and trees down across the shire. Melba Highway between Coldstream and…