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10/07/2022

30 years ago

July 14, 1992

No elections for positions on the Macedon Ranges Water Authority election will be held before November 1993 – if they are ever held at all.

25 years ago

July 15, 1997

Voting second time around to elect a council candidate for the Hanging Rock Ward will provide residents will additional choices, including a 19-year-old Woodend students.

20 years ago

July 16, 2002

Sunbury is suffering a GP shortage which threatens to compromise patient care, a spokesperson for the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has claimed.

10 years ago

July 17, 2012

Hot to trot: Robert Fedele goes behind the scenes in harness racing and discovers it’s a sport in which several close-knit families are making their mark.

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