Council improves satisfaction ratings
Community satisfaction with Macedon Ranges council’s performance has improved in several key categories, a new report reveals.
But the area’s biggest residents group maintains the...
Sunbury auditors talk about secession
Sunbury auditors Frank Vincent and John Watson talk to Star Weekly in detail about Sunbury’s planned split from Hume council.
Star Weekly: We’re now several months into this...
Questions marks over Western Distributor under Yarraville
A boost in public transport spending and moving more freight via rail could kill the need for the proposed Western Distributor, a public forum...
Melton police reject ‘gun culture’ claim
Melton police have denied that the area is turning into a ‘ghetto’ amid reports guns are being discovered in cars every two days in...
Bacchus Marsh Pony Club fears ‘eviction’
Bacchus Marsh Pony Club could face closure if the club is not relocated before redevelopment starts at Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve (BMRRR), according...
Gisborne fatal sparks safety review call
A fatal crash has sparked calls for safety at an intersection on the outskirts of Gisborne to be reviewed.
As reported by Star Weekly, a...
For whom bell will toll
A Sunbury school is searching for an appropriate place to display a 60-kilogram bell that predates the town’s historic mental asylum.
The bell, made in...
Woodend residents offer Coles an olive branch
Residents who defeated plans for a controversial service station development in Woodend have expressed their willingness to sit down with developers representing Coles.
But they...
Final tweak to council budget rejected
Mayor Jennifer Anderson has come under fire after proposing changes to Macedon Ranges council’s 2015-16 budget just moments before its adoption.
But other councillors lashed...
Climate change on council budget agenda
A Macedon Ranges group hopes the shire is a step closer to taking the path to carbon neutrality after putting climate change on the...
V/Line Sunbury reprieve ‘misses the point’
Sunbury rail commuters say moves to allow them continued access to V/Line services until the end of the year are inadequate and a betrayal...
Woodend residents rally for refugees
Woodend residents have opened their hearts, and kitchen cupboards, to refugees.
The Macedon Ranges chapter of Rural Australians for Refugees collected several car loads of...
Geelong woman remanded over Macedon Ranges thefts
Police briefs
A Geelong woman has been remanded in custody after being arrested over $25,000 worth of thefts from hairdressing salons, cafes and retail stores...
VU defends east expansion after west cuts
Victoria University is defending its possible takeover of a campus in Melbourne’s outer-east while cutting courses, closing campuses and shedding jobs in the western...
Sunbury man charged for cheating CityLink
A Sunbury man who avoided almost 300 CityLink tolls by using fake number-plates has been nabbed by police.
The 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday...
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Health regulators unite against family violence
For the first time ever, Australia’s health practitioner regulators have united to call for an end to family violence.
The five regulators: The Australian Health...
