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Guides hope biscuits will bring in dough
Sunbury Girl Guides hope the sale of close to 1500 boxes of biscuits will help raise enough money to allow them all to attend camp…
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Sunbury focus at shadow cabinet meeting
The need to rise to the challenges of explosive growth was a persistent theme when Sunbury’s health, local government and emergency service leaders met with…
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Sunbury vegetable harvest put to bed
Five wicking garden beds will bring a splash of color and, eventually, a harvest of healthy vegetables to O’Shanassy Street, Sunbury. Residents are being invited…
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Anger over Sunbury parking inaction
Hume council has been asked to explain why plans for a multi-level carpark in Evans Street, Sunbury, were scrapped as the town’s parking crisis worsens.…
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Never too early to learn about safety
Children at a New Gisborne preschool learnt how to phone triple-0 and heard flood safety tips when SES crew members including Rob Lewis visited as…
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Indoor courts ‘bursting’ at seams
Substandard indoor sports facilities in the Macedon Ranges will soon be a thing of the past if a new coalition of clubs, schools, associations and…
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Oaklands Junction kangaroo cull postponed
Parks Victoria has postponed plans to cull about 150 kangaroos in an enclosure protecting an endangered bandicoot at Woodlands Historic Park. Shooting at the Oaklands…
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Sneak peak at Gisborne’s new $3.7m kinder
Early childhood learning is about to enter a brave new world in Gisborne, with a $3.7 million centre featuring high-tech capabilities and an environmentally sustainable…
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Sunbury works announced in Hume budget
Construction of a heated pool at the aquatic centre, planning for a global learning centre in Macedon Street and new lawn tennis club rooms are…
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Woodend author’s debut novel wins Vogel
A Woodend author who’s won Australia’s premier literary prize for young writers says she’s had a dream run, having only recently started writing fiction. Katherine…
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Rare birds threatened by fishing waste
Beer bottles and sharp fishing hooks have been found on the banks of Sunbury’s Spavin Lake in recent weeks, prompting Hume council to urge anglers…
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Anger over federal cuts to aged care
Opposition MPs and a Gisborne-based health service have slammed cuts to aged-care funding in this year’s federal budget. Aged-care providers will lose more than $1 billion…
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