Tag: News
Drowning data sparks safety reminder
Hume council is reminding residents to practice safety in the water, following the release of data which found that drowning deaths in waterways increased...
Through the archives
Star Weekly looks back through the pages of its predecessors.
30 years ago
February 11, 1992
Chairman of the new Macedon Region Water Authority, Don Alexander, has...
Hi-Quality ready for ‘toxic’ soil
Hi-Quality will begin receiving contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project in March, despite an ongoing Hume council Supreme Court challenge and community...
‘A fantastic outlet’: Riddell Umpires seeking new recruits
It was the anxiety of performing that inspired Paige Giles to swap her dance shoes for a pair of footy boots and a whistle....
No cat curfew, for meow
Macedon Ranges Shire Council rejected community calls for a 24 hour cat curfew at a meeting on Wednesday night.
In developing its Domestic Animal Management...
Addicition support group in the shire focused on the here and now
Working out of Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health’s centre in Kyneton, facilitator Staumn Hunder is working with a small community workshop where residents can...
Bulla brigade hunts for new recruits
The Bulla unit of the Country Fire Authority (CFA) is seeking new members to beef up its volunteer base.
Located on Green Street, Bulla...
Social housing bill halted
The state government’s new social and affordable housing scheme announced on February 18, which was slammed by Hume mayor Carly Moore as “simplistic” and...
Man rescued from rollover in Bulla
A red P-plater was rescued from a rollover in Bulla last night.
Rescue crews were deployed less than two minutes after a call was made...
Police seeking woman on traffic offences
Police are asking for public assistance to help locate a 39-year-old woman known to frequent the Kyneton and Belmont areas.
The woman, Emma Gallagher,...
Ride like a girl: women hit the roads around Macedon Shire
Cycling 65 stunning kilometres around the Macedon Ranges doesn’t sound like a bad way to spend a Saturday.
Alison Skene certainly thinks so, which...
LGBTIQA+ community distressed by religious discrimination debate
A Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health (SCCH) team member has described the public debate around the federal government’s religious discrimination bill as “incredibly distressing”...
Blue trees to start conversations
Sherryn Keily was driving through Western Australia with her family when she started noticing the trees – they were hard to miss, being electric...
Grants to reduce emissions
Local community organisations will share in $1.3 million to deliver projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost 1700 tonnes a year, shrinking energy...
Council rate debts continue to climb
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted rates payments, with Hume council owed $29.1 million in outstanding rates.
A report to the February 14 council meeting revealed...
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Live music to rock on in Victoria
The state government announced that it will pour $3.9 million into gigs and festivals to ensure Victoria ‘remains the live music capital’ of the...
