Politics

  • IT’S TIME – Students join Melbourne Strike 4 Climate rally

    IT’S TIME – Students join Melbourne Strike 4 Climate rally

    Students from Trentham District Primary School joined the Melbourne Strike 4 Climate rally in front of Parliament House on Friday….

  • Castlemaine cries out for climate action

    Castlemaine cries out for climate action

    A crowd estimated at upwards of 2000 turned out in Castlemaine’s CBD on Friday demonstrating support for the day’s global…

  • Deputy Leader of the Nationals in Kyneton to launch treatment plant petition

    Deputy Leader of the Nationals in Kyneton to launch treatment plant petition

    Deputy Leader of the Nationals Steph Ryan paid a visit to Kyneton today to launch a community petition calling on…

  • Climate petition gathers support in Mount Alexander

    Climate petition gathers support in Mount Alexander

    A group of Mount Alexander Shire residents with serious concerns about a lack of urgency by government at all levels…

  • Container deposit push builds

    Container deposit push builds

    Mount Alexander Shire councillors and executive staff are among those strongly supporting the push for a container deposit scheme in…

  • Plan endorsed, doubts remain

    Plan endorsed, doubts remain

    The Macedon Ranges has moved a step closer to receiving high level protection for its sensitive landscape as the first…

  • Reform ‘a step backwards’

    Reform ‘a step backwards’

    Macedon Ranges has joined a chorus of local councils demanding answers on a major proposal to reintroduce single-member ward structures…

  • Threats trigger security

    Threats trigger security

    Security and police have been engaged over threats from the public made to Macedon Ranges Shire Council staff. Security guards…

  • Bittersweet result

    Bittersweet result

    It was a bittersweet result for returning Labor MPs Lisa Chesters and Rob Mitchell as they celebrated comfortable wins in…

  • For writers and thinkers

    For writers and thinkers

    Whether you’ve got a book and you want to self-publish, or you’ve lost the plot… or perhaps you’re interested in…

  • Question over candidate

    Early voting in the nation’s federal election opened yesterday with seven candidates contesting the federal lower house seat of Bendigo…

  • Sunny for senate

    Sunny for senate

    A Kyneton local with an innovative plan to address immigration and regional growth in Victoria has announced he will be…