Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Humerus insight to odd animals Echidnas might not snorkel, but research says their ancestors may have once lived in water. A study published on Tuesday 29 April in the science journal PNAS confirms that echidnas and platypuses are just as confusing as they appear. A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in…
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Supporting greener futures – funding available for rural climate action projects. The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) is now inviting applications from not-for-profit groups (NFPs) in remote, rural and regional communities for funding to support projects that reduce emissions and address the impacts of climate change to drive positive and sustainable environmental, social…
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New rule expands 40km/h slow-down requirement to more vehicles with flashing lights. Drivers should be aware that there has been a change to the rule that says traffic must slow to 40km per hour when passing emergency service vehicles parked by the road. From Tuesday 1 July, this rule will be expanded to include more…
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Kicking myself that I missed last week’s deadline to submit comment on the Porcupine Village application for ‘Holiday Park Redevelopment’: 26 cabins, a petting zoo, plant nursery, machinery shed, entertainment marquee and museum. Is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? That the Council’s recent about-face on their previous assurance of continued support for the Maldon…
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Barry Jones wrote, ‘Populist politics attacks reason, science, history, the arts, tolerance, diversity, the rule of law, ethics, liberal democracy and female liberation. It uses cruelty as a political weapon, reinforces racial stereotypes, refuses to recognise existential global crisis and asserts the greatest ambition for humanity is to get rich.’ Oz Patterson Nuggetty
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Democracy, Sausage. How to vote The big day has arrived: Election Day. You’ve brushed up on the processes of parliament and voting, perused the candidates, you know which ballot paper is which and you’ve arrived at the polling place. If it’s your local polling place you’ll be able to stroll in; if you are visiting…
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Lisa Chesters. Matt Evans. Andrew Lethlean. As tomorrow’s election looms, candidates for the local seat of Bendigo have been making their final election announcements and pledges. The following announcements have been sent to the Tarrangower Times in time to print. On Tuesday 22 April, The Nationals Candidate for Bendigo Andrew Lethlean and the Liberal Candidate…
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Nancy masked. In Maldon Today Radio Program Today Loz and Stevo interview Jeff Thomas about his career at the ABC and his quite remarkable life and travels. Who is Nancy Whittaker? She’d be the first to tell you she was born a Boortian (say it out loud and you’ll get her little joke) to a…
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I was on holiday in regional Victoria when duck season opened this year. After a pleasant lunch at a Maldon Bakery, I drove to Cairn Curran. I was curious, aware the local community want it off limits to duck hunters. There were few shooters and fewer ducks that afternoon. But I was intrigued by the…
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Newsagency news: end of an era. Maldon Newsagency has had a change of hands for the first time in nearly 28 years. Tireless local couple Barb and Graeme Ford have sold the business and are looking forward to the next phase of their lives. “We will very much miss the contact with people, through their…
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