Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Photo provided by Powercor. Electricity company Powercor announced on Monday 7 April that it had chosen a location for a community battery in Maldon. Powercor says the battery will help locally generated electricity to be consumed locally. The company said the 100kW/290kWh battery will be located on Adair Street, near the corner of Warnock Street…
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Democracy, Sausage. The beauty of the Democracy Sausage is that it is available to all, though not compulsory as voting is. A sausage in bread with a squirt is utilitarian, it transcends class and political party, it is a great leveller. And just like every Australian person over 18, Democracy Sausages will make an appearance…
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Well-spoken Karen Gray. I just want to support your words on an archaic, cruel and unnecessary ‘sport’. Just where is the ‘sport’ in it? Hilary Da Costa Maldon
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So. The patriot sees the world as them and us, but the problems we are trying to solve require the world to work together. Filth in the air, filth in the land and filth in the water, unless we can work together, nature will solve this for us and nature is not gentle. The patriot…
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Village Expo heads to Maryborough. After two successful events in Maldon last year, Village Business will run its next Village Expo in Maryborough on Friday 9 May. Coordinated as a joint initiative of the Committee for Maryborough and Village Business, it will be an opportunity for business, government and industry leaders in Maryborough and surrounding…
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L-R: Glen Hepburn from the VFF, Martha Haylett MP, Maree Edwards MP, Gaelle Broad MP and Deputy Mayor Toby Heydon. A community forum at Baringhup Hall on Wednesday 26 March attracted close to 50 attendees, many with comments and questions about the State Government’s proposed Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund (ESVF). Arranged and hosted by…
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Have your say about Harmony Way. Council is inviting residents to comment on a proposed speed limit reduction along a section of Harmony Way in Harcourt. The proposal aims to improve road safety and includes: an extension of the 60km speed zone north of Twyford Street, an 80km transitory zone to the cemetery and 100km…
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Democracy, Sausage. Hook up the gas bottles and fire up the burners; the election has been called and Australia will go to the polls on Saturday 3 May to vote for the next federal government. The Tarrangower Times will continue the silly metaphor and commentate on the process without mincing words, but what is the…
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White-throated snapping turtle. Photo courtesy Marilyn Connell. Did you know that there is such a thing as a bum breathing Turtle? It’s actually called the white-throated snapping turtle and its scientific name is Elseya albagula but those names are much less catchy and intriguing. Either way the bum breathing turtles are critically endangered, so clever…
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I hope we can draw back from the fascism that is so fashionable in our country. Hope, according to Havel, is different from optimism. It is a state of the soul rather than a response to the evidence. It is not the expectation that things will turn out successfully but the conviction that something is…
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