Category: Regional Affairs

Environment & Conservation News Regional Affairs

Historic Reserve burn complete

Small-flowered grevillea Grevillea micrantha. Various local environmental groups including Friends of Maldon Historic Reserve; Maldon Urban Landcare Group; Muckleford Landcare; Muckleford Forest Friends; Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forest and Castlemaine Field Naturalists have been consulting with Fire Forestry Management (FFM) staff since 2022 in regard to the planned burn near the Railway Track in the…

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Fire & Emergency Response News Regional Affairs

Free disaster resilience sessions

Resilient Lismore Resilient Lismore is coming to our region to share lessons and knowledge it has gained through extensive experience helping with natural disaster relief and recovery. Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC) has arranged free sessions in Newstead, Campbells Creek and Castlemaine, open to all community members, from Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 May.Based in…

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News Politics & Governance Regional Affairs

CFA volunteers protest at Premier’s office

Volunteers at the protest with Gaelle Broad MP. Angry CFA volunteers took their fire tankers to Premier Jacinta Allan’s Bendigo office on Friday 9 May to protest about Labor’s proposed emergency services tax. Fire trucks and farm vehicles also blocked traffic on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge and brought Spring Street to a standstill outside Parliament…

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Infrastructure & Development News Regional Affairs

Regional train service increase Train at Castlemaine StationThe State Government announced

Regional train service increase Train at Castlemaine Station The State Government announced on Monday 12 May that there will be an increase in the number of carriages on trains running on the Bendigo Line, with weekend trains containing six cars. It says that a new timetable is currently being developed to include additional carriages during…

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Environment & Conservation News Regional Affairs

Weed Watch

Bathurst Burr Photo courtesy of Weeds Australia website. Common Name: Bathurst BurrBotanical Name: Xanthium spinosumWeed Classification: Bathurst Burr was first declared a noxious weed in Victoria back in 1856. It is a Regionally Controlled weed in the North Central Catchment (our region) and must be controlled on private and public land to prevent further spread.Where…

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News Politics & Governance Regional Affairs

Labor wins Bendigo: no love lost

Lisa Chesters at Maldon Community Lunch last year. There were polite digs in each direction after the tense Bendigo vote count drew to a close last weekend, with a concession of likely defeat from the Nationals’ Andrew Lethlean on 9 May, followed by the Labor Party’s incumbent, Lisa Chesters MP, claiming victory on Saturday 10…

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Council & Governance News Regional Affairs

Funding for local community upgrades

Maree Edwards MP with representatives from the Mount Alexander Shire Council and Harcourt community at the announcement to celebrate upgrades to James Park, funded by Tiny Towns. A number of community projects in Mount Alexander Shire will receive upgrades from the State Government’s Tiny Towns Fund, Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards MP announced on…

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News Politics & Governance Regional Affairs

Work at the next election

Ballot being placed in a ballot box. Applications are now open to work at the 2026 state election, as the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) starts the process to recruit more than 1,000 senior election officials across Victoria. The VEC says senior election officials play an invaluable and significant role in coordinating elections for entire districts…

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News Primary Industries & Business Regional Affairs

Central Goldfields Village Business Expo

Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards. ‘Business supporting business’ best describes the Central Goldfields Village Business Expo held on Friday 9 May in Carisbrook. Small and micro-business owners came from far and wide to showcase and network with other businesses. It was a great opportunity to ‘think outside the box’ and brainstorm with other attendees.Local, state…

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Environment & Conservation News Regional Affairs

Funds available for rural climate solutions

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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