Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The management, storage and disposal of farm waste products has become a focus after residents reportedly discovered a smouldering fire in a chicken litter stockpile last week.
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Chicken waste combustion frustration. Residents living near broiler farms in Baringhup have expressed their concerns and frustration to councils, politicians and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after another fire broke out in a waste pile last week. In emails viewed by the Tarrangower Times, a resident (who has not given permission to be named publicly)…
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Restrictions on poultry owners near the H7N8 avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak near Euroa have been reduced, following no new detections since 24 February 2025. From Monday 31 March 2025, the control area was reduced to about 40 kilometres from east to west, and 30 kilometres from north to south, including Euroa and Longwood. The…
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Central Goldfields Shire Council has provided information about the next steps for broiler farms in the shire, following on from the VCAT verdict handed down in October last year. As reported in the Tarrangower Times (Friday 24 October, 2025), VCAT ordered that a permit be granted for a proposed Class B broiler farm (‘Farm 11’)…
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