Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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State Minister for Local Government Nick Staikos announced on Tuesday 23 December 2025 that Council rate increases will again be capped at the forecast Consumer Price Index; a rate cap of 2.75 per cent for the next financial year. The rate cap decision accepted the recommendation of the Essential Services Commission and this outcome limits…
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Following State Government funding, Mount Alexander Shire Council has recently upgraded the Castlemaine Transfer Station to better support the safe disposal of small quantities of packaged asbestos waste.
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Mooloort Plains chicken farm. Central Goldfields Shire Council unanimously voted against a proposed Baringhup broiler farm at its council meeting of Wednesday 28 May. In their comments to the meeting, Councillors indicated that the submissions and petitions that they received from the community featured in their considerations. The CGSC’s Coordinator of Statutory Planning’s report recommended…
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