Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Visit Newstead Solar Farm. Renewable Newstead invites community members to visit its huge and productive solar farm on Friday 4 April 11am – 3pm. The organisation says the event is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to explore our innovative solar farm and learn about renewable energy sources. Flow Power, who owns and operates the facility,…
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Maldon Men’s Shed is crafting wildlife boxes to assist animals displaced by recent fires across Ravenswood, Harcourt, and Mount Alexander. Great idea and a fantastic example of community members helping in any way they can. Pictured: Ian Stevens, demonstrating how it’s done.
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The Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) proudly recognised the incredible efforts of our thousands of dedicated volunteers and members as it celebrated 50 years of service to the state on Tuesday 4 March. The Civil Defence Organisation evolved into VICSES on 5March 1975 and remains as we know it today, playing a lead and critical…
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Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation that large-scale genetic changes are the common ragweed’s secret to rapidly adapt to new environments. The research discovered 37 large-scale genetic changes, including ‘supergenes’, that have enabled the noxious weed to rapidly invade diverse environments worldwide. Super-genes are…
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