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Surf Coast Shire kindergartens, tips and visitor information centres will be closed on Tuesday as the Country Fire Authority (CFA) forecasts extreme fire danger in the Central District. The shire will ...

FORMER Torquay resident and now Australian Federal Police (AFP) Assistant Commissioner Kristy Barrett has shared her story of persistence and success with the class of 2022 at Surf Coast Secondary ...

The ANGLESEA Football Netball Club celebrated its successful 1999 season at its annual premiership reunion and officials’ day. More than 60 past players and officials came together at Ellimatta ...

MORE than 3,000 grassland species have been planted in the Spring Creek Valley to help reinstate native ecology and form an eco-corridor. Surf Coast Energy Group (SCEG) recently co-hosted a ...

BALLARAT has new way to get around with an e-bike hire scheme quietly launched last week. The scheme is run by Neuron Mobility, providers of the city’s current e-scooter hire program. The bikes were ...

PACIFIC National, the country’s largest private rail freight company, has withdrawn its plans to build a $5 billion, 550-hectare freight terminal and warehousing precinct in Little River. The proposed ...

A REVIVED call for a road link across Port Phillip Bay has received a muted response from the Borough of Queenscliffe, which says the project is not on its radar. Mornington Peninsula mayor Steve ...

CONSTRUCTION has started on the Grovedale Village development, with some tenancies expected to open later this year. Located on the corner of Rossack Drive and Colac Road, near the Waurn Ponds Police ...

A BALLIANG-BASED athlete spent last weekend in Australia’s capital representing Victoria in the 2025 American Football Australia Youth Flag National Championship. Sixteen-year-old Oscar Denny took ...

THE new Ballarat Showgrounds site has officially opened, and is set to host this year’s Ballarat Show following a hiatus in 2024. The new showgrounds at Rose Hill Road, Mount Rowan includes a 28,000 ...