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Yarra Ranges Council is urging people planning a trip to its region during the lockdown period to reconsider their plans, in an effort to protect the health and wellbeing of local communities. While Yarra Ranges has been included as a metropolitan council as part of the State Government’s recent lockdown orders, there are concerns that
“It is likely that mobile testing vans will be visiting both Mitchell and the Kinglake Ranges soon,” Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green said on social media at the weekend. “Locally Whittlesea’s active cases have increased steadily this month and Nillumbik’s cases have today (Saturday) gone from one to two,” Ms Green said. “Mitchell’s active numbers
Maribyrnong Council advises that career journalist and debut crime fiction author Karina Kilmore will run a Writers’ Workshop At Home via Zoom. Under the byline Karina Barrymore, she covered almost every major business scandal and financial event since the 1987 global share market crash and has written for US, UK, Australian and New Zealand publications.
Moreland Council will receive a report with respect to how it could better accommodate when Council and public meetings commence during the month of Ramadan to not immediately coincide with the time that fast is broken and what strategies can be put in place to avoid the clash.
Residents have delivered petition containing 599 signatures to Moonee Valley Council, requesting the former sales office located at 45 Valley Lake Boulevard, Keilor East be developed for a community use. The sales office located at 45 Valley Lake Boulevard was built in 2006 to assist with the sales of various stages within the Valley Lake
A one-room relocatable modular kindergarten for Kalkallo has been offered to Hume Council by James Merlino, Minister for Education and Emergency Services. This week’s Council meeting (Mon., July 13) was advised that Hector Gaston, Hume City’s Director Community Services, had written to accept the offer made by the Victorian School Building Authority. “The delivery of
Hobsons Bay Council has amended services following the State Government’s decision to reintroduce Stage 3 restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Hobsons Bay Civic Centre customer service front counter at Civic Pde, Altona, is again closed to face to face transactions. Residents may still contact customer service from 8.30am to 5.15pm by phone on
Hume City Council is aimingto provide stimulus packages to assist Hume based groups to reactivate their programs after the Coronavirus ermergency. A plan was due to be discussed at the Council meeting to be held on Monday this week (July 13), as The Local Paper went to press. All Hume City Council community centres and
Banyule Crs Tom Melican and Craig Langdon successfully proposed that a residents’ petition about rates be considered at the Council’s budget meeting on Monday, July 27. A petition with 108 signatures requested requesting Council apply a zero rate rise for the 2020-21 financial year.“We, the undersigned ratepayers and / or residents of Banyule City Council
EDITORIAL COMMENT Times are tough for most, but Whittlesea Council insisted last week in introducing the maximum possible 2 per cent rates increase for local residents. Administrator Lydia Wilson is applying plenty of public relations spin to ‘sell’ the $214.8 million budget to locals. A document on the Whittlesea Council website highlights the initiatives:• $11.99
