Happy Wattle Day!
Wattle Day has been celebrated on September 1st since 1910 and on September 1, 1988, the Golden Wattle, Acacia pycantha, was proclaimed the floral emblem of Australia.
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Author: Tim Bach
Dean Kite Festival – A Father’s Day Event
The Dean Kite Festival will be held this Sunday at the Dean Recreation Reserve. There will be kite displays and professional, award-winning kite-flying enthusiasts showcasing their wonderfully colourful and novel kites and kite-flying skills.
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Daylesford Museum Reserve Granted Flood Recovery Funding
The Daylesford Museum Reserve Committee of Management welcomed Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, and Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas, to the Museum Reserve on Friday 25th August to celebrate their Flood Recovery Grant of $246,000.
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Australians Will All Benefit From The Voice
“We are healing Country, reinstating cultural practices our People have used for millenia, alongside Western science. We are sharing our language, art and Culture with the whole community through landscaping and the built environment. These activities are healing for Dja Dja Wurrung People and are beneficial for the whole community. They are only possible because we are in the conversation. When First Nations voices are listened to, and that knowledge is shared, we all benefit.”
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Aggressive or Disrespectful Behaviour is Never Okay
Council is deeply concerned about aggressive behaviour directed at Hepburn Shire staff – a very worrying trend that is on the increase and reaching unprecedented levels. Council wishes to remind community members that respectful behaviour is non-negotiable. Council has a complaints-handling process and a policy of responding to complaints within reasonable timeframes.
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