Councillor Column – Lesley Hewitt
Deputy Mayor, Cr Lesley Hewitt, discusses some of the difficulty decisions councillors make in determining the annual budget of the Shire and expresses concerns about health funding in regional Australia.
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Tim Bach
Local Planning Applications – Council to Consider Micro-Abattoir at Eganstown
At it’s regular meeting on Tuesday, July 18, Council will consider a planning application for a...
Read MoreRural Health is Under Funded: New Report
Rural people experience a triple health disadvantage: poorer circumstances in terms of social determinants of health, a lack of service availability, and higher costs of access and delivery, all resulting in poor health outcomes. According to a new report, around 10 percent less is spent on health for Rural Australians than on those living in metropolitan areas.
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Drive Safe this Winter
Raquel Stevens It’s been a wet couple of weeks and with re-appearing potholes and icy conditions,...
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Local Student Represents Daylesford College at Youth Parliament
Daylesford College student, Quinn Le Fevre, joined 119 young people from across Victoria for the YMCA Youth Parliament at the end of June. Quinn was selected to introduce a bill he helped to prepare to lower the voting age to 16 and the bill was passed by the Youth Parliament.
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