Hepburn Shire Council has adopted its Road Management Plan 2025–2029, setting out how it will maintain and manage local roads, footpaths, bridges, drainage and related infrastructure over the next four years. Community satisfaction with road maintenance was one of the lowest rated items in the recent survey.
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Building resilience is not only about surviving change. It is also about treating one another with fairness and respect, rejecting division and hatred, and making sure everyone has the support they need to face an uncertain future together.
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Hepburn Shire continues to face significant financial challenges into the future but Council has begun to face up to the need to balance its budget. In doing so it has implemented additional efficiencies of 2.53 million as part of the 2025/26 budget.
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The long-running discussion about the future of the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve pavilion has reached a turning point. At their regular meeting earlier this week, Hepburn Shire Council voted to renovate and renew the existing pavilion, rather than build a brand-new one.
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Four of the Hepburn Shire’s most loved festivals have secured support for the next two years – guaranteeing more colour, music, books, pride and spuds for locals and visitors alike.
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Hepburn Shire Council is asking the community to help shape the future of pet management, as it develops its new Domestic Animal Management Plan (DAMP) 2025–2029.
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Hepburn Shire Mayor, Cr Don Henderson, highlights recent news and events in the Shire.
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News from Hepburn Shire Council.
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Hepburn Shire Council has opened consultation on its draft Road Management Plan 2025–2029, inviting the community to have its say on how the Shire’s roads and footpaths are maintained over the next four years.
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A quiet clause added to a Hepburn Shire Council motion has ignited a storm of community concern over the future of Rea Lands Reserve in Daylesford. On 12 August, what began as a small and hastily planned meeting by Betty Rea’s son, Stefan quickly became a public event.
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The 2023/24 Local Government Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF) rankings have delivered a sobering verdict: Hepburn Shire takes longer than any other council in Victoria to decide planning applications.
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