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September 15, 2025

Creatives can sign up for Steiglitz exhibition

THIS year's Back to Steiglitz event next month will feature a major art exhibition as one of its main components. The exhibition will be staged...

September 14, 2025

Next group of new citizens ready to take the pledge

THIRTY adults and seven children will become Australian citizens when the Moorabool Shire Council hosts two citizenship ceremonies later this month. Mayor Cr Paul Tatchell...

September 14, 2025

Caitlin takes top billing in national judges competition

CLARKES Hill farmer Caitlin Grieve has won a national competition to find the top young grain judge at the Royal Adelaide Show. The 25-year-old was...

September 13, 2025

Indoor pool comes a step closer – Moorabool Shire council meeting briefs

CONSTRUCTION of an indoor swimming pool at the Moorabool Aquatic and Recreation Centre in Maddingley is now closer, with councillors authorising officers to proceed...

September 12, 2025

EPA ‘code of silence’ on cylinders: Shire

MOORABOOL Shire Council claims repeated Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) about illegally dumped industrial waste near Bacchus Marsh...

September 8, 2025

Young female Ballan cricketers wanted

CALLING all under-fourteen girls in Ballan – your local cricket club needs you. The Ballan Cricket Club, which competes in the Ballarat Cricket Association (BCA),...

September 7, 2025

Crossing removal knockback, but councillor not giving up

A MOORABOOL Shire councillor is disappointed that his push for a railway level crossing in Grant Street, Bacchus Marsh, appears to have been ruled...

September 5, 2025

Shire continues campaign on industrial waste cylinders

MOORABOOL Shire Council is maintaining its anger on the issue of illegally dumped industrial waste – this time calling for an inquiry into thousands...

August 30, 2025

Better chance of a catch as reservoirs restocked

THE Moorabool and Pykes Creek reservoirs have had their fish stocks boosted with thousands of trout and Murray cod released there by the Victorian...

August 28, 2025

Councillor steps up rubbish campaign

MOORABOOL Shire councillor Steve Venditti-Taylor’s war on waste – both legal and illegal – continues, as he pushes for at least a permanent hard...

August 23, 2025

Cycling opportunities open up at Glenmore camp

WHEELCHAIR users and other people with mobility challenges will soon be able to ride the trails at the YMCA Lady Northcote Discovery Camp at...

August 22, 2025

Conroy to AusNet: the answer is no

STANDING outside Archie Conroy's house on his family property just north of Ballan, the tranquillity and almost utter silence are striking. Virtually uninterrupted views of...