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BAT-hus Marsh
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
Bacchus Marsh skies seem to be filled with black specs every evening at dusk, have you ever wondered what...
Minister to consider MBC application
By Helen Tatchell
It is now common knowledge that Maddingley Brown Coal has submitted a planning scheme amendment to enable the Bacchus Marsh site to...
“I do”, 70-years ago
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
A Bacchus Marsh couple is celebrating 70-years of marriage this month, saying their lives together were filled with many...
Health facility moving forward
Ballan District Health & Care is back in the spotlight, with two big changes taking place.
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Rowena Clift, will head back...
Not everyone is man’s best friend
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
Many families within the Moorabool Shire have taken to the streets to exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic, but issues...
Nought, nothing, nada rate increase?
By Kate Taylor
Imagine, as a ratepayer, opening up the annual rates notice and finding that it has not increased at all on last year’s...
Devils in their iso-den
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
Although the 2020 BFL football season is on hold, members of the Devil community are showing their club spirit...
Not even a brief consultation
By Kate Taylor
There’s a big difference between ‘consultation’ and ‘briefings’ and Moorabool Shire Council is making that very clear to Maddingley Brown Coal.
A spokesperson...
Avenue honour
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
A canopy of 281 elms line a length of road leading into Bacchus Marsh, reflecting light through the leaves...
Opportunity opened for window business
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
The intention was for only five-years, 30-years later, a local business is still going strong.
Tony and Edith Paarhammer moved...
