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Will this option save face?
By Kate Taylor
“Ballan District Health & Care
has been clear
with the community…”
- Lyn Gunnell (Board Chair)
It appears that a ‘Board’ game is being...
An endangered plump gaggle
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
A flock of unknown birds were spotted on farmland 37km south-east of Ballan. They had a Magpie-like appearance, but...
PFAS not harmful…..said no one ever
By Kate Taylor and Helen Tatchell
“…PFAS are not harmful
to the public
during soil removal,
relocation
or disposal.”
- Transurban spokesperson
An extraordinary claim of safety...
Local MPs – missing in action
By Kate Taylor
Member for Melton Steve McGhie and Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle did not attend the community rally.
A spokesperson for Ms Settle’s office...
The background on the project
BACKGROUND
- The MBC proposal is to provide a ‘bespoke’ solution solely for the West Gate Tunnel.
- It would have a containment bay holding area,...
Signs, signs everywhere a sign
By Kate Taylor
“If the tunnel workers shouldn’t be exposed to those levels of PFAS, then you shouldn’t be exposed to those levels of PFAS”...
Tap into water
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
Local water companies are in the early days of pushing the Choose Tap initiative, urging people to consider carrying...
Green light for servo
By Kate Taylor
A chicken farm owner and a service station developer were embroiled in a debate over buffer zones at a council meeting.
The...
Claws are out on cats
By Kate Taylor
The good people of Moorabool are being asked by Council to make a decision on a potentially purr-y little problem.
The results from...
1001 reasons to step up
By Kate Taylor
A plan to create a recreation paradise at Bald Hill is 1001 steps closer.
A feasibility study presented to the February 5...
