Hepburn Shire Council has released its $59.10 million draft budget for 2023-24. The draft budget includes a record $19.56 million investment in capital works projects. Rates increases are capped at 3.5%. Waste charges will increase by 6.2%. The Draft Budget is open for comment until June 8.
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National Reconciliation Week is a time to acknowledge the painful history of Australia’s Indigenous peoples and a time for conversations to promote unity and understanding. One meaningful conversation we should have is about the name of Hepburn Shire.
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Yandoit Cultural is screening a compilation of short films, as well as a feature film, Lake of Scars, as part of the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival. The Festival coincides with Reconciliation Week.
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Local member and Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas turned the first sod to mark the start of the construction of Daylesford Health’s new operating theatre last week. When the new operating theatre opens it will become a surgical hub for ophthalmology and other procedures targeted at reducing the waitlist for the Grampians region.
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Daylesford Football Netball Club launched their new Jim Gull Memorial Scoreboard this week. The electronic communications board will serve as a display for other Victoria Park users such as the Daylesford Show, the Highland Gathering and ChillOut. And the Club’s Pride is this weekend.
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