Tag: council
Grave find halts council cemetery plan
More than 110 unmarked graves have been discovered at Epping cemetery, quashing a council-led bid to reopen it for burials.
A week-long survey by Hunter...
Microchip helps return cat after three years
To the surprise of his dumbfounded owner, Charlie, a ginger tabby cat, arrived home last week after a three-year walkabout.
Suzanne who asked that her...
Council rangers cop threats and abuse over dogs
Hume rangers have had threatening phone calls, emails and letters, been abused during court hearings, and one officer’s name and workplace was made public...
Reading challenge accepted
Hume council has jumped on a global movement that encourages parents to read 1000 books to their children before they start primary school.
Mayor Adem...
Cull slashes rabbit numbers
Rabbit populations along some of Sunbury and Bulla’s most vulnerable creeks and rivers have been reduced by up to 90 per cent as part...
Immunisation inroads
A Thomastown early-learning centre for Aboriginal children and families is turning around low immunisation rates and helping others get the message, too.
About six weeks...
Council tightens up on sports funding
Hume council has revised its sports grants program to put a stop to funds flowing to private interstate and international sports tours, and to...
On a mission to force council to clean “city of s**t”
A Meadow Heights resident is on a mission to force Hume council to clean up piles of dumped rubbish.
John Mitchell offered to take Star...
Sunbury split: Hume seeks its share
Hume council has added its voice to the great number of views expressed to the auditors reviewing plans for an independent Sunbury.
Councillors last week...
Hume council’s Interface Growth Fund wish list
Hume council has called on the state government to put $9 million towards redeveloping Broadmeadows’ former town hall.
The $20.2 million redevelopment is one of three major...
Cr Jack Ogilvie granted sick leave
Hume councillor Jack Ogilvie has been granted three months’ leave as he continues to recover from a serious stroke.
As reported by Star Weekly, Cr...
Lighting the way to efficiency
The bulbs of more than 9000 street lights will be replaced with models more than three times as energy-efficient across Hume this month.
The council...
Cameras to catch dumpers
Dumping hotspots will have surveillance cameras installed if Whittlesea council’s recently appointed litter prevention officer has his way.
The council received $200,000 from the state...
Fake council workers attempt to steal dog
A two-year-old blond Labrador from Roxburgh Park became the centre of an elaborate hoax last weekend.
The pup, named Jax, was in the backyard when...
Hume cleaning blitz
Hume is looking a bit more squeaky clean after a three-month, council-run clean-up.
Council staff targeted six areas, carrying out repairs, removing graffiti and cleaning...
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Aussies urged to roll up their sleeves
With one in three people experiencing high blood pressure, Australians, including those in Hume and Whittlesea, are being urged to visit their local doctor...
