Tag: environment
Snow job done on sewerage system
It looked like snow and it’s definitely been chilly north of the CBD, but Wallan is not a place known for such events.
To the...
Toxic waste zone threatened once again
A group fighting development on buffer land which surrounds a contaminated former industrial tip at Tullamarine has called on Hume council to knock back...
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...
EPA investigates Bulla tip asbestos claims
New footage aired on prime-time television showing what appears to be the mishandling of asbestos at a Bulla tip has prompted the EPA to...
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...
Public feedback sought for Plenty Gorge plan
Parks Victoria is seeking public input to a new 10-year master plan for Plenty Gorge Park.
The plan will replace a 1994 version and look...
Council takes Somerton waste business to court
Hume council will tackle in the Supreme Court a Somerton business that has been amassing stockpiles of waste.
The council claims the business owners have...
Council gongs for going green
Hume and Whittlesea councils have cleaned up at the 2015 Sustainable Cities awards.
Whittlesea took out two awards, one in the cultural heritage sector for...
Vandals get busy on Hume parks
After suffering relatively little parks and gardens vandalism in recent years, Hume has copped a spate of offences across the city in the past...
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Tough weekend for Hume teams
It was a tough weekend for Hume-based teams in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.
Just Roxburgh Park was able to claim the points as all...
