In July 2009, residents at Rowley Brook Village were told by the Department of Health to boil their tap water after it was found to be contaminated with raw sewage. A year later and the units are about to get a connection to the water main, made possible by a grant of $62,500 of Royalties for Regions funding announced last Friday.
A first: residents petition council wanting an over-55s retirement community
A petition signed by more than 100 people within four days in Bannockburn, 88km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, demanding a lifestyle village was raised at Golden Plains Shire’s council meeting. “We would like to ask our elected council to encourage...