Media Releases
New Smoking Bans Outside Ballarat Schools And Kinders
New smoking bans will commence in three weeks’ time. The bans have been brought forward by the Andrews Labor Government to protect more Victorians from secondhand smoke.
Minister for Families and Children, Jenny Mikakos, and local MP Sharon Knight visited the Girrabanya Centre for Children and Families in North Ballarat this week and distributed signs and other campaign material that will help advertise the new bans.
From Monday 13 April, smoking will be banned on the grounds of, and within four metres of an entrance to, hospitals and community health services, schools, childcare centres, kindergartens and preschools, and many government buildings including Parliament, courts and police stations.
Calling all young Hawkesbury residents!
Members of the Hawkesbury Youth Summit Planning Group have been working hard organising this year’s Youth Summit. Young people aged 12 to 24, who are passionate about sharing their opinions and dreams for the area are invited to attend the 2015 Hawkesbury Youth Summit. The Summit will be held on Tuesday, 31 March 2015 from 9:30am to 2:30pm at the Deerubbin Centre.
Clarence Street stole the spotlight - and people's imagination
A long lunch on the Buller Street bridge, permanent stage for free concerts and mini Venice on Koolonbung Creek were just some of the ideas to surface from last Friday’s highly-successful Clarence Street Food Festival.
From an overwhelming crowd of 2,500 people, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s Place Making team collected more than 1000 ideas from festival-goers keen to have a say in the future of the Clarence Street niche restaurant precinct.
Harmony Day 2015
Bellingen Shire Council, the Bellingen and Urunga Neighbourhood Centres and Open Arms Care invite residents and visitors to celebrate Harmony Day at the Bellingen Community Markets on Saturday 21 March 2015.
A Welcome to Country from the traditional owners of the land, the Gumbaynggirr people, will start the celebrations, which will be followed by a diverse program of entertainment including dancing, singing, drums, pipers and instrumentals, concluding with a harmony circle on the oval.