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The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council Capital Improvement Project deliberations for the 2022-2032 cycle continued on Day Four Thursday with several significant initiatives recommended for approval. A majority of SPC members chose to go electric by recommending the funding of the replacement of the current diesel City bus fleet with electric buses over the next 10 years. The total cost of the replacement program would be $19.4 million between 2022-2025, with a total cost of $37...

Bega Multicultural Centre members held a Family Fun Day at Potaroo Palace Bega Valley Shire Council’s Community Recovery Contribution Program has contributed almost $54,000 to support 23 significant and meaningful events and activities across the shire. “Through the program, we were able to provide community organisations with up to $2,500 to go towards recovery activities for communities affected by the Black Summer bushfires,” Council’s Director of Community, Environment and Planning,...

Advertisement As women across Victoria experience high levels of depression and anxiety, chief executives from the state’s 12 women’s health services will call on Treasurer Tim Pallas to include a large sum for gender-specific mental health services in the May 20 budget. The members of Victoria’s Women’s Health Service Council say they would be “devastated” if their budget bid for $59 million, much of it for mental health support, is not met but believe it is unlik...

Cinderella Project making high school graduation accessible Poll Yes By Dale Woodard on April 17, 2021. Herald photo by Dale Woodard The Cinderella Project helps low-income families access clothes for their childrens prom. MyCityCare director Jen Tribble and her staff are set up at the Multicultural Centre with a vast variety of donated clothing for both genders. A local initiative is making sure high school students from lower-income families have the proper resources for a memorable graduatio...

Share on Twitter “I had just finished work and was taking the train home. It was crowded, but I could see space.” Twenty-three-year-old Grace is describing one of the occasions she was harassed in Melbourne.  “I asked a man to move, he didn’t say anything, he didn’t move, just stared at me,” she says. “[Then] he started saying things to me; ‘There’s no space for you. You shouldn’t be on this train. You shouldn’t even be in this country.’”  Grace, whose fa...

Sujeevika Kumuduni is participating in the program. 1 of 1 5370537724001 A female-led community health education program kicked off at St Pauls Lutheran Church on Wednesday, April 7, in a bid to improve health literacy among Sheppartons diverse communities. Wise Well Women, a joint program convened by Lorna Gillespie and Christine Nunn, will assist 12 refugee and migrant women to provide a bridge between the health system and their respective communities. Christine Nunn introduces the Wise W...

UPSETTING CONTENT Top left, Natasha Derby, bottom left, Mustapha Charkaui, centre, Beata Bryl, top right, Carolyn Anne Jackson and bottom right, John Sheppard Across Bucks, there are murders that have never been solved and people who have never been found. The heartbreak of knowing that a loved one was taken away in a callous and despicable manner has left many families devastated. Some cold cases are solved after decades of detective work, while others remain a mystery. Here are five u...

City to temporarily close public facilities on Sunday Poll Yes By Tim Kalinowski on December 10, 2020. Herald photo by Ian Martens Mayor Chris Spearman speaks with a reporter as the City announced a number of temporarily closures of public facilities with new restrictions coming into effect this weekend. @IMartensHerald Due to new provincial COVID-19 public health restrictions brought in on Tuesday the City of Lethbridge will be temporarily closing several public facilities on Sunday, and they ...