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abc.net.au | Erin Somerville
Volunteers across Australia say they've had to form groups to help address renewable energy concerns in their areas. Communities are pushing for the creation of a series of local energy hubs funded by the Commonwealth to share the responsibility. The Australian government says it is working to "get a better deal" for energy communities.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Erin Somerville |Annie Brown
It's a hot night in north-eastern Victoria's Kiewa Valley, and tensions at the local council's latest meeting are nearing boiling point. The crowd spills from the doors of the packed Mount Beauty town hall where the Alpine Shire Council is about to back hundreds of angry residents by agreeing to lobby against a proposed battery energy storage system earmarked for nearby Dederang.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Erin Somerville |Shannon Schubert
More than half of Victoria's public swimming pools are over 50 years old and considered beyond their end-of-life date. Some pools have permanently closed or are awaiting costly upgrades. Councils want more state and federal support to help keep local pools open. More than half of Victoria's public pools have reached the end of their working life, and local councils say they are becoming too expensive to keep and fix.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Erin Somerville
Critics of a planned hospital redevelopment on the Victoria – New South Wales border say the upgrade has been designed for a limited budget rather than the community's needs. The $558 million redevelopment of the Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital is set to deliver a seven-storey clinical services building, but healthcare leaders believe it falls far short of demand by failing to deliver critical services and leaving the region's fractured two-hospital system in place.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Erin Somerville |Danielle Kutchel
Six regional Victorian councils are questioning a new emergency services levy, which comes into effect in July. The councils have concerns about value for money locally and how they will fund the levy's collection. Some councils are now urging the Victorian government to review the levy before its implementation. Six regional Victorian councils are questioning the feasibility of the state government's emergency services fund, with some labelling it "a tax" on ratepayers.
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The Prime Minister is in Wodonga today as part of a $17 million thermal energy announcement at Mars….but unfortunately would not take questions from local media. https://t.co/F5irp1riPU
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Murrumbidgee Local Health District has issued a thunderstorm asthma alert for Friday and Saturday. The region’s current high pollen count and predicted thunderstorms can increase asthma risk.