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Danielle Grindlay | A ‘FISCALLY responsible’ draft budget was released for Southern Grampian Shire taxpayer scrutiny over the weekend, with councillors urging people to check where their money will go. Councillors voiced concerned about the general seven per cent rate increase, set to become almost 10 per cent for urban residents and 5.03 per cent extra for rural dwellers following valuation figures. But council officers highlighted that only 31 per cent of revenue would come from ratepayers, with a huge percentage to be [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THIRTY-SIX organisations have shared in almost $85,000 from the Glenelg Shire Council for a wide variety of community-based projects. The Heywood Tennis Club was one six organisations to receive the maximum of $5000 from the second round of the shire’s [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE Glenelg Shire Council has proposed a 4.02 per cent increase in rate revenue for 2012-13. The details of the rate increase were given as part of the draft budget which was put out for public comment by the council [...] 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | THE Portland Baptist Church has confirmed it is involved in early negotiations to buy the former Portland Holden site. The freehold owner of the site, Hamilton businessman Andrew Rau, would not comment on the issue yesterday morning. However, church spokesman [...] 0 Comments
Huw Cushing | A BUILDING permit application to be released by Heritage Victoria next week details a three lot subdivision and the construction of a pair of two-storey town houses at the Customs House site. The building at 95 Cliff St was built [...]
Ross Moir | INSPIRED by the Mature Mermaid’s weekly morning tea, the Portland YMCA hosted a Biggest Morning Tea on Friday morning. Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is an annual fundraising event for the Cancer Council and, this year, the theme is raising awareness [...]
Bill Meldrum | WAVE energy proponent Ocean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd remains upbeat that a 19 megawatt demonstration project will be operating off the Portland coast by 2016. Gilbert George, a director of OPTA and the company formed to operate the wave [...]
Huw Cushing | THE reality of Sunday’s IGA fire is only just beginning to sink in for employees who convened at the Fawthrop Community Centre Wednesday to learn of their future. Employees were addressed by owner Michael Daly and representatives from the Glenelg [...]
Spectator-Observer Partnership | RIDE into the future of exercise, where you generated electricity with the calories you burn! This is the idea behind the Future Spark Bike Project which will be launched tonight by the Portland Sustainability Group (PSG) Cycling Club, YMCA and [...]
Huw Cushing | AFTER a month of consulting with lawyers to close the tent embassy, the Glenelg Shire Council will allow protestors to stay because Gunditj Mirring Corporation no longer supports the council’s recommendation for removal. The decision was finalised by councillors behind [...]
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