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No tinsel for this town

Last night residents hit the keyboard responding to a Facebook post generating over 60 comments resulting from a lack of festive decorations around Diggers Rest. The post author was making …

Improve our park, say residents.

Diggers Rest residents are seeking improvements to the St Genevieve central park as part of Councils budgetary planning for 2023-24. In a Facebook post, local resident John Verdon has raised …

Level crossing to go by 2026

Local member for Sunbury Josh Bull (MP) announced yesterday that the level crossing on the Old Calder Highway at Diggers Rest would be removed by 2026. Exponential growth at Diggers …

Pedestrian crossing concern

The pedestrian crossing located near the intersection of Diggers Rest – Coimadai Road and Welcome Road continues to raise safety concerns for residents. In March 2012, Melton Council committed to …

Back to the chamber

Council meetings provide a great insight into the happenings of our growing municipality. Each meeting residents have an opportunity to ask two (2) questions through Public Question Time which has …

No silence on sound barriers

At the June 20, 2022 Meeting of Council, Councillors moved to continue to advocate for government investment in the provision of sound walls along freeway corridors within the City of …

A tribute to Charlie

Today the Melton City Council flag flies at half-mast in memory of local resident Charles (Charlie) Bruce Watson. Charlie passed away on May 17, 2022 at the age of 85. …

Scrap-pile for Houdini model biplane

The now famous model bi-plane which was constructed in 2010 and used to help celebrate Australia’s Centenary of Flight in Diggers Rest will be dismantled. It took local volunteer Mr …