Please be advised that Council hubs and libraries will open from 10 am to 12 pm, close over lunch and reopen in the afternoon. Trentham Transfer Station will open at 10 am, one hour later than usual.
Council has engaged CollectAU to assist in the recovery of rates and charges which are overdue from the 2024/25 financial year. If you receive correspondence from CollectAU regarding outstanding rates via email, post, or SMS, please contact CollectAU as soon as possible to discuss your options.
The Fire Danger Period for Hepburn Shire started at 1 am on Monday 24 November.
Published on 18 August 2021
Council will write to the Minister for Small Business, requesting Melbourne Cup Day to be declared as the official public holiday for the entire Hepburn Shire.
Townships on the western side of the Shire have previously observed the Ballarat Show Day public holiday, while the remainder of the shire observed the Melbourne Cup public holiday.
In April 2021, Ballarat City Council voted to make Melbourne Cup Day the observed public holiday for November for 2021 to 2024.
Golden Plains Shire has also recently adopted Melbourne Cup as their municipality’s public holiday.
Council conducted an online survey in July, which found that 94% of respondents voted in favour of a shire-wide Melbourne Cup public holiday.
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