The Fire Danger Period for Hepburn Shire started at 1 am on Monday 24 November.
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.
Published on 03 October 2022
The Victorian Government is hosting a Regional Affordable Housing Summit in Creswick tomorrow (Tuesday 4 October) to provide a forum for discussion, strengthening relationships and identifying challenges and opportunities to meet the needs of regional Victoria’s growing population.
Mayor, Cr Tim Drylie, said he was excited that the Victorian Government has chosen to host the Regional Affordable Housing Summit in Creswick.
“We acknowledge that access to housing is a challenge with growth of population, significant housing price increases and very limited rental stock, especially affordable housing. This is an issue that our Shire and region, like many others, is grappling with,” said Cr Drylie.
Council adopted an Affordable Housing Policy last year, and we have started working on an Affordable Housing Strategy and Action Plan. These items will consider the range of responses needed to address the challenge of local affordable housing in partnership with local organisations and agencies.
“Council is in regular contact with Homes Victoria and exploring programs and opportunities as part of the State’s $5.3 billion Big Housing Build. We are aware of the homelessness issue facing some vulnerable people in our community. We are currently convening a working group of service providers and stakeholders in our Shire, including Child and Family Services (CAFS) who is the funded agency, to discuss support and access to services,” said Cr Drylie.