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Halls Gap Fire Brigade captain Justin Cozens and community safety coordinator Nicki Van Veen at Monday’s Get Fire Ready event, which encouraged residents to prepare for the coming bushfire season.

The plan before the fire

BUSHFIRE preparedness was front and centre in Halls Gap on Monday, as residents gathered under blue skies for the town’s annual Get Fire Ready event. Organised by Halls Gap Fire

24 October, 2026

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Crews from across the Pyrenees Group were keen to see the Blackhawk in action.

Local News

Touchdown

Kevin Erwin, Chris Anderson, Rodney and Pam Byron join Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy following the announcement of a $51.2 million Coalition election commitment to restore passenger rail services to Stawell and the Wimmera.

Stawell News

All aboard the election express

More arrests following Stawell assault - feature photo

Stawell News

More arrests following Stawell assault

VNI West proposes about 240 kilometres of new 500kV double-circuit transmission line from Bulgana to the Murray River, with the project’s Environment Effects Statement now open for public submissions.

Stawell News, Marnoo News

Six weeks to have say on VNI West

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Stawell Lions Club vice-president Anne Blackburn says the club has begun a major fundraising campaign for a new $32,000 barbecue trailer.

Stawell News

Lions fire up fundraising campaign

Project Platypus Projects Manager Lachlan McIntyre launches the group's latest project on feral deer populations in Ararat.

Halls Gap News, Ararat News, Stawell News

Deer monitoring trial launches across the Grampians

Central Grampians LLEN Executive Officer, Jane Moriarty and Board of Management Chair, Janine Adams are urging the community to invest in local young people by supporting the Fund their Futures campaign.

Ararat News, Stawell News

Local youth programs in jeopardy

Farmers Fightback’s “No REZ Map” shows the eastern section of the Western Renewable Energy Zone, outlined in blue, with pink properties representing land whose owners the group says oppose the REZ and renewable energy infrastructure. The map was produced by Farmers Fightback ahead of the zone’s declaration in June.

Local News

REZ fight may not be over

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Stawell Historical Society volunteers Dorothy Brumby, Greg Cameron, Meredith Tangey, Brett Leslie, Bev Batchelor and Greg Robson outside the historic Pleasant Creek Courthouse, today home to the Society’s museum.

Stawell News

Keeping Stawell’s history alive

Highway reopens - feature photo

Local News

Highway reopens

Third person dies - feature photo

Stawell News

Third person dies

Friends of Grampians Rail Trail vice-president Andrew Balmain and projects coordinator John Pye continue to work towards the group’s vision of extending the trail towards Halls Gap.

Stawell News

Trail vision moves closer

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