Hepburn Shire Council

  • Trentham on top

    Trentham on top

    Trentham has been officially named Australia’s Top Tiny Tourism Town at the Australian Top Tourism Town Awards. The Hepburn town…

  • Trentham tops the list

    Trentham tops the list

    Trentham has been crowned the 2025 Victoria Top Tourism Town in the Tiny Tourism Town category. Selected from a highly…

  • Reconciliation for Hepburn

    Reconciliation for Hepburn

    Hepburn Shire Council is officially launching its Reconciliation Action Plan INNOVATE (RAP) as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, marking a…

  • Soil saviours gather at Sidonia

    Soil saviours gather at Sidonia

    Another successful ‘Healthy Landscapes’ course has been run with record attendance from landholders attending from all over the region and…

  • Fresh council steps in

    Fresh council steps in

    Macedon Ranges Shire has welcomed a new-look council with four returning members and five elected for the first time. The…

  • Councils call for change

    Councils call for change

    Rate caps, service gaps, ageing infrastructure and state/federal government cost shifting has impacted delivery of basic core service responsibilities in…

  • Road “a catastrophe waiting to happen”

    Road “a catastrophe waiting to happen”

    Residents have aired frustration over a “lack of action” in speed reduction on Pearsons Road in Trentham East. They say…

  • Holistic grazing workshop open

    Holistic grazing workshop open

    Local landowners have the opportunity to sign up for a short course in holistic grazing management. The course will assist…

  • New hub for Trentham

    New hub for Trentham

    It’s hosted weddings, birthdays, dances and school concerts for well over a century and now a brand new Mechanics Trentham…

  • Trentham worse off?

    Trentham worse off?

    Hepburn switching to an unsubdivided shire later this year may end up disadvantaging smaller population centres such as Trentham, Lyonville, Bullarto, Glenlyon and Clunes.

  • Hood re-elected mayor of Hepburn Shire

    Hood re-elected mayor of Hepburn Shire

    Hepburn Shire councillors last week returned Cr Brian Hood as mayor and elected Cr Juliet Simpson as deputy mayor.

  • Game on for regional funds

    Game on for regional funds

    Local shires expecting an economic boost from the 2026 Commonwealth Games now look to the Victorian Government’s $2 billion spending…