The Christmas for Those Alone committee members held an open meeting on Wednesday night to discuss saving their annual Christmas luncheon, and we are happy to report that Christmas lunch will be going ahead.
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The Christmas for Those Alone committee members held an open meeting on Wednesday night to discuss saving their annual Christmas luncheon, and we are happy to report that Christmas lunch will be going ahead.
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Shepparton Region Reconciliation Group members together with members and supporters of Shepparton’s indigenous community have organised a silent vigil in which 437 stakes bearing messages will be placed around Victoria Park Lake marking the number of indigenous people who have died in police custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody ended in 1991. The “Line of Remembrance” will commence at 09:30 am Saturday, 18 July 2020. The earlier event was a washout, due rain and vandalism.
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The Victorian Government has amended the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to define affordable housing. This is to encourage an increase in affordable housing through local councils seeking a voluntary affordable housing contribution, as part of planning approval processes.
The City of Greater Shepparton has taken action to lay the foundations for a Draft Greater Shepparton Affordable Housing Policy. This policy will look at how issues around social housing, affordability and homelessness can be addressed at a local level.
In observance of Refugee Week, the City of Greater Shepparton is having a movie night at Village Cinemas, Stewart St, Shepparton on the evening of Wednesday 20 June: World Refugee Day. The film to be screened is a 2014 production, All Saints.
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Cr. Dinny Adem, Mayor of Greater Shepparton opened the 2017 Conference Social Cohesion in the Goulburn Valley: Looking Back, Looking Forward. We bring you his opening remarks.
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A pair of prominent Aboriginal elders have been immortalised in a street art mural in the northern Victorian city of Shepparton, as their families say it was about time they were recognised.
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