[5][6] In a well-attended public gallery held on 10 December at the town hall, residents argued that Mullawallah was too hard to spell or pronounce, while others claimed it was too similar to other suburb names.

[7][8] On 21 March 2018, in Winter Valley, tradies Jack Brownlee and Charlie Howkins became trapped in a construction site after a six-foot trench collapsed, leading to their deaths.

[9][10][11] After repeated court delays, Pipecon pleaded guilty to failing to adequately supervise the workers in November 2021 and were fined $555,000.

The incident is considered key to the introduction of new industrial manslaughter legislation in Victioria in November 2019, and employers can now be sentenced up to $16.5 million in fines and 25 years of imprisonment.

[15] The Winter Valley emergency precinct on Mirelle Drive contains a fire station and police complex.