Council Beat: April 16 2024 ordinary meeting
Council Beat with Ben McArthur
AT an hour-and-a-half, the year's longest council meeting has possibly already happened.
The meeting began with an acknowledgement from Councillor Marcus...
CarbonNet project begins geotechnical surveys between Golden Beach and Loy Yang
Philip Hopkins
THE landmark federal-state CarbonNet project will start conducting geotechnical surveys this week between Loy Yang and Golden Beach for the underground pipeline that...
National Pride embodied in new Scholarship
Ben McArthur
A NEW scholarship opportunity worth $6300 is available to the region's Year 11s, called the Charlie McCallum Scholarship.
The scholarship aims to instil a...
Remembering the courageous ANZAC Spirit
Sale RSL Staff
THIS year, it has been more than 100 years since the ANZAC landing, but it also a year when we remember battles...
Tim Bull’s 2024 Anzac Day column
Tim Bull
AT the time you are reading this, I will be at Gallipoli, spending a few days outside Thursday's official ceremonies to visit a...
Wellington Shire Council’s new budget unveiled
Ben McArthur
Wellington Shire Council's new budget was unveiled at Tuesday's ordinary meeting.
Wellington Shire Mayor, Ian Bye called the budget a return to basics, focusing...
Calls for action at Maffra Secondary College after racist bullying of students
Stefan Bradley
THE Department of Education (DOE) and Maffra Secondary College say they are working to build the school's understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal histories...
Press associations tributes to Bruce Ellen
COUNTRY Press Australia and the Victorian Country Press Association (VCPA) extend their deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of industry stalwart Bruce Ellen.
Mr...
Wellington students jump-starting their careers at TAFE
MORE Wellington students are jump-starting their careers via the Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Schools (VDSS) program at TAFE Gippsland this year.
TAFE...
RAAF celebrates landmark Australian circumnavigation
ONE hundred years since two ambitious aviators circumnavigated Australia’s coastline, and 50 years since No 6 Squadron based at RAAF Base Amberley achieved the...
Tributes to Bruce Ellen, Managing Director of the Gippsland Times
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia community has lost one of its finest champions, with the untimely passing of Bruce Ellen to prostate cancer.
Together with...
Shedding a light on endometriosis in the region
Diagnoses of endometriosis, a chronic pain condition affecting women, girls, and people assigned female at birth, have increased in Australia. However, those in regional...
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Loch Sport home burns down, man escapes with serious injury
A LOCH Sport home burnt down on Thursday morning after a portable camping cooktop reportedly exploded in the kitchen.
The incident on Kookaburra St occurred...
