Police Beat: October 4 2024
Motor vehicle thefts up
WELLINGTON Police are sounding the alarm on an increase in theft from motor vehicles in the Maffra and Sale area on...
Ballot packs being sent out
Voters enrolled in Wellington Shire should check the mail for their ballot packs for this month's local council election.
Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel has encouraged...
Student pilot unscathed after Roulette incident
A STUDENT pilot has emerged unscathed from a runway accident at the RAAF Base East Sale on Thursday involving a crashed PC-21 plane.
The Department...
Partnering to protect and strengthen Rainbow Creek
Flowing through farmland in the floodplains between Cowwarr and Heyfield, Rainbow Creek is a short but significant waterway in the West Gippsland catchment.
For the...
Fair go for all: Iliopoulos
Christos Iliopoulos, a candidate for Wellington Shire Council, says he is committed to ensuring every resident has a fair go, especially when it comes...
Littleproud tours region
NATIONALS leader David Littleproud has claimed Gippsland farmers are bearing the brunt of federal government policies that are increasing costs, reducing productivity and undermining...
‘My Old School’ at Sale Film Society this week
Another eclectic picture is set to be showcased by the Sale Film Society for its October screening, happening tomorrow night.
British documentary My Old School...
Meeting to determine Seaspray Primary School’s future
Seaspray Primary School has invited families of school aged children, who could become enrolled students, to a community meeting to determine the future of...
Voting to get underway
David Braithwaite
WITH the mail-out of ballot packs for the local government elections underway, the Gippsland Times has today published statements from each of the...
Cuts to bushfire services criticised
Philip Hopkins
EXPERIENCED bushfire fighters and experts in Gippsland have strongly criticised the state government's cuts to bushfire services throughout the state.
This follows reports the...
Elecsome transforming end-of-life solar panels
Tom Hayes
A FIRST of its kind in Australia, in Kilmany sits the country’s first solar panel upcycling facility.
ElecSome transforms end-of-life solar panels into “higher...
Wellington Shire Council records deficit
David Braithwaite
WELLINGTON Shire Council recorded an operating deficit of $4.6 million last financial year, council's 2023-24 financial report has shown.
During the 2022-23 financial year,...
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Protect against mozzies following Loch Sport RRV detection
Two authorities have issued advice to travellers and residents heading to Wellington Shire’s coastal areas after routine mosquito trapping in Loch Sport detected Ross...
