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Jade is Missing – Police Beat April 2 2024

POLICE are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 16-year-old, Jade. Jade is possibly in the Melbourne, Melton, Werribee, Geelong, Springvale or Latrobe Valley...

The Bard’s Banquet – Enchanted Garden Party this Saturday

Saturday, April 20 will see the Stratford Mechanics Hall transform into an enchanting world for the Elements of Shakespeare. It will feature a grand garden...

Farmer Jack Armstrong talks managing workplace safety in agriculture

SHEEP and cropping farmer Jack Armstrong knows that in agriculture it pays to be proactive with safety, particularly when it comes to managing the...

Wellington Fire Danger Period to end April 22

THE Country Fire Authority announced on Wednesday that the Fire Danger Period for Wellington Shire will end at 1am on Monday, April 22, 2024. The...

Wellington Shire Council’s Facebook page wiped

Stefan Bradley WELLINGTON Shire Council has launched a temporary replacement Facebook page until the old one is restored by the social media platform. On March 26,...

Duck hunting restricted or closed in Dowd Morass and Clydebank Morass this season

DOWD Morass State Game Reserve is partially closed for duck hunting this season, which began on Wednesday, while the Clydebank Morass State Game Reserve...

RAAF column – April 2024

Each year the Royal Australian Navy run an exercise in Bass Strait called Submarine Command Course (SMCC), with the purpose of qualifying new Commanding...

Strathbogie Forest prescribed burns can go ahead, the Federal Court rules

THE Federal Court has allowed planned prescribed burns in the Strathbogie Forest, a decision that has been welcomed by Forestry Australia. In the Federal Court...

Gippsland agriculture and tourism to be boosted by new strategy

GIPPSLAND agritourism has been given a boost by a new strategy developed by Destination Gippsland and Food and Fibre Gippsland. The recently completed Towards 2030...

Free skin checks for Indigenous communities

IN the first initiative of its kind in Gippsland, members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities underwent free skin checks when a mobile...

Nourishing mind, body and brain for Dietitian’s Week

Australia is in a mental health crisis and that's why this year's Dietitian's Week theme is "Nourishing mind, body and brain". Dietitians Week 2024 runs...

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back now showing

The sequel to 2020’s Combat Wombat is now showing in Sale Cinema, with cheaper $12 tickets. Full of cute and not-so-cute Australian animals, this...

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Looking back on the past year (2025)

December 2024: A STORY that missed last year’s review, but deserves highlighting was the launch of Gippsland Jersey’s seventh Farming Conversations calendar championing mental health....