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Inaccessible: Sand migration dampens ramp funding

Tom Parry DOUBTS are being raised about the viability of planned upgrades to boat ramps in Loch Sport, with one of the ramps having become...

Remembering good will and heart

A son, a brother, an Elvis lover. A man of goodwill and of even bigger heart. Fifty-one-year-old Army veteran Kyle Jensen tragically died while on holiday...

VIPER Taskforce striking at the heart of organised crime

A NEW taskforce designed to fight serious and organised crime at all levels has averaged an arrest per day and seized in excess of...

Caged eggs set to be phased-out

Caged eggs will be phased out by 2036 under new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines endorsed by state and territory agricultural leaders. Australia's agriculture...

State government announce pokie reforms

Stefan Bradley THE state government has announced restrictive policies to poker machines, including an identity-linked cashless card and closure of gambling facilities between 4am and...

John Farnham doco comes to television

Stefan Bradley IT seemed like a big risk to release the film John Farnham: Finding the Voice in cinemas during Hollywood's summer blockbuster season, but...

Analysis shows “mismanagement” of VicForests: John Cameron

Philip Hopkins THE state government decision to close the native forest timber industry culminates eight years of mismanagement that turned VicForests from a profitable business...

200 Yarram trees illegally destroyed

MORE than 200 Yarram trees have been stolen to be sold as firewood, with the public urged to report information about firewood theft in...

GippsDairy muster

GippsDairy held a muster recently to help educate farmers and students on 'People in Agriculture' and adaptive leadership in the agricultural workforce, whether it...

Bringing water to Country in Stratford

DRINKING water will be available on Country at the Knob Reserve in Stratford when a joint project between Gippsland Water and the Gunaikurnai Land...

Rural Aid is appealing to Gippslanders

RURAL Aid is appealing to Gippslanders to roll up their sleeves for a week of farm work. The charity is planning a Farm Recovery Event...

CPSU and VicForests staff get together

Philip Hopkins VICFORESTS staff and their guests, with the threat of unemployment hanging over their heads, gathered together with their trade union backers last week...

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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....