Put dairy ponds on your farm
EPA Victoria (EPA) officers returning from inspections in South Gippsland's dairying districts say farmers should be putting dairy effluent ponds on their 'to do'...
Two arrested as police seize traffickable quantities of firearms in Lakes Entrance
Two men are facing significant time behind bars after police allegedly seized traffickable amounts of firearms and located a cannabis lab in Lakes Entrance...
Child safety policy seeking feedback
WELLINGTON Shire Council has released its draft child safe policy and is calling for the community to provide feedback.
The policy follows changes made by...
New Australian Beef Sustainability Framework survey
SIX years since the inception of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) to track key indicators of sustainability across the beef industry, a survey...
A step in the right direction
The Minister for Child Protection and Family Services, Lizzie Blandthorn, has agreed to meet with A Better Life for Foster Kids, founder Heather Baird...
Stratford couple celebrate 62 years
There is no state secret, magic spell, or potion to 62 happy years of marriage, at least not for Tom and Shirley Willoughby of...
Victoria’s healthcare workforce expanding
The state government is expanding Victoria's healthcare workforce, which has recruited more than 1200 doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals from abroad through...
Renewable energy future backed at Council meeting on Tuesday March 21
Renewable energy future backed
AT the Wellington Shire Council meeting on Tuesday, March 21, council adopted the Wellington Renewable Energy Impact and Readiness Study -...
Courageous bystanders saving lives
VICTORIAN bystanders are stepping up to help save lives as cardiac arrest emergency cases reach record highs, according to new research by Ambulance Victoria...
National report offers blueprint for sustaining local mastheads
A NATIONAL report into local news sustainability is challenging the perception that print newspapers are dead and is calling on governments to revise their...
Victorian Farmers Federation create a new energy taskforce
THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) will create a new VFF Energy and Transmission Taskforce, which includes Gippsland's Hamilton Gerrand, to lead its advocacy on...
Renewed calls for road fix after Stratford local injured
FOR the first time in his life, interstate truck driver Allan Proud, 51, genuinely thought he was going to die.
The Stratford local has been...

















