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Loch Sport CFA seeks volunteers

LOCH Sport CFA is calling for new volunteers to join its fire brigade. CFA is a skilled and highly-trained volunteer-based organisation that works to protect...

Gippsland’s LGBTIQ+ community continues to face discrimination and marginalisation

From regarding people as criminals for their identity to legalising same-sex marriage and outlawing ‘gay-conversion therapy’, Victoria has come a long way since it...

End for Perry Bridge Fresh Farm Produce

PERRY Bridge Farm Fresh Produce owner and grocer Callum Lazzaro is closing his organic food store. “We are sad to inform people that Sunday the...

Gambling put in the spotlight

THE Victorian Greens unveiled their policy to phase out poker machines in the state on November 2, the same day the federal government announced...

Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund warns of flood risks

GIPPSLAND'S emergency relief group has warned that floods are a greater danger to the region than fires over the coming summer. The president of the...

Chemical spill at Longford gas plant

ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority Victoria is currently investigating a chemical spill at the Longford gas plant. The spill was confirmed in a statement via EPA Victoria's...

Program for farmers on soil improvement

Southern Cross University and the Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL) are inviting farmers and land managers across Australia to participate in a Department of Agriculture,...
Portside Food + Wine

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? Portside set to close in Jan

Another one bites the dust. Popular hospitality business, Portside Food + Wine will permanently close after a lengthy tenancy dispute with Wellington Shire Council, sparking...

Both sides weigh into Yarram CFA commitment

Yarram CFA has found itself in the headlights of Labor's state-election campaign, with Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing, announcing a $3.2 million investment...

Union pledges to help Saputo workers

A UNION has vowed to help workers who will lose their jobs over the closure of Saputo's Maffra factory. The United Workers Union has spoken...

Seaspray history on show

Seaspray soil is rich in history; originally home to the Gurnai Kurnai people, the small coastal town situated on the sandy shores of 90...

Candidates allocated spot in political pecking order

LOWER House candidates have been finalised for the upcoming state election. Contestants for the seat of Gippsland South gathered in Leongatha on Friday at 1pm...

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Wellington Shire’s new mayor and deputy

The election of councillors Cindy Madeley and Liz Foat as Wellington Shire’s mayor and deputy mayor on Tuesday night marked a historic first for...

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