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Nats pledge $5m to stop Loch Sport erosion

THE Nationals have pledged to build more groynes in Loch Sport should the Liberal-National coalition form government in November. Incumbent MP and Nationals candidate for...

Latrobe hospital expansion on-track for 2024

Michelle Slater LATROBE Regional Hospital structural works have been finished as part of stage three of a $223 million expansion that is on track to...

Maffra Hospital 70M upgrade

THE state government has pledged as much as $70 million to redevelop the 30-bed JHF McDonald Wing aged care facility, which is integrated within...

NICF funds major equipment boost for hospital

Sale Hospital’s special care nursery now has a Resuscitaire, a device to help care for ill babies, thanks to the Newborn Intensive Care Foundation...
Menopause month

Time to talk about menopause

Menopause, we need to chat. Menopause costs women more than $17 billion per year in lost earnings and superannuation, according to the Australian Institute of...

Constructive compliance at centre of new VEC regulatory approach

Next month, Victorians will elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. This is a busy and exciting time for candidates, political parties and others as they...

Forestry plan ‘doesn’t add up’

The state government's $120 million plan to transition from native forestry to softwood plantations in Gippsland has been debunked by the workers at the...

Gippsland Country Music Festival is coming

Gippsland Country Music Festival has cemented itself as a formidable regional event, with the last two festivals boasting sold-out shows headlined by the best...

Sale Food Support Inc are here to help

SALE Food Support Inc opened to the public for the first time on October 4 to help with food insecurity across Wellington Shire. The registered...

Rangers on the lookout for illegal firewood collections

Firewood collectors are being urged to responsibly source firewood this spring to help protect the state's threatened native wildlife populations. The spring firewood season is...

State gong for Carolyn Escreet

Heyfield’s Carolyn Escreet has won the Victoria Police inaugural custody practitioner of the year award. Most days the police custody officer (PCO) drives to Morwell...

Gippsland’s 2030 loss

The Andrew's government's Victorian Forestry Plan, launched in 2019, calls for the transition from native forest timber by 2030; from that date the log...

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Maffra Pool could reopen tomorrow

Final safety checks will determine if the Maffra Pool will open tomorrow, following a power outage caused by a break-in early this morning. The break-in,...