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...
Industry confidence ‘undermined’: VFPA
Timber processors at Heyfield and Yarram may lose more wood supply, after the state government announced a halving of the native timber sold by...
Daniher’s Drive heading our way
UPDATE, October 13, 9.20am: Since the publication of this story, the route of this year's Daniher's Drive has been altered.
It will no longer be...
Ashleigh House has got talent
Step aside Bob Newhart and Elvis Presley: you’ve been dethroned. Last Friday, residents at Ashleigh House put on a fabulous performance in the residential...
Success in Kangaroo Land – Holey Plain’s history revealed
Success in Kangaroo Land – The Crooke Family of ‘the Holey Plain’ is the latest non-fiction novel from local author Ann Andrew to hit...
Call for school crossing review
WELLINGTON Shire Council has joined councils across Victoria to call for an urgent state government review of the school crossings system, as a new...
Maes share sounds with Stratford
Stratford Courthouse Theatre will host the multi-award winning contemporary folk act The Maes on Saturday, October 22, with the added bonus of a vocal...
Gippsland Gourmet Pies ‘ sausage roll Australia’s best
From a humble home kitchen in the Wellington Shire comes Australia's best gourmet sausage roll.
Vicki Rhodes of Gippsland Gourmet Pies claimed the coveted 2022...
Outgoing MP slams ‘toxic’, and anti-democratic extremists
OUTGOING Victorian Liberal Party MP Cathrine Burnett-Wake has denounced extremists in politics during her valedictory speech.
Ms Burnett-Wake, the Victorian Liberal Party Upper House MP...
First homebuyers’ leg up
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has welcomed the federal government's action to address regional housing market issues through the 'Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee'...
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Gippsland farmer fined over animal cruelty offences
GIPPSLAND dairy farm manager Peter Hoffman has been fined $6500 with costs of $230.08 after pleading guilty to offending under the Prevention of Cruelty...
