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Bairnsdale Airport upgrade ‘a great result’

Bairnsdale Airport is set to benefit from a million-dollar improvement to its Air Ambulance service. The federal government announced on Friday, (January 20) that the...

Esso new deal on sea vessel

Esso Australia has entered an agreement with Helix Energy Solutions to charter the Q7000 semisubmersible vessel. The company's growing fleet of mobile offshore assets now...

More witnesses to give evidence on Russell Hill and Carol Clay

REPORTING on the Russell Hill and Carol Clay murder case ahead of its trial was discussed during Friday's committal hearing, with the accused's lawyer...

Cricket icon farewelled

Legendary local cricket identity Neil Wrigglesworth died this week. Mr Wrigglesworth died peacefully at Sale Hospital on Tuesday. Tributes have flowed for Mr Wrigglesworth, a man...

Makes cents not to bin it

More than an estimated 19,000 kilograms were saved from landfill across Wellington Shire, when the Garage Sale Trail visited in November. Across two weekends, locals...

Hill and Clay killed with ‘murderous intent’, police allege

Stefan Bradley POLICE have released new details on the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay and how the alleged killer was charged. In an amended...

Stratford’s own Miss Priscilla

Tom Parry A LOCAL teenager is the toast of her hometown after being crowned 2023’s ‘Miss Priscilla’. Stratford resident Nickyra Burley won the coveted titled at...

CSIRO researches help deliver food security

An international consortium of scientists has received a $34 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) fund to...

New interactive tool measures our sustainability success

Wellington Shire Council is on track to reach net zero emissions by 2040, and with the launch of their new tool you can see...

ESV fines and prosecutes lawbreakers

Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) fined, disciplined or led prosecutions against more than 70 tradespeople, councils and major electricity companies that were found to be...

Aboriginal art show at Nakunbalook

An Aboriginal art display that graced the rammed earth walls of Nakunbalook Environmental and Cultural Education Centre in late November, sold a significant number...

Applications now open for up to $6000 in Community Assistance Grant funding

APPLICATIONS are now open for the latest round of Community Assistance Grants, which offer funding between $2500 and $6000 to eligible not-for-profit community groups. The...

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Council meets with Coalition

Wellington Shire mayor Cindy Madeley and council chief executive David Morcom met with the leaders of the state Coalition parties yesterday to advocate for...