Local government candidacy open for six days
People from all backgrounds are being encouraged to stand as candidates when nominations for local government elections open this week.
Sale couple fined over 185km trip for veggies for their baby
A Sale couple has been fined for breaching Chief Health Officer directions after a frivolous roadtrip on Saturday.
Hopes rules will soon be relaxed more
Regional Victoria has entered the second step of the state government's 'roadmap' plan out of COVID-19 restrictions, with hopes the third step may happen sometime this week.
New COVID-19 support for businesses
A massive new support package will result in $3 billion in cash grants, tax relief and cashflow support delivered to help Victorian businesses along the roadmap to 'COVID normal'.
Milk truck crashes into service station in Traralgon
A motorist who had just filled up their car with petrol was lucky to escape injury after a milk tanker crashed into a service station in Traralgon early Friday morning.
Hospitality heartbreak
Hospitality businesses are seething over the lack of clarity and "common sense" in the state government's plan to bring the state out of restrictions, widely dubbed as a "roadmap to nowhere".
Waiting it out thousands of miles from home
With worries about the future as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, people stuck in transit are facing extra layers of uncertainty.
Splitting up regional Vic to return to ‘COVID normal’
The 'roadmap' out of COVID-19 restrictions is unbalanced and will punish Gippslanders and Gippsland businesses unnecessarily, according to local politicians.
Music in iso has been proving popular
Those in the local music scene are seeing an uptake in new and retuning faces to the industry, as many people turn to instruments to help fill the isolation void.
Concerns over lack of plantation
The state government's native timber transition plan has been labelled a sham by a local MP.
Anger over handling of the real estate sector
Welfare advocates have slammed the Real Estate Institute of Victoria's advice to landlords not to negotiate rent reductions following the extension of restrictions it claims have "shut down" the property market for an uncertain period.
Toongabbie solar farm is approved
A 75-megawatt solar farm near Toongabbie has been approved by state Planning Minister Richard Wynne.
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