Pfizer for many under-50s
THE federal government's COVID-19 vaccination program is expanding in Victoria, with a blitz planned for the coming month following delivery of more Pfizer vaccine,...
Businesses could face big fines for QR code breaches
VICTORIAN businesses found intentionally flouting the Chief Health Officer's rules - such as the requirement to use QR code systems - will be slapped...
Bushfire prevention policies need rethinking, study suggests
NEW information has emerged regarding the severity of the 2019 and 2020 'Black Summer' bushfires, suggesting drought and hot dry westerly winds were mostly...
Tasty project
THE Latrobe Valley is receiving a $10 million state government windfall to turn an 89 hectare parcel of land on Princes Drive into a...
Ripper returns to council
STRATFORD resident Carmel Ripper will be sworn in as a Wellington Shire councillor during Tuesday night's council meeting.Ms Ripper, was last week declared the...
Barrier Breakers building renamed to honour founder
THE seeds of ground-breaking mental health support service Barrier Breakers were sown decades ago, when founder Derek Amos was growing up in the 1950s...
A big-spend budget to boost COVID recovery
David Braithwaite
THE 2021-22 federal budget aims to create 250,000 jobs to help Australia recover from the economic hit of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The budget also...
Cold, wet week for Wellington
Sarah Luke
IT'S been a cold, wet week across Wellington Shire, with weather warnings, winter warmers and wellie boots firmly on the radar for most...
Pfizer coming to Sale
ACCESS to the Pfizer vaccine will soon be offered in Sale to eligible people for the first time.
Wellington's first COVID-19 vaccine community clinic will...
Morwell’s Ben Ainsworth is having an impact
Morwell's Ben Ainsworth is quickly making a name for himself as an elite small forward 63 games into his AFL career. Playing a key...
PFAS found in sea lion, fur seals
FIREFIGHTING chemicals have been detected in an endangered sea lion in South Australia and fur seal pups in Victoria.The new research - part of...
VicForests ruling overturned
THE Federal Court has overturned a ruling that VicForests breached federal environmental laws.Last May, environmental group Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum successfully argued VicForests...
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Where were you when the Bulldogs won?
THIS year marks a decade since the Western Bulldogs' fairytale 2016 AFL premiership.
The Bulldogs captured the hearts of the nation that year, winning their...
