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Briagolong Bush Band to bring in new year

Hot on the heels of a packed Briagolong Bush Band reunion concert at the Valencia Hall, the band will be returning for a New...

GB Energy plans a gas drilling campaign for next year

AS part of its energy storage project, GB Energy is planning to begin a gas drilling campaign off the Gippsland coast during the second...

Can a social media ban fix a generation’s loneliness?

Kyson started year seven at a Gippsland school, the next year COVID-19 hit. Five years on, he counts very few of his peers as...

Water corps safe after govt rejects recommendation

THE state government supports most of the recommendations from a review of the Victorian public service, but will not merge water corporations. After receiving the...

Darren Chester expresses concerns about NDIS cuts

Gippsland National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants and providers are being disproportionately affected by the federal government's recent decision to freeze allied health pay...

AC/DC in Sale, 50 years on

On Thursday, January 22, 2026, a jaw-dropping milestone will be marked: 50 years to the day since AC/DC shook the walls of the Sale...

Fingerboards test pit to proceed

Resources Victoria has approved the construction of a small test pit for the Fingerboards Mineral Sands Project. Gippsland Critical Minerals' (GCM) exploration work plan has...

Major project status for two wind projects

The federal government has awarded Major Project Status to the Blue Mackerel offshore wind project and renewed it for the Star of the South...

Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund farm freeze extended

Increases to the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF) levy for farmland and investment properties will be delayed, the state government announced. The increases will...

Summer season opens at Gippsland Art Gallery

The Gippsland Art Gallery’s two summer exhibitions opened Friday night. The major exhibition this summer is “Synchron City”, which takes visitors into a mind-bending world...

New Greg Lynn details now public

Stunning new details have emerged about the prior conduct of one of the state’s most high profile killers, dating back to the late 1990s. Now...

Mineral sands mine proposal affecting mental health: doctor

AN East Gippsland GP was warned about the effects of the proposed Fingerboards mineral sands mine on the mental health and wellbeing of residents. In...

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Protect against mozzies following Loch Sport RRV detection

Two authorities have issued advice to travellers and residents heading to Wellington Shire’s coastal areas after routine mosquito trapping in Loch Sport detected Ross...