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Trade bans are adding to headaches for farmers

Additional Chinese trade sanctions on Australian farming products has "frightened" Wellington Shire wool growers after a painful year, and sent the industry into a frantic search for alternative markets.

Timber info requests are denied

The Heyfield community has been left in the dark, after three Freedom of Information requests into the scientific basis behind the decision to cease native timber harvesting were denied by the state government.

Heart health worse in the country than metro

Regional Victorians are at greater risk of avoidable death from heart disease than their metropolitan counterparts, with Gippslanders the third highest cohort for heart disease deaths.

Bushfire Royal Commission is pronounced an ‘utter failure’

One of Australia's most decorated and experienced bushfire experts has described the federal Royal Commission as an utter failure that could put back bushfire management by 30 years.

Mask rules eased, as our COVID safe summer is revealed

Victoria's 'COVID safe summer' is here, after Premier Daniel Andrews announced further easing of restrictions on Sunday.

Two Sale-Maffra Rd collisions

Two collisions on the Sale-Maffra Rd within two days brought traffic to a standstill on Friday and Sunday.

Man charged following police shooting in Alberton

Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a man following a police shooting in Alberton last Tuesday.

East Gippsland Shire Council votes to oppose Fingerboards mine

East Gippsland Shire Council is opposing the proposed Fingerboards Mineral Sands Mine.

Wellington Shire Council makes submission on GB Energy project

Environmental and traffic issues are among the concerns Wellington Shire Council has raised in its submission to the environmental effects statement for the Golden Beach gas project.

‘Nambrok’ sells for undisclosed sale price

The historic 'Nambrok' estate, at 3045 Princes Highway, Nambrok sold by private treaty on November 18.

Decades of history

Ninety-one-year-old Brenda Carter (née Woodland), has a memory that would put most of us to shame.

Potter shortlisted for grant

Out of thousands of applications, Boisdale potter Bradden Taylor has been shortlisted for Patron's Pay It Forward grant of $25,000 for an Australian, grassroots craftsperson.

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