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Central Gippsland Health has again tightened the rules around visitors following the recent increase in COVID numbers in Victoria.

Gippsland communities are invited to have a say on two state government place naming projects to encourage the use of Aboriginal words and female names as a way of "decolonising the landscape" and erasing the patriarchal stain of early settlement.

Holidaymakers have flocked to Gippsland for the summer holidays, with thousands of tourists visiting the Wellington Shire to enjoy the region's beautiful beaches and charming rural towns.

Suspects with a penchant for junk food have been apprehended by police, after doughnuts and pies were stolen from a Sale service station.

Victoria recorded zero new coronavirus cases on Thursday morning.

Research examining gas exploration in Victoria has supported the potential for more underground gas storage and offshore gas development in Victoria, and found that an onshore conventional gas industry would not compromise the state's environmental and agricultural credentials.

Police are investigating following a hit run collision involving an unknown young child in Morwell on Sunday.

Almost half of all Victorians living in areas at high risk of bushfire could be risking their lives by opting to 'wait and see' rather than 'leave early' on high-risk fire days, a CFA survey has revealed.

Twelve federally-funded projects to upgrade the Princes Highway in Gippsland were announced last month, while the state government spruiks its maintenance blitz across Gippsland's roads during summer.

Police arrested a woman who allegedly evaded a COVID-19 checkpoint in east Gippsland last week.

While celebrations to bring in 2021 were thrown into chaos after the rules around mask wearing and numbers gathering in homes were tightened on New Year's Eve, holidaymakers in various places across Wellington Shire still made the most of the kind summer weather and hospitality of local providers.

Gippslanders who may have had close contact with anyone infected with COVID -19 are being urged to get tested, with several sites across Gippsland now being named as exposure sites.