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Site investigations have begun on Australia's first proposed offshore wind project off the Gippsland coast, as a new chief executive is appointed to take the project into the next phase.

Australian Sustainable Hardwoods managing director Vince Hurley has dismissed the Herald Sun's front page story as containing misinformation and incorrect inferences.

A hay bale fire which spread to surrounding grass on the Rosedale-Heyfield Rd on Saturday damaged about 100 bales and took an hour to bring under control.

A fire at Glenmaggie Winery on Thursday was brought under control.

Wellington Shire Council should look at providing ratepayers with green waste bins, according to a councillor.

Federal Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonathon Duniam swung by Heyfield on Wednesday, to tour Australian Sustainable Hardwoods and join the fight against the state government's decision to ban native timber harvesting from 2030.

Wellington Shire Council will ask the state government for the data it used in its decision to end native timber harvesting.

A Nambrok greyhound trainer and his father are among three people suspended from greyhound racing following shocking allegations of live baiting.

The national charity regulator has revoked the charity status of Aussie Farms, the controversial animal activist group which, on its website, displays an interactive map naming-and-shaming farmers by listing their personal details and describing them as "animal exploitation facilities".

Construction is now underway on the new $95 million rail bridge over the Avon River at Stratford.

Road users fed up with single lanes on the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Sale will have to keep playing the waiting game, as negotiations between state and federal government continue.

Wellington Shire continues to grapple with chronic specialist doctor shortages, with patients reporting wait times of up to two years for some specialist appointments.