No end in sight for dispute
Union members and former Esso workers manning the 533-day protest camp at Longford have vowed to continue the fight to change workplace legislation, believing the Gippsland issue could become an international test case in industrial action.
New street scheme to spread the cost ‘fairly’
Residents living in small towns and coastal areas within Wellington Shire will pay less for road projects than their urban counterparts, as the council changes the way it charges residents for road projects to create what its says will be a fairer system.
Blood testing and compensation urged
An inquiry into the management of PFAS contamination in and around Defence bases has urged the federal government to extend blood testing programs, ban the firefighting foams that have contaminated land in and around Sale, pay compensation to property owners and businesses and improve health advice.
Report findings welcomed are by Coalition Against PFAS
Coalition Against PFAS president Lindsay Clout said the findings of a report that both the Defence Department and government “not only lost control of managing PFAS contamination in Australia but in truth, never had any”.
’Twas the knights before Christmas
The Red Knights will embark on the 21st Annual Keith Hamilton Toy Run on Saturday, bearing gifts for children and teenagers in need.
Prison expansion works to ramp up in new year
Work on the $80 million Fulham Prison extension is expected to ramp up in the new year, with the management unit, accommodation unit and associated activities hub expected to be fully operational by mid-2020.
O Christmas tree
Sale's new Christmas tree lit up on Friday night.
Shing may hold seat
ELECTION 2018 | Labor's Harriet Shing may hold on to her place in the upper house of state parliament.
Machete attack on a teenager in park
A teenager was taken to Sale hospital with serious injuries on Friday, after being slashed with a machete in Brennan Park, Sale.
Parked car is set alight in Longford
Police are appealing for information following a car fire in Longford on Saturday night.
Bairnsdale man is charged with cold case murder
Homicide Squad Cold Case Team detectives on Friday arrested a man in relation to the 1986 death of Ina-Doris Warrick.
Illegal puppy farmer to be sentenced next Tuesday
An 86-year-old man, who pleaded guilty in Sale Magistrates’ Court last week to all 155 charges relating to the mistreatment of dogs on an illegal puppy farm, will be back in court next Tuesday for sentencing.
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