Budget wish list
Investment in road and rail infrastructure and help for drought-affected communities in the Wellington Shire predictably top many local wish lists for next week's state budget.
Duplication must be funded in budget
The Nationals have stepped up pressure on the Labor government to provide funding in Monday's budget to finish the duplication of the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Sale.
Red Shield Appeal this weekend
The Salvation Army Sale Corps is calling on people to give generously during this weekend's Red Shield Appeal, which helps fund its work assisting people in need.
Joint drought document presented to state
East Gippsland and Wellington shire councils have presented their joint 'Gippsland Drought Response Proposal - Looking Ahead', to the state government.
Air-con is great, but train travellers need more
The long haul carriages in service on the Bairnsdale line that form part of V/Line's classic N set locomotives have received their long awaited air-conditioning upgrade.
Litter dumpers trashing the local environment
Gippsland's beautiful and iconic natural environment is being trashed by people who continue to use the area as a rubbish dump.
Interest in coal to produce hydrogen
Using Latrobe Valley brown coal and black coal is the best and cheapest way to produce hydrogen, paving the way for a major low emissions export industry and local transport fuel.
Council supports a ‘truck route’
Wellington Shire Council has voted to formally recognise the Myrtlebank-Fulham, Sale-Heyfield and Myrtlebank Rds connecting to the Princes Highway west and north of Sale as an alternative truck route.
Chester re-elected
ELECTION 2019 | Darren Chester has been re-elected to represent the seat of Gippsland for the fifth consecutive time, following the federal election on Saturday.
Result clear, but the counting continues
ELECTION 2019 | With 82.72 per cent of the vote counted for the seat of Gippsland on Monday morning, Darren Chester led on two candidate preferred with 67.25 per cent compared to Labor's Antoinette Holm with 32.75 per cent.
Nats MP wants drought funding in state budget
Drought support for farmers and affected Gippsland businesses should be top of mind when the state budget is released next Monday, according to Gippsland South MLA Danny O'Brien.
Police seek witnesses to driver destroying bins
Police are seeking witnesses or CCTV footage of an incident in Maffra last Thursday evening when a white utility mounted footpaths, destroyed garbage bins and did burnouts.
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Next two Gippsland Times issues a day early
The Gippsland Times will be published a day earlier the next two weeks.
Issues will hit the newsstands on Tuesday, December 23, and Tuesday, December...
