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A Loch Sport resident who fears it is only a matter of time before a driver or passengers are killed by a kangaroo on the road is calling for more clearing along coastal roadsides.

Local police are urging motorists take care on the roads this weekend, after a number of recent accidents.

Maffra police are seeking help to identify a male who damaged the letter box and front door of the St Mary's Catholic Church presbytery in Maffra.

Peak industry groups representing thousands of timber and forestry workers in Victoria have accused the state government of "playing with timber workers' lives".

ELECTION 2019 | The Greens candidate for Gippsland, Deb Foskey, said her campaign would focus on climate change and the potential for rewarding jobs in a well-managed environment.

ELECTION 2019 | Gippsland MHR Darren Chester welcomed last week's announcement of a May 18 election, and says he's taking nothing for granted.

Sporting clubs across Gippsland will be on high alert to ensure they have appropriate procedures in place to deal with unexpected medical emergencies, following a near fatal incident in the East Gippsland Football Netball-League on Saturday.

Concerns surrounding medical diagnostic provider Dorevitch Pathology's plan to shift all blood, urine and other tests marked 'not urgent' to a Heidelberg laboratory, delaying patient turnaround time by up to two weeks, are yet to be addressed in detail by Central Gippsland Health.

State opposition leader Michael O'Brien took a whirlwind tour of farms across Wellington Shire to witness first hand the heartbreaking scenes of barren properties devastated by two years of drought.

Police have charged two men over thefts in beach areas.

Two Gippsland politicians have spoken out about the actions of animal rights activists after they repeatedly targeted a Gippsland café and caused widespread disruption in Melbourne's CBD on Monday.

Low rainfall and the effects of drought has necessitated a different approach to water releases this year.