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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.

Money taken from op shop

Police are searching for two women who allegedly stole $370 from a Stratford opportunity shop on Tuesday.

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.

Unlicensed driver is lucky to escape prison sentence

A unlicensed Sale man who ran away from police after being spotted driving a car with false number plates was lucky to escape jail when he appeared at Sale Magistrates’ Court last week.

Reconnecting with culture

An innovative Gippsland-based community corrections program has celebrated 10 years of changing the lives of Aboriginal men.

Sharing hardwood timber ideas

Heartwood Plantations hosted a forum in Yarram to discuss ideas about growing durable hardwood timber.

A passion for breeding

Tinamba dairy farmer Trevor Henry has been recognised as a master breeder by the Holstein Friesian Association of Australia.

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.

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