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Sporting complex misses out on federal money

Wellington Shire Council will look to the state government to complete funding to upgrade the Cameron Sporting Complex after failing to gain money through a federal program.

Police seek assault information

Sale police are continuing to seek information over the unprovoked assault of a 71-year-old man in May.

Trespassers’ firearms seized

Police have been questioning two men following reports of trespassing on a property in Stratford.

Dogs are seized

Wellington Shire Council has seized 39 ‘designer’ dogs living in squalid conditions from a property in a remote part of the shire.

A new group action will take in entire diocese

Victoria's largest ever child sex abuse group action will be launched today against the whole of the Diocese of Sale, comprising 19 parishes, and stretching from the Victorian eastern border through to Cranbourne and the Berwick region.

Reducing plastic waste

With the changes to Australia’s Chinese recycling export scheme and the ban on single-use plastic bags at some supermarkets, substainability and recycling are front of mind for many.

More train services to be replaced by buses

All Gippsland train services will be replaced by coaches from August 6 to 14 because of works in suburban Melbourne.

ETU ramps up criticism over Esso apprentices

The Electrical Trades Union has ramped up its criticism regarding the employment of apprentices at Esso’s Longford plant.

A syringe driver is donated

Local Freemasons have donated a key piece of medical equipment to the Royal Freemasons aged care home in Sale.

Six hour trip from Melbourne

Passenger confusion over timetables during bus replacements has led Gippsland South MLC Danny O’Brien to call on the state government to lift its game in Gippsland after a visitor claimed it took six hours to travel from Melbourne to Sale.

Driver pulled over twice within minutes

A 27-year-old man will find himself in court after being pulled over by police twice within minutes in Moe early Saturday morning.

Arrest over Lake Tyers fire

Police have arrested a man following a suspicious fire in Lake Tyers early Friday morning.

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