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ATM skimming in Paynesville

Police are investigating a series of ATM skimming incidents in Paynesville last month.

Questions continue over PFAS

Concerns remain within the Wellington Shire community regarding the dangers posed to human health by PFAS chemicals, despite no new announcements of detections of contamination.

Solar farm charges ahead

Wellington Shire Council has approved a planning permit for a $40 million solar farm in Maffra.

Elderly man attacked in daylight

A 75-year-old man was assaulted in broad daylight in Sale.

Open for business

Sale and District Specialist School was officially opened last Thursday, with a community celebration honouring the project’s hundreds of contributors.

A year on the protest line

The need to change industrial relations laws was a focus for speakers at a rally on Thursday, marking a year on the protest line at Longford, in what has become one of Australia’s longest-running disputes.

Renters stuck in ‘poverty trap’

The homelessness crisis in Gippsland is worsening, as rental vacancies plummet and public housing waiting lists soar.

Farmers shouldering rate rise claims are ‘misleading’

Claims that farmers in the Wellington Shire face a rate rise of more than four per cent, despite residential rates remaining within the state government-set 2.25 per cent Fair Go rates cap, are misleading, according to a council spokesperson.

Decentralisation could ease pressure in cities

Decentralisation of Commonwealth and corporate entities could help ease pressures of population growth, congestion and high cost of living expenses in Australian cities, a newly-released report has found.

Puppies recovered

Five puppies allegedly stolen from the Banksia Park Puppies farm, Stradbroke, last week have been found in suburban Melbourne.

Steam train rolls into town

The 707 Operations steam locomotive trip to Sale on Saturday rekindled plenty of childhood memories, and certainly sparked some new ones.

PFAS at ‘safe levels’

Gippsland Water has confirmed that potentially toxic chemicals detected in recycled waste water at the Dutson Downs recycling plant are within the health-based guidelines.

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