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Eagle deaths shock

Gippsland farmers have backed calls for calm in the wake of the shock discovery of at least 136 wedge-tailed eagle carcasses on a property in east Gippsland.

Local women are facing big disadvantages

Wellington Shire women are disadvantaged by a lack of reproductive health information and access to legal terminations, despite young women in the shire having higher rates of unplanned pregnancies than the state average.

Rail upgrade due for completion in 2022

Upgrades along the Gippsland rail line are expected to be completed by late 2022.

Ice not so nice

A determined Briagolong community didn’t let a little chilly weather get in the way of raising money for an important cause on Sunday.

Man charged with stalking

Bairnsdale Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a series of alleged stalking incidents.

Drugged drivers nabbed

Wellington Highway Patrol members intercepted two alleged drug drivers on Monday.

Cattlemen: ‘Brumbies must stay on plains’

Mountain Cattlemen are angry with the state government’s announcement that it wants to remove all brumbies from the Bogong High Plains.

Tonnes of carp removed from the Sale Common

Parks Victoria is undertaking an urgent European carp removal program from the Sale Common Nature Conservation Reserve to avoid a potential ‘black water event’.

Walking to defeat MND

Seven-year-old Emily Wagstaff hopes to walk all over Motor Neurone Disease.

Donations needed to finish tower restoration

Restoration of the iconic Sale Water Tower is well advanced with the stairwells now complete, new flooring laid and glazing beginning.

Promoting workplace safety

Promoting workplace safety, especially on farms, Worksafe’s Game of the Month initiative brought guest speakers and a full day of sporting action to the Boisdale Recreation Reserve.

Rail bridge step closer

The advance tender notice process to contruct the replacement Avon River Bridge in Stratford has begun.

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Council meets with Coalition

Wellington Shire mayor Cindy Madeley and council chief executive David Morcom met with the leaders of the state Coalition parties yesterday to advocate for...