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Queen’s Baton passes through Gippsland

Seventeen people important to the Gippsland community ran through Morwell’s barricaded streets on Sunday with the baton which left Buckingham Palace in March last year holding a message from the Queen.

Offshore seismic survey work has now begun

A seismic survey off Golden Beach has begun this week, as part of a study of the underwater geology for the CarbonNet project.

Driver 138kmh in 80 zone

Police are urging drivers to slow through roadworks, after two drivers were caught speeding.

‘Fire escape’ crossing will remain open

Thw Swallow Lagoon railway crossing, near Munro, will remain open after the state Public Transport Minister intervened.

Fed Training director steps down

Federation Training managing director Jonathan Davis has stepped down.

Delicate operation to move Fulham building

VicRoads is preserving an important feature of local history, with the former Fulham post office and Junction Hotel being moved to its new location during the next couple of weeks.

Drug raids across Wellington

Local detectives have smashed drug syndicates in a series of raids across the Wellington Response Zone.

Tow hitch failure causes accident

A four wheel drive towing a camper trailer rolled on the Princes Highway east of Stratford on Sunday afternoon.

Esso meets a deadline for PFAS clean-up plan

Esso has met its deadline to provide an interim clean-up plan for its Longford site to manage and monitor PFAS contamination.

Recycling concerns

Wellington Shire Council is among dozens of municipalities around the state scrambling to find out how they will be affected by recycling giant Visy’s decision to stop accepting recyclable material.

Residents critical of council conduct

Wellington Shire Council’s first meeting for the year on Tuesday took on a theatrical tone when the disorderly gallery erupted in raucous support for ratepayers unhappy with council conduct.

Hopes of MG takeover expected by June 30

Murray Goulburn expects its takeover by Saputo to be completed by June 30.

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