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International funding for giant wind farm off Ninety Mile Beach

Australia's first offshore wind farm, an $8 billion 2000 megawatt project, has secured financial backing from a major international green energy investment fund.

Government invites comments on regional forest agreements

People are being encouraged to have their say on the sustainable management of forests as part of the five-yearly review of the Victorian regional forest agreements.

Vardy pavilion proposal rejected

The main pavilion at the Maffra Recreation Reserve will be called the Maffra Recreation Centre after Wellington Shire Council received 18 objections to another proposal.

Maffra man convicted over lewd online chat

A Maffra man has received an 18-month community corrections order, after being convicted of charges relating to communicating online about children in a sexual way.

Bros with mos raise $4000 for Movember

The Criterion Caterpillars Movember team has raised more than $4000, by growing some truly disturbing moustaches.

ExxonMobil denies not paying fair share of tax

Unions claim Senators will be grilling ExxonMobil executives in the new year over corporate tax.

Modernisation delivers more water for MID

Eligible irrigators in the Macalister Irrigation District are set to receive letters offering them a distribution of water shares created through water savings from recent modernisation works.

Council support for Sale College consolidation

Wellington Shire Council has thrown its support behind the consolidation of Sale College’s two campuses onto one site.

Stratford ‘revitalisation’

Major works in Stratford are set to go ahead next year.

Report looks at industrial sites west of Sale

Areas near Wurruk and West Sale Airport have been put forward for industrial development.

New GWH chief comes full circle

After helping establish the organisation in the early 1990s, Gippsland Women’s Health chief executive Fiona Owen is back in charge.

Inspiring young minds with robotics

With coding now a curriculum priority in Victoria, schools are finding innovative ways to get students involved.

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