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Whistleblower Williams brings up 900 games

When Sale umpire Ray Williams walks on to the ground at Glengarry on Saturday, it will the 900th time the 67-year-old has taken to the field, but not the last by a long shot.

Youth group turns up the heat with cook-up

A team of teenagers from City Builders Church got busy in the kitchen this month to donate meals to the Salvation Army

Council receives verbal budget requests

Fears the Grand Strzelecki Track could become overgrown has prompted a renewed call for extra council funding.

Bass Strait wind farm proposed

Victorian developer is planning Australia's first offshore wind farm off the coast east of Wilson's Promontory.

Beach roads safety works

Two of Gippsland's most dangerous roads have received safety upgrades to prevent run off road crashes.

Police will be checking cars

Police are urging motorists to drive to conditions, as winter weather sets in.

New Flynn rest stop open for use

Motorists and their passengers travelling along the Princes Highway between Rosedale and Traralgon can now break up their journey at a new rest stop at Flynn.

Fed Training ‘viable’

Federation Training says low demand courses and staff structures at its Fulham campus had dragged the institution down in the past, but insists the campus' future remains viable because of restructuring.

Injecting drug users urged to use program

An increase in the number of ice users who take the drug intravenously is growing in Sale, according to health workers.

Councillors to examine budget submissions

Wellington Shire Council received 11 written submissions for its draft 2017-18 budget.

Unions fight ‘unfair’ agreement

A major industrial battle has broken out between unions and Esso and its contractor UGL, amid claims the gas giant is using unfair tactics to cut wages and conditions of oil and gas workers in the Bass Strait.

Union says schools will be worse off

The federal government has claimed the Australian Education Union is relying on old Gillard government figures that no longer apply to suggest that Gippsland schools will be worse off under new funding arrangements.

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