March on city
Thousands of people and more than 90 log trucks took to the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday, representing those who will be affected by Heyfield's Australian Sustainable Hardwoods' mill closure.
Heyfield’s future buried in process
ASH Green Mill supervisor Anthony Wilkes sat in the public gallery of the Legislative Assembly, among Hazelwood workers also facing unemployment.
Statistics point to increased crime
Crime statistics released last week indicate a 7.8 per cent increase in recorded offences across the Wellington Shire in 2016, which local police are attributing to assaults, burglaries and theft from motor vehicles.
Councillors meet Nationals leader
Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh MLA was in Gippsland last week, meeting with community leaders and discussing regional development.
Magnificent Mardi Gras
Hundreds lined Johnson St for the Maffra Mardi Gras on Saturday evening.
Mother and child memorial
A memorial has been unveiled in Sale, commemorating the National and Victorian Parliamentary Apologies to mothers, who, due to 'forced adoption' practices, were separated from their babies at birth, causing a lifelong legacy of pain and suffering.
Timber offer an insult
ASH chief executive said the proposed supply offer received from government on Tuesday was only for three years, and provided no tenure for the mill's long-term future.
ASH crisis – opinion
The ASH workers did not deserve the past eight weeks of anxiety.
Gutted
The state government has rejected a counteroffer from Australian Sustainable Hardwoods management to keep the mill viable in the short-term.
School funds and builds its sports pitch
The new sports field at Guthridge Primary School was the result of 12 months’ hard work.
Our jobs matter
ASH workers’ delegation puts faces to jobs at State Parliament.
Maffra water supply limited
Specialist divers have begun the painstaking task of blocking pipes and inspecting the liner for cracks to find the source of a leak in a tank at the Maffra Water Treatment Plant.
Latest News
Suspicious blaze at old Sale police station
Emergency services contained a major fire last Friday evening at the abandoned former Sale police station on York St, near Lake Guthridge, with a...
