Udderly confronting situation
Dairy processor Fonterra will lift the prices it pays hundreds of farmers for their milk, after an outcry over the sudden drop in payments it announced earlier this month.
Council seeks feedback
Wellington Shire Council is seeking public feedback on its draft Economic Development Strategy 2016-22.
Police seek info on bike thefts
Sale police are seeking public assistance to help find a Mongoose brand bicycle which was reportedly stolen on April 15.
Police seek bridge vandals
Police are still looking for information in relation to damage caused at the Swing Bridge.
Council pushes ahead with caravan park plan
With a suitable lessee for Maffra Caravan Park unable to be found, Wellington Shire Council felt it had little choice but to transform it into a short stay facility.
Tree-mendous opportunity
During a visit to Heyfield, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced $520,000 research and development grant for farm forestry.
Melbourne bursting? Grow the regions
COMMENT: A city-centric mentality is not conducive to thinking outside the (city) square, for surely the solution to the burgeoning Melbourne population lies not within Melbourne, but the regions.
Chester stands on his record
ELECTION 2016: Incumbent Gippsland MHR Darren Chester has said he will be taking nothing for granted in the election campaign.
Dairy still a viable industry: Chester
Gippsland MHR Darren Chester has expressed confidence in the long term viability of the industry.
Support for late term abortion bill
Thousands of Gippslanders have signed a petition supporting a move to prevent currently legal late-term abortions in Victoria.
Growing opium poppies in Gippsland
A handful of Gippsland farmers are testing the waters, growing opium poppies for the first time.
Climate change a priority: Greens
ELECTION 2016: Greens candidate for Gippsland Ian Onley has declared he is standing, now that the long-anticipated election has been called, saying the Greens were ready to have their voices heard.





