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The X factor in the Senate

ELECTION 2016: The Nick Xenophon Team is expanding nationally, and Victorian Senate candidate Naomi Halpern wants voters to know there is an alternative to the major parties out there.

Schoolies alternative

The Wellington Youth Council will table a bill at the YMCA Youth Parliament calling on the Victorian Department of Education to offer a formal alternative to 'schoolies week'.

Shared pathway to new estates

Wellington Shire Council will soon build a new path from the Sale central business district to the Woondella, Glebe and Boulevard estates.

Crime up 14.7 per cent

Total crime in the Wellington Shire has risen in the past 12 months.

Car evaded police

Police are seeking information in regards to an evasion on Sale-Maffra Rd on Saturday night.

Sharing ‘purls’ of wisdom

World Wide Knit in Public Day hit Sale Mall on Saturday morning, when Sale Pop Up Knitter's Group joined forces to celebrate the creative spirit of knitting.

Electors voting early

ELECTION 2016: Pre-polling for the July 2 federal election is well under way with hundreds of people who will be unable to attend local polling places on that Saturday casting their votes early.

Mobile black spot funding for Gormandale

ELECTION 2016: Gippsland MHR and Infrastructure Miniister Darren Chester officially switched on a mobile base station in Gormandale on Friday.

Debt levels concern Family First candidate

ELECTION 2016: Family First candidate says people were looking for an alternative to Australia’s broken politics.

Voters urged to begin thoughtful conversations

ELECTION 2016: Cherie Smith will stand as an independent in the federal election, and is keen to start conversations.

Rise Up urges return to values

ELECTION 2016: Rise Up Australia’s Peter Dorian is running as a candidate for Gippsland, and said he wanted to return to moral values.

Car eyesore

Two abandoned cars near Cowwarr were an eyesore during the long weekend, proving an embarrassment to locals.

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