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Council’s 2025/26 budget adopted, but not without opposition
Wellington Shire councillors voted to adopt the council’s final 2025-26 budget on Tuesday night (June 17), following several amendments since the draft was tabled...
Extra $10k for rail trail in council budget
The Gippsland Plains Rail Trail committee requested $10,000 on top of Wellington Shire Council’s current funding contributions, which council has agreed to fund.
Councillors voted...
Council opens draft budget for feedback
Wellington Shire Council is inviting residents to submit feedback on its 2025-26 draft budget, which is open for public comment following approval to release...
A rundown of council’s draft budget 2025/26
Wellington Shire Council’s draft budget for the next financial year outlines the cost of rolling out green bins, determining which municipal roads will get...
Submissions presented to council on Draft Budget
WELLINGTON Shire Council held a special unscheduled meeting last Thursday to receive and consider any submissions from ratepayers, verbal or written, relating to the...
Budget Briefs
Taxes for big earners
In response to debt accumulated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a so-called "COVID Debt Levy" will be introduced, paid...
Budget no good for roads: Bull
GIPPSLAND East MP Tim Bull has said the government's budget was disappointing and puts country Victorians "at risk" and expressed his disappointment at road...
Behind the scenes of the Budget lockup
Stefan Bradley
REPORTERS gathered in a room at 55 Collins Place, Melbourne last Tuesday morning (May 23) for the annual budget lockup.
Treasurer Tim Pallas’ many...
First Peoples’ Assembly welcomes Treaty investment
THE First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria last week welcomed the $138 million investment in the Treaty process over four years in the State Budget,...
Animal Justice Party responds to budget
Stefan Bradley
The Victorian Animal Justice Party (AJP) has reacted positively to Budget measures, including animal programs and the early shutdown of the native forestry...
Heath blasts State Budget
Stefan Bradley
LIBERAL MP Renee Heath, who represents the Eastern Victoria region, has blasted this week's State Budget, saying the Labor MPs should front up...
Maffra Hospital upgrade on the books
Stefan Bradley and Tom Parry
IN a win for local aged care, the State Budget 2023-24 confirmed an election promise by the state government to...
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Gippsland Woodcraft Group’s 40th anniversary
Gippsland Woodcraft Group celebrated 40 years of woodworking with an open day on June 7.
Demonstrations including woodturning, carving, pyography, scrollsawing and fretsawing, gave visitors...
