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Understanding the benefits of increased soil carbon is organic farmer Carolyn Hales with Mayor Cr Brett Tessari, Daniel Hales and Bass Coast Landcare Growing Southern facilitator Dave Bateman. tm08_4919

CARBON sequestering is a simple yet powerful way that’s enabling Gippsland farmers to enhance their farm’s productivity and receive a range of financial benefits. The benefits of Carbon Farming were discussed by Landcare, with scientists and a field full of keen to learn local

Soak up the coastal atmosphere at the Somerset display home in Inverloch.

THE team at Hotondo Homes in Inverloch recognise land comes in all shapes and sizes, and can often have quite a slope on it, making it more challenging to build on. Rather than seeing a sloping block as a negative, local builder Trent Allen

Leongatha firefighters and Rollands Plains locals rejoiced in the rain in a video from the frontline of the New South Wales bushfires that’s been shared around the world.

LEONGATHA firefighters have gone viral with a video dispatch from bushfire ravaged New South Wales. A video posted to the brigade’s Facebook page last week from Rollands Plains, near Port Macquarie, racked up more than 800,000 views in just over 24 hours, attracting comments

It wasn’t all good news at the annual general meeting of the Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS) with the Leongatha and Korumburra hospital operator disclosing a $1.1m loss. At the AGM last Thursday were board chair Alex Aeschlimann, treasurer Duncan Smith and CEO Mark Johnson.

A WAGES blowout of $3.5 million in the past financial year, at the Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS), which operates the Leongatha and Korumburra hospitals, has driven the health service to post an operating loss of $1.12 million. The poor result, according to the

Wonthaggi boxer Charles Joma trained in the Philippines with the QLD boxing team and international coaches last month - here with Pilipino boxer Xavier Fletcher.

THE talent and dedication of Charles Joma has left a mark following recent Queensland boxing trips, so much so that the QLD team brought Charles to their three-week Philippines training camp. Charles took the expenses paid trip training under highly experienced international coaches. “Brenton

Former South Gippsland Shire Councillor, Jeremey Rich, appeared in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court last Friday, to face a string of drugs charges, but his committal hearing was delayed after a co-accused man pleaded guilty to cultivation and trafficking. Mr Rich is interviewed by the media as he leaves the court in Morwell. m204919

FORMER South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jeremy Rich was in court again last Friday, November 29, facing a host of drugs charges and firearms’ offences. But his committal hearing in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court did not go ahead as planned. The whole day was

THE Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 1am on Monday, December 16, in the South Gippsland and Baw Baw Shires. CFA District 9 Acting Operations Manager Emma Conway said low winter rainfall across most of Gippsland means there is less moisture in the

Delia Cave caught this 80cm, 6.08kg snapper at Rhyll.

With Jim’s Bait and Tackle YOU could have been forgiven for thinking that Sunday was the first day of winter and not the first day of summer with the very cold and strong winds. As I have written a few times now it has

By Michael Giles Every Victorian deserves the safety and security of a home. But for many, that’s becoming increasingly harder. A significant number of Victorians, particularly young Victorians, are struggling to break into the housing market. House prices are rising and upfront costs –

Phillip Island has the worst boat ramps in Australia! Even now plans have been drawn up [for Rhyll] to repeat what is already there and totally inadequate for the increasing use. We need a boat ramp that is safe in all weather! Facing to

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell. Therefore, congratulations must go to the Preserve Our Forest Committee for their commitment, expertise and professionalism in their long fight to save our forests from logging. The

The South Gippsland Shire has proposed local law amendments that seriously erode the rights and safety of people living on rural land. Under proposed amendments, land zoned as Rural Living, Rural Activity and Rural Conservation will no longer have the right to own agricultural

Thank you to the many in the community who have warned of the impacts of the South Gippsland Shire Council’s proposed General Local Law 2014 (Amendment 1 of 2019). If this is passed all will be affected in one way or another as Australia