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Chloe
Kent

Wonthaggi equipped with a new set of medical first responders

WONTHAGGI is one of 24 CFA brigades that are trained and ready to respond to select medical Triple Zero calls as part of a new CFA medical response program. The new Fire Medical Response program is a joint initiative of CFA and Ambulance Victori...

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Chloe Kent

15 hours ago

Emergency Services

Inverloch lifesavers awarded national medal recognising 15 years

ELEVEN Victorian lifesavers, including Angela Malan and Robert O’Neill, both of Inverloch SLSC, have received the National Medal as an acknowledgement of their outstanding service to lifesaving. The National Medal is awarded to those who “risk...

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Chloe Kent

17 hours ago

News

Stage one of new Phillip Island Community Hospital opens

LOCAL families and holidaymakers to Phillip Island will now have greater access to the urgent healthcare services they need, with stage one of the new Community Hospital now open. Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today visited the Phillip Island...

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Chloe Kent

12 Jun 2025

News

Nothing driving hay prices down

ACCORDING to the latest Hay Report from the Australian Fodder Industry Association, there is “nothing driving prices down”, but there may be lucerne stores in South Australia that may be released soon. In Gippsland, cereal hay and lucerne hay...

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Chloe Kent

30 May 2025

News

It’s creepy, it’s kooky… and they’re dying to see you!

THE mansion of mayhem came to life last weekend as Wonthaggi Theatrical Group transformed The Union into an Addams family pandemonium filled with spooktacular fun in a performance that was bone-afide brilliant. “It’s the best show for a long...

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Chloe Kent

27 May 2025

News

WIN TICKETS: An intimate evening of story and song at The Union

WHEN Mark Seymour walks onto the stage at The Union Theatre in Wonthaggi this Friday, audiences won’t just be treated to a live concert, they’ll be stepping into a time machine that travels through four decades of Australian songwriting...

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Chloe Kent

08 May 2025

News

More childcare access needed

By Trent Westaway and Chloe Kent ACCESS to affordable, high-quality early childhood education is a pressing concern for families in Bass Coast and South Gippsland, and as the 2025 federal election approaches, childcare has emerged as a pivotal...

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Chloe Kent

29 Apr 2025

News

Don’t mess with our local weather station

YANAKIE Automatic Weather station is set to be decommissioned from Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Locals are concerned with one resident posing the question to the Sentinel-Times for the Monash candidates, highlighting that sailors, kayakers and boaties...

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Chloe Kent

29 Apr 2025

Police

Support, safety and change, we’re here to help

*If you are in immediate danger call 000. THERE are many parts to family violence and whilst there is still room to learn as new research is released, it’s definitely an area that has taken remarkable steps of improvement compared to decades past...

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Chloe Kent

01 Apr 2025

Football

Box Hill Hawks double header returns to Wonthaggi

THE Hawks are heading back to Bass Coast next month, and to kick things off, AFLW star midfielder Emily Bates was in town on Friday taking the 2024 McClelland Trophy on tour with a visit to the iconic Kilcunda Trestle Bridge. A premiership player...

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Chloe Kent

30 Mar 2025

News

Election date set, we head to the polls on May 3

KICKING off a five-week race to the polls, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this morning officially called this year’s federal election which will be held on May 3. The prime minister travelled to Government House at dawn to dissolve parliament...

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Chloe Kent

28 Mar 2025

News

Election date set to be called ‘pretty imminently’, according to the Prime Minister

AN ANNOUNCEMENT around the date of the next federal election is “imminent” according to the Prime Minister, who spoke on radio show Triple M Hobart this morning. “I can confirm that I’m not calling it today, but I will call it soon. I think...

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Chloe Kent

27 Mar 2025

Sport

Another flag for Bulega, a race one win for Aruba.it

IT WAS a scorcher ahead of the WorldSBK Race 1 this afternoon at 4pm with riders attempting to keep cool in any way they could ahead of the race. From ice on the back of the neck to ice packs under the suit, fans blowing, umbrellas were up and water...

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Chloe Kent

22 Feb 2025