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Still, we wait… but here’s what happens when the verdict comes

IT’S day three of the jury’s deliberations in the Erin Patterson murder trial at Morwell. But by lunchtime on Wednesday, July 2, there’s still no verdict and no questions either from a jury that has spent two nights sequestered in a Latrobe...

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Truth be told, Gippsland has a lot to answer for, they say

THE State Government this week tabled the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s final reports, documents which are littered with violence against the indigenous people of the Gippsland region. The high-profile massacre of as many as 150 Gunai/Kurnai...

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Slow, wet, dark and gloomy as the wait goes on at Morwell

IT’S A slow, cold, wet day in Morwell today as the jury continues its deliberations for a second day in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts. Where there was an intense burst of media activity in the sunshine...

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DEECA fuels Inverloch ‘retreat’ fears with latest erosion update

CONTRACTORS for the Bass Coast Shire Council, to its credit, have been working day and night to replace sand eroded from both sides of the geotextile bag wall defending the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club from the ravages of the latest high tides and...

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On and on and on it goes… mushroom trial to go into 10th week

THE judge in the marathon mushroom murder trial in the Supreme Court in Morwell has told the jury in the case that they won’t commence their deliberations until after lunch on Monday next week, June 30, 2025. Justice Beale announced to the jury on...

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​​​​​​​‘Farmers Picnic’ this Sunday at Ventnor: See you there!

FARMING this year has been anything but ‘a picnic’ especially with the extended dry conditions not breaking until it was too late for autumn growth. The result has been that many started feeding out early, and they haven’t stopped, in most...

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