Council

New emergency levy prompts South Gippsland to cut farm rates

A FEATURE of the draft South Gippsland Shire Council’s $94 million budget, handed down at a meeting of council last Wednesday, April 16 is the proposal to shift part of the burden of rates off the shire’s farmers. While many in the rural sector...

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Sentinel-Times

18 Apr 2025

Council

Reid Street dustbowl not an option, they say

THE prospect of the Bass Coast Shire Council tearing up a relatively good bitumen road, in Reid Street Rhyll, as early as next month, and leaving it as a dust bowl for likely years before a solution could be found was simply too much for the good...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Apr 2025

Council

Here’s a chance for Bass Coast farmers to cut their rates

THE Bass Coast Shire Council is set to release its draft new ‘Revenue and Rating Plan’ at this week’s council meeting, going out for public comment and feedback over a 28-day period from Thursday, April 17 until Wednesday, May 14, 2025. It’s...

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Sentinel-Times

13 Apr 2025

Council

Bass Coast Shire unveils $123 million budget

THE Bass Coast Shire Council has unveiled a new $123.1 million budget ahead of this Wednesday’s council meeting of which $87.5 million is allocated to day-to-day Council operations, $31.4 million to capital works and $5.035 million in debt...

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Sentinel-Times

13 Apr 2025

Council

Bass Coast’s Berninneit still dogged by Passivhaus pain

BERNINNEIT, the Cowes cultural and community centre, has still not achieved Passivhaus certification. The status of the accreditation process was revealed by Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Greg Box in answer to a community question about the issue at...

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Michael Giles

22 Mar 2025

Council

Leongatha’s Memorial Hall is yours, what do you want to do about it?

WHAT should the council do with the Memorial Hall. Maybe you like it just the way it is, and a simple refurbishment of the toilets and a bit of scheduled maintenance is all that’s needed. Maybe you represent a local community group which already...

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Michael Giles

21 Mar 2025

Council

Footpaths, streetlights and laneways, have your say

NOT usually one to complain John Walsh has grown impatient with Bass Coast Shire over the lack of street lighting and a footpath outside his home in Gordon Street, Wonthaggi. “It’s been seven years since I first wrote to Bass Coast Council about...

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Sentinel-Times

14 Mar 2025

Council

Stewart Road Bridge, Kernot closed to traffic

STEWART Road, Kernot is closed to all traffic at the Bass River because of structural concerns with the timber bridge as of today. According to Bass Coast Shire Council, “the ends of the bridge are unsafe for all traffic. The bridge already has...

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Sentinel-Times

07 Mar 2025

Council

State outflanks councils as Latrobe City joins the fire levy fight

THE Latrobe City Council is the latest Gippsland council to join the campaign against local government doing the State Government’s dirty work. At its council meeting on February 24, the Latrobe Council voted unanimously to support a motion which...

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Sentinel-Times

06 Mar 2025

Council

History-making petition calls for no more national parks

LAST week the Liberals and Nationals tabled the largest petition in Legislative Council history as anger brews about the State Government pushing ahead with the expansion of national parks. More than 40,000 signatures have been received for the No...

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Sentinel-Times

25 Feb 2025

Council

Local councils cry foul over fire levy

LOCAL farmers, in particular, are going to be slugged thousands of dollars more on their rates notices this year. The owners of commercial and industrial land, and to a lesser extent, homeowners, will also be harshly dealt with. But neither the Bass...

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Sentinel-Times

25 Feb 2025

Council

Council not willing to cop flack for State’s actions

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will formally object to council collecting an increased emergency services tax on the State Government’s behalf, councillors voting unanimously on Wednesday to take that action. Some councillors spoke out strongly on...

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Sentinel-Times

25 Feb 2025

Council

$980,000 pathway funding a win-win for Phillip Island

IT WAS a case of one door closes and another door opens, across two days last week, for the Bass Coast Shire Council with a $1 million pay day at the end of it! At the urging of Phillip Island councillor Tim O’Brien, the council removed the...

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Michael Giles

23 Feb 2025